Cabot 2/14/9

[Tom Rankin]

Laurie and I met BikeHikeSkiFish and Old Man at 5:30 AM at Tim's house. We hopped into one car and off we went. The hike started at 8:00 from the 'closed' trail head near East Lancaster. It was about 10 degrees, and while it was mostly sunny everywhere as we drove up, the mountain kept us in clouds almost all day, and it even snowed for a few minutes. The winds were mostly mild. The hike went at a modest pace. The trail was mostly hard packed, but we could see where people had post holed even with snowshoes on a few days earlier! We arrived at the Cabin around 10:30, and here the wind was much stronger. The trail from the cabin to the summit had been blown over and was hard to pick up at times, but we made it to the top w/o incident.

We layered up here (we should have done so before the cabin!), and headed down. Just as we started we met a solo hiker who turned out to be Lucky Laura. When we got back to the cabin, we briefly admired the view of the brightly lit valleys, and then we went in and had some tea. Laura joined us and we chatted for a while. She's almost a Winter 115'er! Good luck on the last 2 Laura!

The hike back down was pretty quick. We left the cabin at 11:25 and were at the car before 1:00. We met several people on the way down. We celebrated Valentine's Day in style, at the Woodstock Inn!

Now we are both Winter 48 1-ers!

 

[una_dogger]

Nice report and Congrats on Number W-1!

 

[bikehikeskifish]

Some photos here:



Not many though - not the best day for pictures.

Tim

 

[drewski]

true summit

the true summit of cabot is another 100yds beyond that sign tim is leaning on..meb and i were there friday and we found the new stick sign...sorry

 

[una_dogger]

the true summit of cabot is another 100yds beyond that sign tim is leaning on..meb and i were there friday and we found the new stick sign...sorry

Uh oh, Tom, you are just going to have to go back to get the real summit, so you can pick up that stick sign and poke Drewski in the eye with it....

"What's better than getting to the true summit of Cabot?? Getting poked in the eye with a stick-sign!"

 

[bikehikeskifish]

the true summit of cabot is another 100yds beyond that sign tim is leaning on..meb and i were there friday and we found the new stick sign...sorry

Actually, we found your new stick sign on the summit:



Tim

 

[Lucky Laura]

Nice to meet all four of you, especially after reading your posts for years!

 

[Tom Rankin]

Uh oh, Tom, you are just going to have to go back to get the real summit, so you can pick up that stick sign and poke Drewski in the eye with it....

Sounds like a plan!

 

[Tom Rankin]

Nice to meet all four of you, especially after reading your posts for years!

You too!

 

[Tom Rankin]

Some photos here:



Not many though - not the best day for pictures.

Tim

Looks good to me! Nice to finally meet you and share a hike!

 

[NewHampshire]

Now we are both Winter 48 1-ers!

And now the fun begins! Muahahahahahaaaaaaaa

Brian

 

[OldMan]

Congrats Tom and Laurie on your 1st W48. It was great meeting and hiking with you. Although not much in the way of good views, the brews at Woodstock Inn were sure good. Here are a few more photos from the hike.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/570116125ODmyUY?vhost=outdoors

 

[Tom Rankin]

Congrats Tom and Laurie on your 1st W48. It was great meeting and hiking with you. Although not much in the way of good views, the brews at Woodstock Inn were sure good. Here are a few more photos from the hike.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/570116125ODmyUY?vhost=outdoors

Hey, Ed! You too. Nice pics!

 

[OldMan]

Here are my GPS stats from the Mt Cabot hike.

Garmin 60CSx: 7.8 miles, 3648 ascent, 4:56 elapsed time, 1.6mph average

 

[Tom Rankin]

Here are my GPS stats from the Mt Cabot hike.

Garmin 60CSx: 7.8 miles, 3648 ascent, 4:56 elapsed time, 1.6mph average

3648? or 2648?

 

[OldMan]

3648? or 2648?

3648. The GPS records every little up and down where as the 'book' elevation only records the difference between topo lines. Given the GPS elevation bounces a bit, even when standing still, the real elevation gain is more likely somewhere between 'book' and what a GPS records.

 

[Tom Rankin]

3648. The GPS records every little up and down where as the 'book' elevation only records the difference between topo lines. Given the GPS elevation bounces a bit, even when standing still, the real elevation gain is more likely somewhere between 'book' and what a GPS records.

Interesting. Now that you mention it, I recall reading something to that effect a while back. Thanks. That explains why I feel a little more tired suddenly!