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A fantastic strenuous ridge-hike with great views all around
This is a very popular full day hike for good reasons. On a clear day, you are unlikely to find better views in New England. Combine this with strenuous and nerve-wrecking hiking on the 'knife-edge' between Mts. Little Haystack, Lincoln and Lafayette and you have the recipe for a great day out. As a bonus you will ascend three 4000 footers, including...
In this complete Franconia Ridge loop climb you'll grab all four 4,000 foot peaks in the area.
On this unbelievable ridge climb you will pass by an AMC hut on the way up then follow a narrow ridge over to Lincoln from Lafayette and then continue on to Liberty and Flume before returning back to the same trailhead. You will climb up the Bridal Path trail to the AMC hut and along the ridge and return via the Falling Waters Trail. Bring your camera...
This loop hike by Lonesome Lake and Kinsman Pond will have you following a ridge for both Kinsman Peaks and Cannon.
This loop will bring you past Lonsesome Lake in an old glacial cirque, past Kinsman Pond to the Kinsman Peaks which are the highest in the range (South 4,358', North 4,293'). You will then double back and head over the "Cannonballs" towards 4,077' Cannon Mountain which has a ski area on its northern face. You'll find a viewing platform at the top...
Trips
A day-hike to the summit of the highest mountain in the Franconia Range - Mt. Lafayette. This hike also allowed me to summit Mt. Lincoln and Haystack Mountain.
We ascended by the Falling Waters Trail, crossed the ridge, and descended by the Greenleaf/Old Bridle Path trails.Recent trip reports had us a little skittish in regards to snow, but it appears a lot of melting has occurred since the May 13 report. The snow was very patchy and easily traversed with bare boots.The weather was perfect today--warm, sunny, and a gentle breeze. Visibility on the ridge trail was just about perfect--Mount...
We arrived at the trailhead to a "brisk" -3 degree start. Conditions were favorable, as we had blue skies and minimal wind. This was my first winter hike, and unfortunately, I was ill prepared. My normal backpacking gear did not cut it! I like to drink lots of water when I hike, so my spirits were damped when 20 minutes in, my camelback tube froze! Ugh. No worries - had another supply...
Franconia Ridge - Mt. Lincoln & Lafayette KGA006
Mittersill, New Hampshire, United States
Hiking | 8.2 miles
Hiking | 8.2 miles
Anti-clockwise over Little Haystack, Lincoln and Lafayette. The weather was absolutely horrible with sub-zero temperatures and very strong winds. Didn't make it any less fun though - although I couldn't enjoy any of the view...!!
Low clowds hung over Lafayette, Sun popped out over the Falling water trail.
Late afternoon hike to the AMC Greenleaf hut.
Early morning (4:30am) start in Boston, we were on the trail by 8am. Foggy and limited visibility on the way up, but coming down after noon the clouds opened up and we got some beautiful views of the Franconia Ridge.There was more snow that we expected judging by the surrounding area, so we got some nice snow shoeing in, though the traction probably wasn't necessary. Trail was a bit icy at parts,...
Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Lincoln and Little Haystack 9-19-09
Mittersill, New Hampshire, United States
Hiking | 8.9 miles
Hiking | 8.9 miles
This was the second time I did this hike but the first time was so long ago I didn't remember much of the trails. Of couse the hike from the hut up Mt Lafayette was memorable :) We almost didn't get to do the ridge due to weather conditions. Fortunately the weather broke as we were heading out of the hut. Despite the 70 mph wind gust, it was a beautiful hike....
We had planned to make the full loop: Falling H2O to Little Haystack, Lincoln, Mt. Lafayette, and then down Bridal Trail. But, the wind was really coming across the ridged and visibility was terrible, so we were forced to turn back just before reaching the top of Lincoln.
8.7 Mile loop (contrary to the site statistics)Trailhead just north of the Basin.Up falling waters trail to the summit of Little Haystack.Cross ridge over Mt Lincoln to Mt Lafayette.Follow Greenleaf trail to Greenleaf hut.Have some hot chocolate and a bowl of soup.Follow old bridle path back to parking lot.
Planned way back in February, this hike involved an overnight stay at the AMC Greenleaf Hut (4200') at the base of Mt. Lafayette. The weather forecast was for excellent weather all weekend, so we saw no reason to change our original plan of ascending the Falling Waters trail to Little Haystack, thence North on the Franconia Ridge to Mt. Lafayette and on down to the hut.As it turned out, the weather was...
A great hike up to an AMC hut.... The Lonesome Lake Hut is one of the easiest and quickest to access hust from a Trailhead. Total of 3.2 miles includes the loop around the lake. Our visit was enhanced with a Bull Moose siting.... Only our second and certainly best in all the years visiting NH.... Looking forward to a couple hut to hut hikes next summer!
