Mount Garfield via Greenleaf Hut and Mount Lafayette – Galehead Hut – Appalachian Trail NH
Alpha-Gal and M2 planned this as a 4 day hike from Franconia Notch to Crawford Notch using the Hut system for overnights. Day 2 is from the Greenleaf Hut back up Mount Lafayette and then down the backside to the North Peak of Mount Lafayette and down through a steep mossy area across Garfield Ridge before climbing back to Mount Garfield, The Garfield Ridge Shelter and Spring, ending at Galehead Hut. This hike passes over the summits of Mount Lafayette, the North Peak of Mount Lafayette, and Mount Garfield. Alpha-Gal and M2 made a quick stop for lunch near Garfield Pond at a nondescript log near a tent site at that location. The hike down off Franconia Ridge and several places up and down Mount Garfield are extraordinarily steep – much more so than we ever imagined. We proceeded very slowly. The last “flat” section before the hut is not really flat and is riddled with precarious boulders and mini scrambles, slowing us way down and eventually making us late for dinner.
As we descended down from Franconia Ridge, we met another section hiker named “Revisit”. We hiked together for the remainder of our section.
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