Monday July 22 North Twin, South Twin & Galehead

Two separate groups hiked on Monday in the Twin Mountain area. Patsy and Dick started from the Gale River trailhead and hiked up the Gale River trail to the Garfield Ridge trail to the Galehead hut. They then summited Galehead (4024 feet) and returned to the hut on the Frost trail. They retraced their steps from the hut back to the trailhead.

Steve and Doug started from the North Twin trailhead and hiked the North Twin trail to the North Twin summit (4761 feet). It appeared that the trail had been rerouted to eliminate the two river crossings as what was previously known as herd paths was quite well worn. They continued on the North Twin Spur to South Twin (4902 feet). They then descended the steep section of the Twinway to the Galehead hut and up to the Galehead summit (4024 feet). They continued the loop by descending on the Garfield Ridge and Gale River trails hoping to catch up to Patsy and Dick.

Alas, Steve and Doug did not catch the two speedy hikers.

Below is Doug at North Twin.

Below is Doug at South Twin with North Twin in the background.