Mount Monroe

"Started early from the AMC Highland Lodge, then climbed up to Mizpah Hut, summited Pierce, Eisenhower, Franklin, Little Monroe and Monroe. Then dropped the pack and Turkey and I ran the ridge 5 more miles out to Boot Spur and took a peak down in Tuckerman’s Ravine." — wiweasel • Jul 4, 2024

"A Monroe, Washington, Jefferson hike for my Grid and calendar day. Hiked up Ammonoosuc Ravine Tr. From Gem Pond, I used my microspikes on the ascent. I ascended into a cloud and had no views on Monroe and on Washington. On the way over to Jefferson, the cloud cover was breaking up. I dropped my snowshoes just past Jewell Tr. On Jefferson, I had views, but Washington was still in the clouds. I headed back to Jewell Tr and down that, making good time coming down. I was beat after today's hike. Saw a short tailed weasel below the summit of Jeff. " — newenglandwarrior • May 3, 2024

"The weather ended up turning out very nicely. Up from Pinkham notch via Lions Head. Across the Alpine Garden but still not many flowers. Up over Ball Crag to summit of Washington. The Cog had just dumped a 100 people off so the place was swarming. Mostly cloudy with light winds, no rain or fog at the top. Down to the Lake of the Clouds and Monroe summit. Finished walking out Ammooosuc Ravine." — Alohabuffy • Jun 20, 2023

"We did a loop to include Monroe and Washington. Up Ammo to the Lake in the Clouds Hut. Dropped our backpacks and went up Monroe. Came back and picked up our packs and ascended Washington. Took Jewell Trail down for the loop. Windy but nice conditions and views. Bluebird day for this hike. Ammo is steep especially towards the hut. The temps were favorable at 55 when we started and 77 upon completion. Poor planning led me to run out of water with about 3 miles left to hike. That will never happen again. Overall nice hike. Washington is a little easier than expected with the exception of the rock hoping from the hut to the summit. Lots of places to slip. Fortunately it was dry. I did twist my ankle on a rock but managed to finish the hike with a minor limp. " — GreggC • Aug 21, 2022

"Up the Ammonousuc Ravine Trail with Maryellen, Nancy, Chris, and Tina. A gentle start and then it went UP to the Lake of the Clouds Hut. There were stone steps and waterfalls. Bright sun on open ridge. 20 minutes from the hut. No disc at the top. " — lfrancois • Jun 26, 2022

"Molly needed Washington and Jefferson for winter. We reached the Ammo trailhead and were informed by other hikers that the Jewell Tr was barely broken out. So we headed up Ammo to at least get Monroe and Washington in January. We used snowshoes to go up Ammo. We dropped our packs at the Hut and darted up to tag Monroe. We then switched into spikes back at the Hut and made our way up Washington. We were feeling pretty decent, so we decided to make a go for Jefferson. The wind picked up on the northern side of Washington. We slowly made our way up Jefferson and tagged the summit. We then came back and used a shortcut to get further down the Jewell Tr. The trail was broken out at this point. We made our way down and eventually reached the car. Molly now has 1 peak remaining for her NH48w." — newenglandwarrior • Jan 22, 2022

"A hike for Sarah's birthday. Molly and I joined. The 3 of us went up and back out Ammo. Icy day on the trail. It was calm at the Lake of the Clouds Hut, but quite windy on the summit of Monroe. There was cloud cover all over Washington, so we opted not to head up there. I gained a Grid peak today. " — newenglandwarrior • Dec 24, 2021

"Molly needed Monroe for her Grid and I needed Washington and Monroe for mine. She drove up the night before and we got an early start to the day. We headed up Lion's Head Tr to Washington. We then dropped down Nelson Crag to take the Alpine Garden Tr across to see the pretty flowers. We then took Tuckerman Crossover to reach Lake of the Clouds and went up Monroe. We then took Camel Tr and down Boot Spur. Tough day but a beautiful one above treeline." — newenglandwarrior • Jun 13, 2021

"A hike with Molly and Denise. I needed just Jefferson for my Grid but Denise and Molly needed all 3. It was a tough hike today but we managed to grab all of them. We went up Jefferson first and ended on Monroe. " — newenglandwarrior • Apr 10, 2021

"I took a day off to grab a 4000 footer for a Calendar Day Challenge. The weather worked out for a Presi day. I went up Ammo to Monroe first. Then up Washington. Then came down Jewell Tr. In the process, I received a blister from a hole in my sock on my pinky toe coming off the mountain." — newenglandwarrior • Mar 17, 2021