Mt. Lafayette via Greenleaf Trl and Austria/Zugspitze Party
Up to Lafayette despite the ice today! Thanks Bob and John for leading this trip and hosting our Austrian Trek reunion at Bear Pond!
The trip report
Written by Bobcat · last updated by Gandalf on Nov 3, 2019
After the stormy hurricane force winds (gusts up to 120 mph) in the summits and rain on Friday, the weather changed quickly for our hike on Saturday with crystal clear skies, temps around 30F at the summit, and winds only about 20MPH. Visibility at the summit was 100+ miles! A perfect day for hiking in the White Mountains!
After meeting at the Cannon Mountain Tramway Hiker Parking lot at 8AM, we hiked about 3 hours up the Greenleaf Trail to Greenleaf Hut for snacks and relaxing in the sun before continuing to the Mt. Layfayette summit arriving at about 1230PM. We enjoyed lunch & the awesome views of the Pemi wilderness and the Franconia Ridge before decending back down at about 1PM. The trail had some icy spots on the rocks but no snow so we did not need the microspikes.
After the hike, the group enjoyed an apres-hike Austrian hut-style dinner at "Bear Pond" with Cheese Fondue, Appetizer, Chicken soup with Knodel, salad and linguini with meat sauce and Austrian wines and German beers. Jon brought an awesome "Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte" for dessert. After the dinner, we viewed photos from Mike & Jon's Hut to Hut Hiking in Austria's & Germany's Zugspitz Arena.
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Join us for a hike to the summit of Mt. Lafayette via the Greenleaf Trail. The hike is 6 miles round trip with an elevation gain of 3320 feet. If the weather is too inclement to summit the mountain, we will just hike to the Greenleaf Hut instead. We will meet in the Cannon Mountain Tramway parking lot at the hiker parking section. Prepare for late fall weather conditions & you may need foot traction (microspikes) depending on the conditions. The hike will take about 6 hours to complete. We will probably have lunch at the Greenleaf Hut.
(Optional) -After the hike, we will have an apre-hike get together at our house at Sugar Hill, NH- only about 10 minutes from Cannon Mountain. We will have a "Happy Hour", dinner, and then Mike Boisvert & Jon Normand will present slides of their Austria Hut-to Hut Trip that we did this year in Aug/Sep. The dinner will include typical Austrian Hut cuisine- beer, carafes of red wine, meat & cheese appetizer, dumpling soup, salad, pasta with meat sauce, and strudel. (Dinner Cost= $10/person)
We have room for 6 guests to stay overnight on Friday or Saturday if you need a place to stay.
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