"Needed a Calendar Day and the weather was looking really nice. I needed Garfield for my current loop. Garfield Ridge Tr up and back. Quick hike. Did it in under 5 hours. There was about 2-4 inches of snow at higher elevation. Bare booted it. Great views from the summit as usual. Glad I brought my binoculars this time so I could see Camels Hump and Mansfield on the horizon. " — newenglandwarrior • Oct 17, 2024

"Did a Semi-Pemi Loop backpack from the Lincoln Woods Trailhead up the Ossetian Trail and along the AT. Camped at Liberty Springs continued along the AT to Garfield summit and then down the Franconia Brook Trail to camp at 13 Falls then back down the Lincoln Woods trail. Nine summits in total with 26 miles and 6,800 feet of elevation gain. A three day trip" — Zardoz • Sep 6, 2023

"Pretty cloudy day with cool temps all around. Some good wind at the summit. Still great views of the Pemi Wilderness. And had some fun with the two herd paths to the ridge peaks." — Alohabuffy • Jun 6, 2023

"Began at 1:30am 7.15.2022 D&S GaleHead Trail Parking 1mi approx walk on dirt road before trail Bushwhacked but found trail Summit at 430am This was part of a 6-peaks in 34 hours. 33 miles total and all 6-on the 4,000’ list of 48. Knocked out 11 on list in 5.5weeks " — MountainGal1966 • Jul 15, 2022

"Pemi Loop. 20 hrs, 2 minutes. 4 of us. Flume was the first peak, Bondcliff the last. We also threw in Galehead and West Bond for 10 peaks total. Got some blisters out of this hike. Glad to have finally done one. " — newenglandwarrior • Jul 1, 2022

"Solo. 22/48. Staying in Carroll lined up nicely for this hike - the trailhead was just a little over ten minutes away! Started out on trail around 07:15. There was only one other vehicle in the lot, the weather promised to be grey and cloudy all day, car showed temperature of 44°. Nice start through a woodsy area with tons of roots to trip over and lots of interesting mushrooms. The trail was sopping wet the entire day. I could hear the stream roaring next to me somewhere below as I hiked in and was a bit nervous about stream crossings as it had rained the previous day. I encountered my first crossing of the hike (& the owner of the other vehicle, another solo female hiker about my age with her dog) and was pleased to find with trekking poles an easy hop across. I shed my jacket at this point too. After a couple more little stream crossings the trail continued at a very gradual incline, with gentle pushes followed by what felt like flat, nothing too hard to handle. About 2.5 miles in it became very rocky with running water underfoot more often than not. Some boggy muddy areas, some with makeshift bridges some without were present the whole hike. At the junction just..." — kellieirene • Oct 4, 2021

"Molly and I hiked Garfield today. We parked at the gate and did the road walk up, then up the Garfield Tr. We made it about half way up before needing spikes. We had no views today. We were socked in. Another Grid gain." — newenglandwarrior • Apr 18, 2021

"A hike with Molly and Denise. Made it up Garfield to poor weather conditions. Socked in and windy. We hiked over to Galehead but determined we did not have enough time to summit it. We came out by headlamp." — newenglandwarrior • Nov 29, 2019

"Posting this on 7/5/24 based off of my hiking notes. At this point, I have hiked 37 of the 48 4Kers. This so far was my favorite hike. A little long but not super difficult for a 4Ker. Yes at the top it is a little steep but the overall hike was quite enjoyable. We had a nice day for it and the trees were turning in the whites. Good color and views of the Pemi Wilderness. We started at 51 degrees and finished at 69 degrees. " — GreggC • Sep 21, 2019

"3 days in WMNF. First two days included a nice overnight backpack of the eastern Pemigewasset Wilderness. On day one I hiked up Lincoln Woods and over to the Bonds, then continued on to summit the rest of the high peaks on the Eastern side- Zealand, the Twins, Galehead and Garfield, before setting up camp along the ridgeline above the Franconia Brook Trail. Ended up climbing Garfield in the the rain, which made for a dicey ascent/descent on tired legs. " — wacbravo • Sep 7, 2019