After three straight days of arduous hikes, we needed a rest day. And when I say “rest day,” I mean “Mount Pierce.”
Mount Pierce was the easiest of our 6 remaining White Mountain 4000 Footers, with a direct and kindly-graded route up the famed Crawford Path. The Crawford Path is the oldest continuously-used trail in the United States, cut in the 1810s when horses were the preferred mode of transportation for view-seeking tourists. Apparently, the horses found it a difficult climb, but for humans, it is steady and obstacle-free.
We reached the summit of Mount Pierce in 2 hours and 20 minutes, and were rewarded with a clear view of the Presidential Range and Mt Washington.
View from Mount Pierce
It being the Tuesday after Labor Day, we had the summit all to ourselves except for an AT hiker who briefly passed through. Mr. P took a small nap next to the summit cairn.
Summit of Mount Pierce
I sported my skort again, only that day I sort of resembled a hiking secretary.
Summit of Mount Pierce
