We planned this hike a full year in advance to secure Hut space. Who would have thought we would be hiking in record breaking rainfall in the White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire in the last week of August/first week of September. In all, we spent nine days hiking, and six days going Hut to Hut. This video (Part 1: Hut to Hut) includes the Galehead River Trail, Galehead Mountain, Galehead Hut, South Twin Mountain, Twinway Trail (also Appalachian Trial), Mount Guyot, Mount Zealand, Zealand Falls and the Hut, and the Zealand Falls Trail back down.
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If we can do it (60+ and overweight), you can do it!
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Equipment:
Cameras: Iphone 14 Pro; Go Pro 11 Black
Software: Adobe Creative Cloud, Premier Pro, Storyblocks
Music and Sound Effects: Epidemic Sound, Storyblocks, Adobe Stock
What's included:
00:00 Travel
00.38 AMC Lodge at Crawford Notch
01:09 Trail Map
01:29 Inside AMC Lodge
01:48 Galehead River Trail
04:47 Galehead Hut
06:07 Galehead Overlook
06:56 Twinway Trail & AT
07:56 Mt. Guyot
09:05 Amazing Mushrooms
09:40 Cement Slide
10:55 Beautiful Zeecliff Outlook
12:34 Zeeland Falls
13:14 Zeeland Hut
13:44 Water Crossings
14:13 Ponds and Flowers
15:23 Water Crossings
Where we stayed:
AMC Lodge at Crawford Notch
Galehead Hut, part of the Appalachian Mountain Club system
Zealand Falls Hut, part of the Appalachian Mountain Club
All of these provide meals as part of the stay. Some things cost extra and bedding is not luxury but we loved it!
Best place for laundry: Jellystone Park