Trip Report: Presidential Traverse Fall 2017
Seventeen hours of hiking summits with endless beauty and one evening with stars you have never seen before. I have been thinking about doing the Presidential Traverse in the White Mountain National Forest for a while but never had the courage to do it alone. I finally got fed up and did it. Here is how I went about it. Transportation The traverse is not a loop so either you have a car at each end of the trail or grab a bus from the Highland center for twenty bucks at nine am and get dropped off at the start at the Appalachian trailhead towards 10 am. If you take a bus, take it to the end of the destination. You don’t have to worry about catching one when finishing your trek. Gear I had about 17 kg of weight on my back. I could have gone a little lighter especially if I didn’t drag my bear can and if I reduced the amount of food I brought. I only needed on meal of dehydrated food. As for the bear can, I wasn’t sure what to expect for animal...