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Bonds and Zealand 8Dec2019

Another epic hike to the Bonds and Zealand! Started at Lincoln Woods and finished at the parking lot on 302 -- 23.4 miles with 5018 ft of elevation. The Lincoln side had hardly any snow so bare booted until we passed the water crossings and put snowshoes on for the climb up Bondcliff till the end. We saw 2 hikers coming down Bondcliff and one hiker doing an out and back from Lincoln Woods but the rest of the day we didn't run into a single person (except the kind caretaker at Zealand Hut who greeted us with homemade pumpkin cake and hot water). About 8 inches of fresh snow with plenty of drifts to plow through over West Bond and Guyot, Zealand was the same with even more snow! We ran into increasing winds as we headed over Guyot so were glad to be back in the trees on Zealand. Just an incredible day!
sunrise  on Lincoln Woods trail g12/02/5602/3/170164242.Vwu0AlU4.jpg g12/02/5602/3/170163249.WpzBGnoo.jpg Water crossing
g12/02/5602/3/170163251.BoLWkPWD.jpg The boulder approaching Bondcliff finally above treeline!! Franconia Range from Bondcliff
g12/02/5602/3/170163256.UtQhmzdM.jpg the boys on the cliff g12/02/5602/3/170163258.qJTG1iir.jpg presidential view from Bondcliff
g12/02/5602/3/170168174.qWWR1kLW.jpg g12/02/5602/3/170168175.2zuMOtfS.jpg g12/02/5602/3/170163261.15iuQndL.jpg pano view from Bondcliff
Approaching Mt. Bond up we go Mt Bond summit Presidentials
Carrigain Notch and Carrigain g12/02/5602/3/170163269.8QATuaaK.jpg Me on West Bond summit Bondcliff from West Bond
West Bond Bondcliff from West Bond Zealand summit just a little snow
from the Twinway g12/02/5602/3/170163276.i2sc721x.jpg g12/02/5602/3/170163278.GO1GAj33.jpg g12/02/5602/3/170163279.Kvuy0Y65.jpg
Zeacliff Zeacliff Zeacliff view of Whitewall Mountain