点评:Not being too sure how much hiking our youngest could take and how the weather might turn on us, we made it to the top of Mt. Lafayette a bit differently: we basically went up and down the Old Bridle Path, and stayed at the Greenleaf hut overnight (as it was part of the fun). Next time, we're definitely going up via the Falling Waters and Franconia Ridge Trails, and going down the Old Bridle Path.
Doing it our way, we made it from the trailhead to the hut in about 3 hours. There, we left most of our stuff then went to the summit in about 1.5 hours. It took us 50 min to make it back to the hut, and the next day (after waiting 1-2 hours for the rain to subside) we returned to the trailhead in under 2.5 hours. As always, it was beautiful seeing trees get shorter as we went up, with leaves being replaced with needles, and then only seeing rocks. Speaking of rocks, there is one section on the Old Bridle Path where the rocks are shiny smooth; be careful there!
Notes:
1) There's an overflow parking lot (exit 34C) with shuttles running back and forth. It was $5/person. Bring cash.
2) At the summit, gusts reached speeds of 70 mph when we were there. Wear layers! One of the photos shows the weather report posted inside the Greenleaf Hut.
3) Be very careful if you decide to go *down* from Little Haystack via the Falling Waters Trail. One of the staff highlighted that there's a section (in pink on the photo) where more people get injured than in *all* of NH put together. You'll be safer going up that section.
4) Wear proper hiking boots, not sneakers.
翻译:由于不太确定我们最小的孩子能坚持多久,也不知道天气会如何变化,我们用一种稍微不同的方式登上了拉斐特山的山顶:我们基本上是沿着老马道(Old Bridle Path)上山下山,然后在绿叶小屋(Greenleaf Hut)过夜(因为这很有趣)。下次我们一定会取道瀑布小径(Falling Waters Trail)和弗兰科尼亚山脊小径(Franconia Ridge Trails)上山,然后再沿着老马道下山。
我们按照自己的方式,从登山口到小屋大约用了3个小时。在那里,我们寄存了大部分行李,然后大约1.5个小时到达山顶。我们花了50分钟回到小屋,第二天(等了1-2个小时等雨停后),我们不到2.5小时就回到了登山口。和往常一样,随着我们往上爬,看到树木变得越来越矮,树叶被针叶取代,最后只剩下岩石,这感觉很美。说到岩石,Old Bridle Path 上有一处岩石光滑闪亮;那里要小心!
注意事项:
1) 那里有一个超载停车场(34C 出口),有班车来回接送。停车费是每人 5 美元。请带现金。
2) 我们到达山顶时,阵风时速达到了 70 英里/小时。一定要穿多层衣服!其中一张照片是 Greenleaf Hut 内张贴的天气预报。
3) 如果您决定从 Little Haystack 经 Falling Waters Trail 下山,请务必小心。一位工作人员强调,照片中粉色区域受伤的人数比新罕布什尔州所有受伤人数的总和还要多。爬上那一段会更安全。
4) 穿合适的登山靴,不要穿运动鞋。