Mount Monroe

"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

"Higher summits forecast was calling for 60-80mph winds. For 4/5 of the hike- no wind ( in the ravind and below tree line- but once exposed up top the wind was fierce! Group hike and all summited with no frost bite. " — hiking4000 • Feb 22, 2020

"A Presi day. And I learned that the Jewell Tr was broken out. I went up Jewell and did Jefferson first. Then I hiked up Washington. Then down to Monroe. Out via Ammonoosuc Ravine Tr. Beautiful day to be out. " — newenglandwarrior • Jan 24, 2020

"A red-lining hike with Denise. We went up Ammo to Monroe first. Very windy and socked in. We had to put on our winter gear from the winter chill. When we got past Lake of the Clouds Hut, the cloud cover had blown over. We went out via Dry River Tr. " — newenglandwarrior • Sep 27, 2019

"Single-day Presidential Traverse to finish off 3 days of peakbagging and Appalachian Trail redlining in White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire. The Traverse, spanning Pinkham Notch to Crawford Notch, covered 25 miles and 8,300 feet of elevation gain in 14 hours moving. The southern presidentials were below the cloud cover, the the climb over Mount Monroe provided the first summit views of the day" — wacbravo • Sep 9, 2019