Mount Percival & Mount Morgan Loop

On top of Mount Percival - Squam lake in background

Hi!!! 

 Oh dear. I haven’t blogged very much lately. I had winter adventures but just never settled down and told about them. That’s okay though. My Laura knows magic so I can write them later and make it look like they were written before this. Shhhh...

My first hike this year was just some little mountains but it was good to do a warm up hike. Even though these are half the size of my 4,000 footers, they are twice as big as my Hall Mountain near home (941 ft). It was a nice day and not too far to drive. The best part is I didn't have wear my backpack! My Laura forgot! (Laura note: I didn't forget... oh never mind.)

Mt Morgan and Mt Percival have a few choices. Our first choice was to start at the Mt Morgan Trailhead to have less time to walk down to the car. The second choice was to go up Mount Percival by using the Morse Trail connector. This trail was short and fast and super easy. The Mount Percival Trail really wasn’t hard at all for the most part until you get near the top... dun dun duhhhhnnn!

Decisions going up Mount Percival Trail

This actually happens on both Mt Morgan and Mt Percival. On the Mt Percival side, you get

Percival's Cave

caves to the left and cliffs to the right. Zac really really wanted to do the caves so we tried that first. Well, I made him try first. He got IN the cave, but he couldn’t get OUT the other side. I waited impatiently whilst my Laura had to go look too before they both squeezed back out and we took the cliff side trail.

The cliffs weren’t really scary cliffs at all. I did need one boost on a long jump but it wasn’t harder than my big-mountains. The top has very nice views of Squam Lake.

After snacks we continued on to Mt Morgan. The trees get in the way so there isn’t as much to see. There is a summit sign and survey marker from the Boston Museum of Science. Boston. New Hampshire. Boston. Maybe I need to learn geography because I am confused.

We were here. Mount Morgan.

When you come off Mt Morgan you get the two trails again. We guessed which one to take and guess what? We chose wisely! They meet up again but we went with the one with the sign pointing back to the road. It wasn’t clear that the other trail was the one with caves... AND ladders! Ladders are hard and going DOWN ladders is not fun at all!!! We found the beginning of the ladders and caves and Zac had to peek in again. He says he could have fit through but it wasn’t fun to go down the ladder. I wouldn’t have gone up it either!

The rest of the way down Mt Morgan trail was easy. It was smoother than Mt Percival Trail

LADDERS!

so it was good to be doing the descent that way. Unless you want to go up the ladder (crazy humans), I liked the counter-clockwise loop. If you choose the right trails, this is nice for dogs and kids too!

Bye!

~Frisco

Mt Percival & Mt Morgan
Elevation: 2,212 ft, 2,220 ft
Trails: Mt Morgan Trail, Morse Trail, Mt Percival Trail, Craford-Ridgepole Trail
Distance: 5.4 miles