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- Thread starter toughgirl
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Okay - I've done both Mt. Tecumseh and the Tripyramids, both in late fall. Tecumseh is the hill for Waterville Valley ski area; I took the trail up and then came down the ski slope. It's not a bad hike and very manageable. I sort of think it's neat being on a ski hill when there's no snow.
For the Tripyramids, there is a pretty long approach on a fire road before you get to the actual climb - I did a loop connecting the North and South peaks, climbing up the side with the scree-full rock face first. The guide recommends, and I agree, that the scree climb should not be done in the rain. It rained when I did it, and I had the misfortune of being there with someone who was not comfortable on rock in the first place. It's not a tough or technical climb by any means, but it's long and it gets slick. I do want to do the climb again; my hike was cut short by the weather and a whiny hiking partner (he complained about how he was getting cold but refused to put on a RAIN layer because he didn't want to get it wet. Really.
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For the Tripyramids, there is a pretty long approach on a fire road before you get to the actual climb - I did a loop connecting the North and South peaks, climbing up the side with the scree-full rock face first. The guide recommends, and I agree, that the scree climb should not be done in the rain. It rained when I did it, and I had the misfortune of being there with someone who was not comfortable on rock in the first place. It's not a tough or technical climb by any means, but it's long and it gets slick. I do want to do the climb again; my hike was cut short by the weather and a whiny hiking partner (he complained about how he was getting cold but refused to put on a RAIN layer because he didn't want to get it wet. Really.
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Hey toughgirl:
As promised, here's more detail on those two peaks:
Mt. Tecumseh. Took the Tecumseh Trail from the parking lot for Waterville Valley ski area up to the summit and then back down part way, detouring out onto the ski slope. I remember it being a pretty straightforward hike up and generally unremarkable. Here are some views, one is from the summit, I think maybe, and the other is obviously from the ski slope. The summit is not bald, I remember.
Tripyramids. Took the Livermore Trail to the north end of the Mt. Tripyramid Trail, and up to the summit via the north slide. Couldn't convince the hiking partner to go across the peaks to the South peak and come back down the other loop, so we went down the Scaur Ridge Trail (I'm still a little bitter about this one!). The real drag is that the access to/from the Tripyramid trail on Livermore is long and boring. The north slide route is a lot of fun under the right conditions (ie, not wet) and if you're comfortable on rock. There was a lot of loose gravelly bits, and as I wrote above, it can really get slick if the entire face is wet. This was the hike that convinced me that I needed to get trained in wilderness first aid, stat. Don't even let me get started about how annoyed I got at the hiking partner on this one! The descent via Scaur Ridge was a normal trail with much more stable and reliable footing.
I don't think you can go wrong with any of the peaks in that area -- have fun!
As promised, here's more detail on those two peaks:
Mt. Tecumseh. Took the Tecumseh Trail from the parking lot for Waterville Valley ski area up to the summit and then back down part way, detouring out onto the ski slope. I remember it being a pretty straightforward hike up and generally unremarkable. Here are some views, one is from the summit, I think maybe, and the other is obviously from the ski slope. The summit is not bald, I remember.
Tripyramids. Took the Livermore Trail to the north end of the Mt. Tripyramid Trail, and up to the summit via the north slide. Couldn't convince the hiking partner to go across the peaks to the South peak and come back down the other loop, so we went down the Scaur Ridge Trail (I'm still a little bitter about this one!). The real drag is that the access to/from the Tripyramid trail on Livermore is long and boring. The north slide route is a lot of fun under the right conditions (ie, not wet) and if you're comfortable on rock. There was a lot of loose gravelly bits, and as I wrote above, it can really get slick if the entire face is wet. This was the hike that convinced me that I needed to get trained in wilderness first aid, stat. Don't even let me get started about how annoyed I got at the hiking partner on this one! The descent via Scaur Ridge was a normal trail with much more stable and reliable footing.
I don't think you can go wrong with any of the peaks in that area -- have fun!
