Fitpacking

Drive to North Conway, NH or fly into Manchester, NH (MHT). We will shuttle you from the airport to the Hotel. You may prefer to fly into Boston, (BOS) but call far in advance to see if we can arrange ground transportation. If you drive, there is plenty of secure parking all week.

Check into Cranmore Mountain Lodge, 859 Kearsarge Road, North Conway, NH 03860-1194, (800) 356-3596, (603) 356-2044

Equipment shakedown

Buy last minute and forgotten items at EMS, Main St. North Conway, 603-356-5433, or LL Bean Factory Store, Rt 16, 603-356-2100, or International Mountain Equipment, 2733 Main St., 603-356-7013

Trail mix distribution

"Before" measurements taken

Opening dinner suggestion: Flatbread Company

"Before" measurements taken

Breakfast at Cranmore Lodge

Drive 1.5 hours to the Welch-Dickey Trail

Hike the 4.8 mile loop to Welch Mt. and Dickey Mt.

Drive to Sabbaday Brook Trail

Hike 0.5 miles up and back to Sabbaday waterfall. Total, 5.3 miles.

Go out to dinner at Cafe Noche Mexican Restaurant

Drive back to Cranmore Lodge

Breakfast at Cranmore Lodge

Drive to the Davis Path, elevation 1600'

Hike 2.5 miles to the summit of Mt. Crawford, 3119'

Hike 2.5 miles back to the parking lot

Total today, 5.0 Miles. Cumulative 10.3 miles

Drive back to Cranmore Lodge

Dinner suggestion: Muddy Moose

Breakfast at Cranmore Lodge

Drive 302 to Mt. Clinton Rd.

Start hiking on the Edmands Path, 1900'

Hike 2.9 miles on the Edmands Path to Crawford Path

Hike 0.7 miles to the summit of Mt. Eisenhower, elevation 4780'

Hike 0.7 miles to the Edmands Path

Hike 2.9 miles to Parking Lot

Total today, 7.2 Miles. Cumulative 17.5 miles

Dinner Suggestion: Scarecrow Pub

Drive back to Cranmore Lodge

Breakfast at Cranmore Lodge

Drive the Kancamagus Highway to Lincoln Woods

Hike 2.6 miles to Black Pond Trail

Hike 0.8 miles to Black Pond

Hike 1.1 miles to Franconia Falls, swimming and diving available

Hike 2.9 miles to Lincoln Woods Parking Lot

Hike 0.6 miles round trip to Sabbaday Falls

Total today, 8.0 Miles. Cumulative 25.5 miles

Drive back to Cranmore Lodge

Dinner Suggestion: Thai Nakon Ping

Breakfast at Cranmore Lodge

Drive to Pinkham Notch

Hike 4.1 strenuous miles up Tuckerman's Ravine to the summit of Mt. Washington, 6288'. If Tuckerman's is still impassable due to snow, we'll hike up the Lion's Head or Huntington Ravine. Summit temperatures can drop below freezing.

Please note: Mt. Washington is an extraordinarily strenuous hike. Some previous participants have successfully summitted the mountain, but if you are unsure of your ability to do so, there is a turnaround point halfway that you will certainly be able to reach.

Take Mt. Washington shuttle back to the parking lot

Drive to Glen Ellis Falls

Hike 0.4 miles round trip to the waterfalls

Total today, 4.5 Miles. Cumulative 30.0 miles

Go out to dinner at Moat Mountain Smokehouse and Brewery

Drive back to Cranmore Lodge

"After" measurements taken

Awards Ceremony

"After" measurements taken

Breakfast at Cranmore Lodge

Check out of lodge

Airport Drop