I was looking at a map and realized there's a stretch of trail right smack dab in Franconia Notch I have never been on, and part of it is the AT!
If anyone is around on Monday December 9 and feels so inclined: I propose we park one car at Flume Gorge and the other at the Basin, and do a loop up to Kinsman Pond Campsite. Up from the Basin, then Cascade Brook to Lonesome Lake. Up Fishin' Jimmy to the shelter, and then down Kinsman Pond Trail to Cascade Brooke Trail to Flume. I have it as 9.5 miles with about 2,650 feet of gain. So a book time of roughly six hours-and-a-half hour, with nothing above treeline.
Sound fun? Please let me know and let's make it happen.
Brian
p.s. By comparison, both Kinsmans by Lonesome Lake / Fishin' Jimmy trails are roughly 10 miles with 3,550 feet of elevation gain. On our route, there is roughly ~0.7 mile walk on the bike trail to the Flume Gorge parking lot. So about a mile less trail and ~900 hundred feet less climbing.
If anyone is around on Monday December 9 and feels so inclined: I propose we park one car at Flume Gorge and the other at the Basin, and do a loop up to Kinsman Pond Campsite. Up from the Basin, then Cascade Brook to Lonesome Lake. Up Fishin' Jimmy to the shelter, and then down Kinsman Pond Trail to Cascade Brooke Trail to Flume. I have it as 9.5 miles with about 2,650 feet of gain. So a book time of roughly six hours-and-a-half hour, with nothing above treeline.
Sound fun? Please let me know and let's make it happen.
Brian
p.s. By comparison, both Kinsmans by Lonesome Lake / Fishin' Jimmy trails are roughly 10 miles with 3,550 feet of elevation gain. On our route, there is roughly ~0.7 mile walk on the bike trail to the Flume Gorge parking lot. So about a mile less trail and ~900 hundred feet less climbing.
