Madeleine Ryan and I run ridges. We traversed Kilkenney last year for 22 miles, 8k elevation and now set out to cover 5 mountains across Franconia Ridge. We weren’t even tired when we were done! We dropped my car at the Lafayette Campground Mon night and Tues morning drove to Lincoln Woods Trailhead off of Kancamangus Highway. A mere 9:35 hours, 14.3 miles and 5489′ of elevation later, we popped out by my car!

We passed up and over Mt Flume, Mt Liberty, Little Haystack, Mt Lincoln and Mt Lafayette! Four of those add to my NH48 passport book – big day.

Loved the trails up (Lincoln woods and Osseo) and disliked the Bridle Path trail down post Greenleaf Hut. Really washed out and technical – it was slow going. Loved the part along the ridge and the best views so far in the Whites were those of the Pemigewasset region. On the other side of RT93 below, Cannon actually looked small!

A look in the rear view mirror where we had come from – the 4 mountains behind us.

Nothing scary the entire route with amazing views.

On the ridge, we learned about the chocolate chip cookies they made at Greenleaf Hut….the thought of THE COOKIES sustained us down Lafayette to the hut. We were not fans of the Bridle Path (very long) trail but were very happy with our day!