Mount Adams from Madison Spring
— — the pyramid the col gives you.
Not only on a wall.
“Madison Spring Hut sits at 4,800 feet on the col between Mount Madison and Mount Adams, the second-highest peak in the Presidential Range. The hut, built by the Appalachian Mountain Club in 1888, is the oldest in the high-hut system. From the spring the eye climbs the cone of Adams two thousand feet above. The wind through the col is a constant. — from the studio
Mount Adams from Madison Spring, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Mount Adams reaches 5,799 feet, the second-highest peak in the Presidential Range and in New Hampshire after Mount Washington. The summit sits in the White Mountain National Forest in northern Coös County. Madison Spring Hut occupies the col below at 4,800 feet, reached by the Valley Way trail from the Appalachia trailhead on U.S. Route 2 in Randolph. The hut belongs to the Appalachian Mountain Club's chain of high-mountain huts, opened on this site in 1888 and rebuilt several times, most recently in 2011. From the col, the Star Lake and Airline trails climb the summit cone.
The col between Adams and Madison sits in full alpine zone above tree line. The 4,800-foot elevation places the hut in a krummholz band of stunted balsam fir and black spruce twisted by wind. The Mount Washington Observatory records sustained winds above 60 miles per hour on a meaningful share of summer days. Diapensia, Lapland rosebay, and alpine bilberry grow in the cushion-plant communities around the spring. The growing season at this elevation is roughly eight weeks between snowmelt and first frost, and alpine conditions can occur in any month of the year.
The Madison Spring Hut season runs from early June through mid-September, with full-service overnight stays managed by the Appalachian Mountain Club and reserved through their booking system. Day hikers reach the hut from the Appalachia trailhead on U.S. Route 2 by the Valley Way trail, 3.8 miles and roughly 3,500 feet of climb. The summit of Adams is another mile and 1,000 vertical feet above the hut. Weather in the Presidentials changes quickly; the Mount Washington Observatory higher-summits forecast is the standard reference for trip planning above tree line.