Take an incredible journey across the heights of New Hampshire. Includes all peaks whose summits lie on (or very near) the 161 miles of Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire. Highlights include summiting alpine tundra-topped peaks of the White Mountains, exploring remote trail deep in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, and the classic traverse of all the high peaks of the boulder-topped Presidential Range. One of the most difficult and scenic sections of the entire AT.
Highest peak
Mount Washington
6,288 ft / 1,916 m
Most prominent peak
Mount Washington
6,148 ft / 1,873 m prom
Most summited peak
Mount Washington
1,123 summits
Most difficult peak
Mount Washington
Class 1
Difficulty breakdown
Class 1/2 5 peaks
Highlights
Latest summits
"A hike up Moosiluake for Molly's grid. We walked halfway up the road and then went up Gorge Brook Tr to the summit. We barebooted going up and microspikes coming down. The snow was getting soft today. Beautiful day on the summit but also quite windy, making the wind chill a bit much!" — newenglandwarrior • Apr 14, 2024
"We started at 8 am, a couple cars beat us. Cloudy skies and in the 30s-40s at the base. The first mile was gradual with patches of snow. Snowshoes were needed for the rest of the ascent. The next 2 miles were basically straight up until a junction. We decided to skip South peak, as it wasn't broken out. The mile to Moosilauke peak was a flat alpine zone then a bare climb. Some peaking views through the clouds but overall was in the cold and windy haze at the summit." — gregoryskiba • Mar 16, 2024
"Warm, wet, foggy, windy with low visibility on our climb up then as we approached, the final 0.3 miles, the clouds parted to let the blue sky greet us. Perfect timing for some photo ops while taking in the views. On our way down we got to see what we missed on the way up. Because of the conditions many folks turned around and missed a nice day. Once back to tree line the clouds came back.
Trail conditions were less than favorable with soft mushy snow, some ice/crusty snow and way too many exposed rocks. No need for snowshoes only spikes which were useful half the time and a complete PIA the other half. Plunging into mini-ponds on our way back." — Nimblefoot • Mar 3, 2024
"Five of us drove to Twin Mountain,NH with one mission to get the smallest and oldest member of our group, 82 yo Marguerite(AKA Itty Bitty), to Mount Jefferson. It would be her finale peak of her W48 quest.
Today we choose Mount Jackson as our warm up hike/peak while we wait for bluebird day for Jefferson. Unbeknownst to us she began to suffer a small stroke as we started the hike from Rt 302. Moving very slowly and unable to talk within minutes of the road we promptly aborted and got her back to the motel. The local in our group got her to the hospital in Littleton for an MRI then got admitted.
The three of us went back to the TH and had a wonderful romp up to the open summit. The forecasted strong winds and cold temps were not an issue as we took in the fine views, particularly to the Presi range.
" — Nimblefoot • Mar 1, 2024
"A hike with Molly for our Grid. Busy day out on the trails. We headed up Falling Waters Tr and reached Little Haystack. Beautiful day up on the ridge. No wind until the northern side of Lincoln. We bundled up on Lincoln and wore jackets until Greenleaf Hut. Blue skies and fantastic views all the way across. We came down Greenleaf Tr and Old Bridal Path. We both picked up 2 Grid peaks today. " — newenglandwarrior • Feb 25, 2024