Mts Flume+Liberty
Carried up by Dad in 1961
#29-30, Climbed solo on 2003-10-17
From Route 93,
VAuto to Trailhead 1:45, 101 miles

Start	Elevation	Miles	Hours
Flume Parking	1400
jct Whitehouse / Liberty Spring	1400	0.8/0.9	0:25/0:18
jct Liberty Spring / Flume Slide	1800	1.4/1.5	1:00/0:39
foot of Slide	2850	4.0/4.4	2:50/2:11
Flume Summit	4328	4.7/5.2	3:55/4:04
Liberty Summit	4459	5.8/6.3	4:45/5:09
Liberty Spring Trail	4260	6.1/6.6	4:55/5:33
Liberty Spring Campsite	3870	6.4/6.9	5:10/5:49
sharp turn	2350	7.6/7.9	6:10/7:06
jct Whitehouse / Liberty Spring	1400	9.0/8.9	7:10/7:41
Flume Parking	1400	9.8/9.8	7:45/8:18

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Got up at 6:00
Left at 6:40
As I entered Franconia Notch I could see that Lafayette and Lincoln were quite white,
So I decided Flume and Liberty were safer.
Guidebook said, "Don't go down Flume Slide."  So I went up it.
Trailhead at 8:29.
32 degrees.
Lots of cobwebs until other climbers passed me on Flume Slide.
Several brooks to cross, my hiking sneakers' lack of grip made the crossings challenging.
Flume slide was too slippery for my shoes, so I bushwacked beside slide.
Sunny on Flume summit but clouds were rolling in.
On walk to Liberty light snow fell.
High clouds over Liberty, still reasonable view.
More light snow during descent.

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Here's how the Franconia ridge looks today and how it looked in 1961

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A wider view of the ridge from Flume

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Russell on Flume

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Mom, Russell and Grampy on Flume 1961

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The Twins and Bonds in the background, Owl's Head in the foreground

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Mt Liberty

Russell on Liberty with Lincoln in background

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Flume from Liberty

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Actual Trail (Counter Clockwise)

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At Liberty Spring shelter with Mom & Dad 1961