Pack the Packs: Pack Monadnock to North Pack Monadnock on the Wapack Trail
Details
Activity Type: Hiking, Local Walks, & Trail Running | Hiking
Difficulty: 4 - Moderate
Trip Leader(s): Jess Halvorsen, Timothy Clark
Registration Type: Application
Please Click Here to RSVP: https://activities.outdoors.org/a5UVX000001N0jV
Audience: Adults
Description: Join us for a late fall hike along the Wapack Trail up the slopes of Pack Monadnock and across the high ledge toward North Pack Monadnock. We will finish with a loop around the Cliff Trail for some exceptional views and then proceed back along Wapack to our origin. The total loop is 7.8 miles with an elevation gain of 2,132 feet.
This will be a moderate and moderately-paced hike that will (weather depending) afford some excellent vistas of Mt. Monadnock to the east and the terrain of southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts as the forest is on the cusp of winter.
Hikers should be prepared for and able to comfortably manage some areas of rocks and open granite slabs along the trail. Because of the proximity to winter and the potential for ice and some early snow in some of these areas, participants should bring light traction devices (microspikes) and be prepared with appropriate warm layered clothing (including winter hiking boots) suitable for winter conditions, along with wind/rainproof outer gear.
Reminder: Please click the RSVP link above to register!