The Winter "Open Hut" Solo Traverse

Leg Times

12:00 am Carter Notch Hut
12:44 am Arrive Great Glen

12:56 am Leave Great Glen
01:35 am Raymond Path
02:31 am Base of Lion's Head Trail
03:24 am Lions Head
03:44 am Tuckerman Crossover
04:21 am Lake of the Clouds Hut
04:44 am Monroe Loop Junction
05:10 am Eisenhower Trail Junction
05:28 am Eisenhower Summit
06:01 am Webster Cliff Trail Junction
06:46 am Arrive Crawford Notch
07:11 am Leave Crawford Notch
08:13 am Willey Range Trail
09:22 am Zealand Hut
10:41 am Zealand Summit Spur Junction
12:45 pm South Twin Summit
02:51 pm Garfield Summit
04:53 pm Lafayette Summit
05:56 pm Arrive Lafayette Place
06:07 pm Leave Lafayette Place
06:58 pm Lonesome Lake Hut

Total Time: 18 hours 58 minutes


Mount Washington from Boott Spur

Gear Carried

In Go-Lite "Jam" pack:

Climate Control
Wild Things "Epic" wind jacket
Go-Lite "Epic" side-zip wind pants
windproof pile jacket
pile sweater
spare silkweight shirt
Ragged Mountain spectra zip gaiters
windproof pile gloves
gauntlet shell gloves
facemask, hat, goggles
2 chemical heat packs

Navigation
compass, map, bearings for night sections
Garmin Etrex Vista GPS loaded with MapSource TOPO maps for NH
Black Diamond "Zenix" LED headlight
Petzl "Myo" halogen headlight
Black Diamond "Ion" backup light
spare batteries, bulbs

Nutrition
70 oz. 1.5x strength Accelerade
(1500 calories +)
1-2 lbs. food (clif bars, powerbars, etc.)
"real food" at 3 road caches

Propulsion
Northern Lights "Elite" snowshoes
Kahtoola crampons
Solomon Snow-Bow boots with 26 motorcycle racing screws in each sole
Leki Ti ski poles

Etc.
Cell Phone

Total Weight approx. 18 lbs.

 
 

Wild Whites
Ultramarathon

The Foxtrot Traverse

Twins to Garfield

Winter "Open Hut"
Solo Traverse


Winter "Open Hut"
Team Traverse


W48x9


Homemade Alcohol
Stove Winter Test

Copyright © 2004 Tim Seaver vermontphoto.com