Mt Garfield
#31, Climbed solo on 2003-11-01
From Gale River Loop Rd off
Route 3,
VAuto to Trailhead 2:01, 113 miles
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Start
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Elevation
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Miles
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Hours
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Gale River Loop Rd
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1500
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swing right toward river
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1600
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0.7/0.67
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0:14
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Spruce Brook xing
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1770
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1.2/0.99
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0:22
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Burnt Knoll
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2.8
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Blowdown
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4.1
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jct Garfield Ridge Trail
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4180
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4.8/5.15
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3:45/2:50
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Garfield Summit
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4500
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5.0/5.29
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4:00/3:02
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jct Garfield Trail
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4180
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5.2
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4:10
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Blowdown
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5.9
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Burnt Knoll
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7.2
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Spruce Brook xing
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1770
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8.8
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swing right toward river
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1600
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9.3
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Gale River Loop Rd
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1500
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10.0
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7:00/5:19
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50 degrees in Nashua @ 6:30
44 degrees in Concord @ 7:00
50 degrees in Lincoln @ 8:10
64 degrees in Franconia @ 8:25
60 degrees at trailhead @ 8:40.
Lafayette was in the clouds, but shoulders were not white.
Liberty and Flume were not white.
Just barely decided not to do Lafayette, not quite enough time margin
for error.
Spruce brook was hard to cross, took off one shoe.
Summit was mild and breezy. Clouds at about 5000 feet.
Lafayette and Lincoln in clouds, lucky I didn't climb them.
Russell on Garfield
The crowd on the summit
Galehead (+Hut) in foreground
Owl's Head
The Bonds
Actual Route