Falling Waters-Franconia Ridge-Old Bridle Path
Steve Bussolari, Charlie Abert, Fred Knight
2012 Jan 22

Steve's report and track on EveryTrail

Summary: ~9 miles, 3000' rise, 6 hours total


--Fred (aka tarpman)

Panoramic 180-degree view from Little Haystack + Charlie
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Panoramic 360-degree view from Mt Lincoln + Steve
Click once to get full field; click again to get higher resolution and pan across image. Note: Photoshop failed on first image but hugin worked. Second constructed with Steve Smith's method in Photoshop: Photoshop>File>Automate>PhotoMerge... Auto, Blend, Vignette Removal, Geometric Distortion Correction.

						Fred's Home		9 images

Lafayette Parking Lot Charlie and Steve, well fed at 0811, ready, eager	Charlie emerging at the top of Falling Waters We had a 2.5-hr ascent to Little Haystack---reaching a cloudless, windless vista of 360 degrees---simply gorgeous, snow everwhere	Charlie hoofing it. The views to all points were perfect.
Little Haystack summit Trail well packed all the way up; shirtsleeves in the sunlight	Crusty snow, easy footing The	Wind patterns on snow Only a few drifts, microspikes or bare boots fine
Little Haystack The path was well traveled.	Old Bridle Path, looking toward Lafayette Nearing the end of the ridge before final descent	Steve and Fred angled by the cameraman Good time (1:20 for 2.9 miles) due to smooth packed snow with little ice