Jefferson, Adams & Madison via Great Gulf

[eddie]

Eric and I completed our first hike in the Whites on Sunday 8/6 under gorgeous sunny skies. With the advise of LovetoHike, we reversed our original hike route for our Northern Presi's loop, instead going for Jefferson first via the Great Gulf Trail from Rt 16 and up the spectacular Six Husbands Trail to the summit (five hours to Jeff summit). From there over to Adams and Madison, down Osgood and back to the parking (2h40m from Madison summit to parking with the knees aching). Total hike time was 11 1/2 hours with one hour of total down time on the summits and at the Madison Hut for a lemonade break. A great first hike on a New Hampshire "Chamber of Tourism" type of day!

As a couple of seasoned ADKers on family vacation this week at Long Lake in Maine, we are hoping for another hike or two this week in the Whites. This was truly spectacular and we are already hooked. I am thinking Franconia Ridge and another Presi loop.

 

[poison ivy]

We also hiked Six Husbands on Sunday... we were up on the summit of Jefferson at around 1 p.m... were you among those up there at that time?

I agree that Six Husbands was indeed a spectacular trail.
- Ivy

 

[eddie]

We summited at 11:00am and were almost at Adams by 1:00. We were not alone at the Jefferson summit, there had to have been at least 30 people there. Regardless, it was a beautiful day. Maybe we'll see you on another summit.