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| Mt. Percival Trail   | 
| Page Type: Route Location: New Hampshire, United States, North America Lat/Lon: 43.80370°N / 71.5663°W Route Type: Hike (Walk Up) with Scrambling sections Time Required: Half a day Difficulty: Class 1-2
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| Page By: EastKing Created/Edited: Apr 28, 2005 / Apr 28, 2005 Object ID: 164858 Hits: 845 Loading... Page Score: 0% - 0 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Approach
VIA MOUNT MORGAN TRAILHEAD: From I-93 get of Exit 24 and head east through the town of Ashland. Stay on the road and take 26 east to Holderness. At about 2 miles you will at the town center of Holderness. Make a left onto Route 113 and head roughly 10 minute on the road. there will be parking 5 miles on your left. The Mount Percival trail will start on the 0.3 miles down the road on the left. This trailhead will be filled on the weekend so get prepared to park on street.
Route Description
Mt. Percival Trail
1.9 miles
1419 elevation gain
The Mt. Percival Trail is the harder of the two trails to hike. Unless you plan on taking the cliff trail to the top of Mt. Morgan, use this trail as your ascending route. The trail begins like the Mt. Morgan Trail as a very gradual climb . It moderate a little each time until around 1.6 miles it become very steep and rocky. Due to the steep angle, very poor footing and some dropoff this section raises to a Class 2 trail. The trail continues it's steep climb until nears the summit at 1.9 miles. There is a side path that go through a boulder cave and is even steeper and rockier than the trail.
Essential Gear
In summer no major gear is needed to hike Mt. Morgan. However in winter both snowshoes and crampons are highly recommended due to the fact that this trail can become very icy. The trail also has poor footing and in winter would not be a good descending route.
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