Friday Aug 5, 2005

North & South Doublehead

With forecasts of afternoon thunderstorms we decided on Doublehead as today's hike. These two peaks are on the Y-Alpine list.

This is the route we took today. We did the loop clockwise.

Directions to the trailhead: From Jackson, follow route 16B to Whitney's Inn and turn right onto Dundee Road ski area. Continue past the Black Mountain ski area on your left. 1/2 mile past past the ski area on your left you will see the Doublehead Ski trail with a small parking area.

The profile of our hike.

A 3-D view of our hike.

The Old Path trail goes straight up to the col between the two peaks - take the ski trail to the left.

The trail follows the old ski trail to the summit through both grassy and rocky areas to the juction with the New Path trail by the cabin on the summit.

The cabin is available for rent.

The cabin was locked but you could see inside that it had 4 bunkrooms.

Out behind the cabin is a well maintained outhouse.

Just past the cabin is an overlook with great views.

This spider was making one of the windows it's home.

What great workmanship they had 70+ years ago.

Ten minutes after leaving the cabin we came to the col.

And ten minutes later we came to a great view form a ledge.

We enjoyed the breeze and the fact we were off from work :>

The trail is well marked - here we are at the juction of the path going down and the trail to the summit of the south peak.

Hmmm - is this the summit?

Or is this the summit?

A view of the north peak from the south.

A look back at the two peaks as we head back to North Conway. This is a short little hike with some great views. Good hike for the day after a longer one to stretch your legs.

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