Down from the door where it began,
Now far ahead the road has gone,
and I must follow, if I can
6.6 miles; Eisenhower via Edmands Path; 2,750' elevation gain
Mt Clinton Rd trailhead off 302 near the Highland Center
The guide says it's a moderate trail, aaand it was spot on. Not too easy, but nothing too strenuous. Took a good 5 hours with the wife in tow, plenty of breaks for food/water. It had rained the night before and 1/3 of the trail was really just a babbling brook we had to hike through, but other then a few rock hops we had no trouble. Once you get out from under the tree line you have awesome views of almost every other mountain in NH, giving this hike a huge payoff for the effort. The only drawback to the views was the cold air at the summit, wind chill dropping the temp to around 45, not something I had planned for in early August.
Alot of foreign folks on the trail. Seemed like every other group was French-Canadian, and there were two rather large families of Asian descent speaking Mandarin or something at the summit. Spotted on of the french guys burning cigarettes on more then one occasion! I used to smoke 1/2 a pack a day and even I can't understand that. Looked like he was slowing down the rest of his group too, I wonder why.
After a spectacular meal at the Muddy Moose, we spent the night at The Old Field House in Intervale, NH. Really great place to stay, gave us our own entrance to a condo style suite, fireplace, jacuzzi, skylight over the bed, fairytale happyplace, etc. DVD in the room meant I didn't need to bust out the laptop, and the jacuzzi meant my knees weren't completely shot to hell Sunday morning.
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