Weather: Warm and Sunny. Hot in the sun.
Trail: Mt. Tecumseh Trail
Trail Conditions: Well maintained trail. Mostly dry. No obstructions.
View: There are trees at the summit but there is a fairly good, but limited view to the east from ledge just below the summit where you can see the Tripyramids. Limited views to the North and West through the trees.
Group: Mike - Solo
I’m on vacation this week and decided to use it to catch up a bit on the peaks that Brian and Anai have already done. Tecumseh is only an hour from home. I was on the trail by 8:40AM and back to the Jeep by noon.
This report is short since there just isn’t that much to talk about. The Tecumseh summit is 2.5 miles from the trailhead. The trailhead starts from the far right-hand side of Waterville Valley’s Parking Lot A. As you come around the right side of the one-way circle the trailhead is on the right (the opposite side of the street from the parking lot). The trail starts out at a very moderate grade and remains this way for about 0.8 miles before becoming somewhat steeper. The grade never becomes intense, but remains steady with little change. About 1/3 of the way up the trail there is a short diversion that takes you to a “view” area on one of the Waterville Valley ski slopes. It is exposed to the sun and on this day, the beginning of a heat wave in NH, I didn’t linger long before getting back into the shade and continuing upward.
I reached the summit in 1 hour 20 minutes with only a short break to talk with a mom and two daughters from Connecticut. Despite being Yankees fans they were decent and friendly folks who were on their 5th 4000 footer of the holiday weekend. The summit has trees but there are some views east from ledge just below the summit.
At the summit I met a man who had done “the grid”: all 48 over 4000 in every month of the year. He had two dogs; the elder had done all 48 a total of 15 times and the younger 3 times. Also met some folks planning to backpack Owl's Head later in the week and I shared some of our experiences from last weekend.
After a short snack I started the descent which took just over an hour. I was off the trail by noon and headed back to the southern part of the state, along with everyone else who was wrapping up their holiday weekend.
I hope to get one more hike in before being rejoined by Brian and Anai on the weekend.
No comments:
Post a Comment