The Great Gulf Trail of Mount Washington | One of the Hardest Trails in the White Mountains
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Called the Great Gulf, the massive ridge joining Mount Washington, Clay, Jefferson, Adams, and Madison forms the largest glacial cirque in the Presidential Range. The roar from Weetamoo Falls and the West Branch of the Peabody River echoes across the wilderness’ ridges and cliffs. Here, salient spurs descend each mountain to form small, remote ravines populated by moose and black bear.
Few places in New England can match its grandeur. The glacially carved, boulder-strewn terrain rises over 2,000 feet from the Gulf’s floor to the peaks, making any visitor feel small and fragile.
The trail network in this region, perhaps the Whites’ most rugged and spectacular, provides hikers familiar with these mountains new vantages, challenges, and solitude. Each ascends a direct and arduous route over a steep ridge or up a wild ravine, making most Presidential Range trails feel tame by comparison.
In addition to ascending tremendous elevation over a modest distance, hikers must navigate all of the challenges nature can provide: house-sized boulders, major water crossings, and precipitous ledges.
______________Great Gulf History_______________
The Edmands Path, Crawford Path, and Valley Way were constructed with a hiker’s comfort in mind, with grading and switch-backs. By contrast, The Great Gulf’s trails, built between 1908 and 1910, were at the mercy of the terrain. Specifically, trail builders used paths nature had already cleared: landslides, boulder fields, and talus. As a result, these trails follow painfully direct routes to the summits, which only strong hikers should attempt.
____________The Great Gulf Trail_____________
[7.4 miles, 4,650 feet of elevation]
Traveling 7.4 miles and ascending more than 4,500 feet from New Hampshire Route 16 to an area below the summit of Mount Washington, the Great Gulf Trail is the network’s artery. It is also perhaps the most demanding. After following the West Branch of the Peabody River for six miles, it passes Weetamoo Falls and eventually Spaulding Lake-a gorgeous glacial tarn-before ascending the massive boulders and landslides of the Great Gulf headwall.
Being in a wilderness area, the Great Gulf’s trails are maintained to a low standard. As such, hikers will encounter brook crossings, sharp boulders, standing water, and slippery river rocks.
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Tips for people just getting into hiking:
Don’t do this hike if you are a beginner! Seriously
LNT - leave no trace. Meaning if you carry it in then carry it out and if you do see trash on trail try to carry it out as well to help keep these mountains beautiful and clean.
Do The Rock Hop - The Alpine vegetation is very rare and very fragile so when you’re on the summit of these mountains please only walk on bare rocks to avoid killing the vegetation!
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"I'm so sorry for all the cursing guys, but it's hard not to curse when the trail is this fucked up." AWESOME!!!
Can someone please tell me why I am getting any thumbs down on this video? The footage is absolutely beautiful and incredible
Because some people are just jerks. Nothing wrong with the video. It’s just people being dumb. It is some very nice footage and I’ve been looking into hiking the great gulf trail myself. Great video man the views up there are incredible
its bots, not real people
You’re too loud. It’s like hanging around a drunk person.
@@Nuttyirishman85 thank you, I appreciate that
@@BrianHikesAllDay I don’t mean any offense, I shoot from the hip.
Man, i just realized you did this the same day as Huntington. That is a heck of a day.
I have to say, this, combined with Huntington, has to be one of the wildest and most hardcore approaches anyone can take to hiking Mt. Washington. I plan on hiking Huntington for the first time this year if my health allows (recovering from stretched ankle ligaments) I hiked Mt. Washington for the first time in 2021. It was epic! Great video footage and thank you for sharing!
My knees started to hurt just watching that decline.
All of this is awesome, but my favorite moment by far is at 12:35... "All right, so it seems that we're popping out to a Holy Shit! ...I mean, a pond." 🤣
Seriously though, gorgeous trail, great hike, and great work capturing it on video. Perfect cap off for the T25!
Thanks so much man! I try not to stage anything. I try to capture my genuine reaction and my sense of humor. Apparently not everyone feels the same way as someone left a comment earlier that I need to grow up.. I think they need to loosen up and be a kid again. Lol
@@BrianHikesAllDay Oh man, I love this about your videos!! Seriously, your genuine, in-the-moment reactions make it so freaking fun to watch. You are living in the moment and your sheer love for these awesomely insane trails comes through 100%. People are missing out if they don't allow themselves to have that kind of reaction when they're out on trail!!
Thanks so much For that comment. It means a lot.
Great job with the footage on a crazy trail!
Thanks Dave!
Wow!! WICKED AWESOME. Stunning views!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Congrats on finishing the terryfying 25. Which one do you think was the most terrifying? Thanks for filming it for those of us who are too scared of heights to do them.
Well, none of them were terrifying. More like the 25 most fun trails in New Hampshire. Huntington Ravine and North slide tri pyramid are my favorite.
The great gulf wilderness is such an awesome area ! The T25 is a great collection of trails. The run off from toilets hahahaha ! That body of water is called Spaulding Lake. Gotta love those wilderness trails. Great job Brain
It’s amazing how water could just be flowing out of a mountain
The great gulf wilderness was beautiful. That headwall was gnarly
@@BrianHikesAllDay Yeah , that head wall is gnarly. It's one of those trails that is not recommended to go down lol
So now you tell me!!
@@BrianHikesAllDay Hahahahahaha!!!!
Hey Brian - great video. My family and I met you on the Carters this weekend. The T25 was a great project to vlog, for sure. Thanks for putting these together!
Pleasure meeting you!!
Congratulations!
excellent video, lots of memories
Yes!!
This was like the 5th trail I had ever done in the Whites and boy it kicked my ass. We hiked up Mt. Washington via Tuckerman and Lions head. By the end it felt like our limbs were going to fall off. It drizzled almost the whole time which was super dangerous. After the headwall and the brook moral was really low and we still had 5 miles left lmao. Feels like a crazy accomplishment thought, glad I made it through haha
Looks awesome. This video makes me want to hike up this trail, unlike videos of Huntington.
Is the headwall exposed at all? I didn't really see any sections that seemed sketchy. The loose rock sure, but were there any crazy scrambles with fall risk?
What you see is what you get.
Amazing!!! It reminds me very much of Hamlin and Baxter peaks in Maine. Same vast, steep views and terrain. Stunning for sure. I’m not sure I’d want to go up that trail even though down is rough. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I just finished my Northeast 115 on Saturday on Katahdin. What an amazing Mountain to finish on! Truly fulfilling! I just love this blog because I love watching the clouds blow over and in and out and clearing. It’s so beautiful.
@@BrianHikesAllDay congrats! I’m only 1/2 way through. Did you do knifes edge? It was drizzling when we were there, my friend was unwilling to do it. I’ll have to go back. Darn! Lol
I would also agree that I would never do knife edge in the rain. That’s one gnarly Trail and yes we did it. There was one section called the chimney which was literally a vertical wall and hanging onto things reaching down with your feet to find the next foot step
@@BrianHikesAllDay sounds like something I’d like to do 😁
I totally support cussing. I really don't understand how certain words became "bad" words.
"Magnificent!" That's one gnarly adjective! "Maybe this is runoff from people flushing toilets." ROFL!! Great video, as always. Thanks! BTW, you are terrifying!
I’m not terrifying!!
Wait, didn’t you say “I am a terrifying...”. Your words taken totally out of context. Just kidding!
Cool beans👊
Thanks Dennis
You should rename your channel to "This trail is insanity." I doubt the camera really showed just how gnarly that downhill was.
It never does
&&&&&*()**(*(*( in' Wicked Pissah video man (that means Wicked Awesome in bostonian) =)
Nice!!! This trail is fucked lol. Do you shoot 4k 30fps or 60? What do you use your cell phone?
GoPro Hero 8 Black at 4K 30 linear. If I use the cell phone it would be bouncing all over the place
@@BrianHikesAllDay wow you just sold me on getting that GoPro! I was wondering how your videos dont have shake! What do you have it on when you hike? Gimble or what so I know what to get? Thanks! This hike was awesome to watch!
I just use an alligator clip and I hold it in my hand vlog style
@@BrianHikesAllDay awesome! Thanks def going to get one!