Home States Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Vermont Lists Belknap Range NE 4,000 Footers NH 4,000 Footers Ossipee 10 Explanation of Ratings Links Search Trip Log About	Mt. Jackson Carroll, NH, Hart's Location, NH, Bean's Grant, NH Trailheads, measurements, times, distances, and maps are all approximate and relative to the hike(s) as shown below. Looking down the rocky section of the Webster-Jackson Trail just below the summit of Mt. Jackson Route: Webster-Jackson Trail I had been watching Thursday's forecast for a few days, as it looked like the only decent day all week. Fortunately, the forecast held, and I was on my way just after lunch. The temperature in Crawford Notch was in the upper 30s/lower 40s - not too bad for January! The Webster-Jackson Trail had a firm base of frozen granular that would support barebooting. Nonetheless, I chose to wear my snowshoes. Other than a few blowdowns, the trail was in decent shape and easy to follow. Once I reached the summit slabs, bare from the recent warm weather, I took of my snowshoes and barebooted to the summit cairn - boy was it windy! The views were excellent - though the southern skies were clouding over, it was still mostly blue sky within a few dozen miles in all other directions, other than a cloud blowing over the middle Presidentials. On the way down, I took some time and debranched a particularly bad blowdown - the tree had fallen lengthwise up the trail in a spruce area. All in all, a nice day in the Southern Presidentials. Hike Ratings Getting To Trailhead: Easy Destination: Mt. Jackson Length: Moderate Steepness: Difficult Navigation: Easy Views: Excellent Crowds: Minimal Hike Stats Date Hiked: Thursday, January 10, 2008 Hike Commenced: 12:26 PM Parking Elevation: 1,900' Destination: Mt. Jackson Ascent Commenced: 12:30 PM Summit Reached: 2:05 PM Time Elapsed: 01:35 Trailhead Elevation: 1,905' Summit Elevation: 4,052' Distance: 2.6 miles Vertical Gain: 2,322' Hike Ended: 3:48 PM Hike Time Elapsed: 03:22 Hike Distance: 5.2 miles Hike Vertical Gain: 2,512' Webster-Jackson Trail trailhead on Route 302 Looking northeast at the Presidentials in a cloud from the Mt. Jackson summit Directions to trailhead: Take Route 302 West from Bartlett into Carroll. There is a small parking lot on the left side of the road. Trailhead is located on the right side of the road, just after the parking lot and just before Saco Lake. Back to Mt. Jackson Profile
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