HIKES Alpine Gardens on Mount Washington July 15 2015 Overview: My dog and I wanted to hike up to the Alpine Gardens on Washington (not sure about the dog, but I did). Two easyish ways to get up there are Tuckerman's Ravine Trail up the headwall until you intersect (on the right) the Alpine Garden trail or up Lion Head trail, which intersects with the Alpine Garden trail. I hadn't hiked either the Tuckerman Ravine trail or Lion Head trail with a dog before. I decided to go up Lion Head because I was worried about Glacier (the dog) on that steep part of the headwall that you always hear about people falling off of. I had forgotten about all the steep scrambles on Lion Head (had only previously hiked down it). After scrambling up the steep spots I was worried about Glacier coming down. I am a big baby about scrambles-you won't see me doing anything that involves climbing or cliffs. Glacier turned out to be fine both going up and down but ...