Region
Most climbed route
Highlights
- Belknap Mountain is number 47 in the list of New England's Fifty Finest.
Routes
3 summits • 4.1 mi • 1,464 ft gain • 3 hr 8 min
2 summits • 6.9 mi • 1,591 ft gain • 5 hr 26 min
1 summit • 25.7 mi • 4,370 ft gain • 9 hr 21 min
1 summit • 6.1 mi • 1,762 ft gain • 4 hr 57 min
1 summit • 9.0 mi • 1,757 ft gain • 4 hr 17 min
Latest summits
"Meetup group hike. No snow except at the Gunstock ski area summit. Occasional ice patches easily bypassed. The recent firetower step reconstruction is completed and is in great shape! Good views despite the clouds." — SteveM_StickMan • Dec 23, 2023
"1.3 miles up the gunstock mountain trail to the summit. 1,200 elevation climb. Nice hike! Hard but steady and the trail was easy to follow. Not much of a summit but beautiful views walking around the ski area. Then took the trail to blue trail to belknap mountain which was moderate. The summit was very disappointing. No view! Maybe there is a decent view from the fire tower but it was under construction. Then white trail down the mountain to the parking area. " — HikingMomMC • Sep 21, 2023
"Great sunny day with a biting north wind. Once atop Belknap, we changed plans, instead of going over to Gunstock and into a bitter wind, we came down White and over to Piper. Lots of hidden ice floes under an inch of fresh powder. Needed spikes on the decent." — Alohabuffy • Dec 13, 2022
"Parked at lower Belknap forest lot off of Carriage rd. Trail on left for Gunstock mt, merge to saddle trail heading towards Belknap mt, white trail to merge on old piper trail, after summit, merge onto piper mt trail(red) loops back to parking lot. A wonderful loop of 3 summits, easy to follow and beautiful views. " — fbones • Oct 19, 2022
"A great day for a hike. Small showers moved in earlier, but the paths were largely dry. I went up clockwise from the parking area. It was very quick in order to beat the sunset. I wish I had more time in NH to enjoy things at a slower pace." — danielmartin • Jul 23, 2021
"Waited for the rain to stop, started out on Piper, very cloudy. But tons of blueberries lining the trail. Had to make several stops to load up. Down to Swett, had lunch on the summit. Back up to Piper and then over to Belknap, the big tower still in the clouds. Working on Redlining the Belknaps. Got back in the car, started raining." — Alohabuffy • Jul 17, 2021
"After hiking to Gunstock, I followed the BRT down through the col and up to the summit of this active fire tower/county high point. The occasional icy sections were easily bypassed using careful common sense (I didn't have micros). A clear sunny winter's day made my day! The Red Trail down to the closed pkg. lot road had a few inches more snow so there were hardly any icy patches :) My 12th NH Fire Tower summit. Just 3 more to go..." — SteveM_StickMan • Jan 10, 2021
"Molly and I hiked these three peaks today to rebuild our hiking legs after Covid quarintine. It was a nice day for it. Whiteface first, then Piper, then Belknap. We then ate at Jordan Ice Creamery in Belmont after the hike to begin the Scoops and Loops challenge." — newenglandwarrior • May 31, 2020
"Was a great day to hike in the range! Hiked up Piper trail to summit of Piper Mtn. Then took Orange traik over to Belknap mtn, from aummit of belknap took green trail down to parking lot. Hiked down the carriage road to th3 winter parking area!" — blackwolf_03278 • Jan 6, 2019
"Did the Belknap Range Traverse (alternate route) to hit 10 peaks and complete my Hike366 project. A really fun route! Left a car at the end of the hike and took an Uber to the starting trailhead. What an adventure." — beaucheminjess • May 10, 2018