Little Haystack Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Little Haystack Climber's Log

RockOn - Oct 11, 2020 1:30 am Date Climbed: Oct 3, 2020

Too Crowded, but still amazing.

Stayed at liberty spring tentsite before heading on the franconia ridge for this one. Climbed liberty and flume the day before. now that i've linked those two up, i think i would fill water at liberty spring and then stay in between liberty and little haystack. There are some great spots in there.

cascadescrambler - Sep 7, 2019 11:39 am Date Climbed: Aug 22, 1970

Franconia Ridge Traverse

Up Bridle Path, down Falling Waters

GeekTuesday - May 24, 2018 7:58 pm Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2018

Rough Start

Came up Falling Waters and left via Lincoln and Lafayette and the Old Bridle Path. First ascent almost did me in but I was in terrible shape. Definitely will do this traverse again!

wanderweg83 - Sep 16, 2017 3:01 pm Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2017

Franconia Ridge Traverse

Did as part of a traverse; Little Haystack, Lincoln, then Lafayette.

wannabepeakbagger - Jul 22, 2017 10:09 pm Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2017

Nice weather

Came over from Lincoln and Lafayette as I did the loop up Bridle path and down Falling Waters. Started at 0530, so avoided the crowds during most of the hike. Great weather and actually a bit cold in spots.

Will Newcomb - Aug 22, 2016 2:18 am

Great Hike

Climbed in July 2010.

joseyinnet - Jan 17, 2016 10:34 pm Date Climbed: Jan 17, 2016

Falling waters

The waterfalls were beautiful covered in snow and ice. Perfect clear weather at the top, but windy and cold.

hgrapid - Jun 13, 2015 10:16 pm Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2015

Falling Waters

Steep trail to the summit

lorothy12 - Jan 3, 2015 8:21 pm Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2014

lincoln/lafayette

Luckily we reached this summit before the clouds rolled in and obstructed all views.

Lenny72 - Sep 2, 2014 1:02 am Date Climbed: Nov 19, 1995

Little Haystack Climb

Did this mountain as part of the Franconia Ridge loop; an 8.9 mile trail over 6 summits. Cold, icy, very windy, exhausting, but exhilarating with excellent views of the Pemigewasset Wilderness when the weather is clear.

runbyu1 - Aug 17, 2014 8:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2014

Franconia Ridge Traverse

Ran and Hiked up the Falling Waters Trail on the way to Lafayette and down the Old Bridal path. Absolutely beautiful - loved the Falling Waters trail!

tioga - Jun 14, 2014 8:55 am Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2014

Lots of Bugs

Climbed this in the morning after summitting Mt. Liberty. There were a ton of bugs up here, so many so, that the back of my shirt was literally covered with hundreds of them. We quickly moved on from here.

Onager - Jan 17, 2014 10:32 am Date Climbed: Jan 16, 2014

Fun in the clouds

My girlfriend and I set off on the Falling Waters trail around 6am, arriving at the summit of Little Haystack around 9:30am. From there we traversed the ridge to the summit of Mount Lincoln. From Lincoln we set off for the summit of Mount Lafayette around 12:15pm. We had zero visibility all day above treeline, making it tough to navigate certain sections and gauge how far we had to go. We finally have top of the line gear, except that my new new-matic BD sabretooth crampons kept popping off my Koflach arctis expe boots. After the 4th time they came off I switched to my hybrid crampons and life was swell. Took the Bridal Veil Falls trail 2.9 miles back to the trailhead, arriving around 3pm. Great day.