"4th consecutive New Year's Day hike. 1st time for a winter 4K. Lots of ice and some snow but wore microspikes from the first brook crossing. Sun came out as I was approaching the Ridge trail. Although low clouds were still around, views from the summit were awesome! Unfortunately not enough time to go on to South." — SteveM_StickMan • Jan 1, 2024

"Very nice weather for a trip across Kinsmans Ridge. It was busy up there, we ran into several AT thru hikers. Took side trip to Kinsman Pond. A beautiful, peaceful gem in the Whites. Also checked out a very interesting Kinsman Flume after hitting No. Kinsman and Bald Peak." — Alohabuffy • Aug 2, 2023

"An out and back via Mt Kinsman Tr. 4 of us headed up to the Kinsmans and back. Not much snow on the ground. We did use spikes after the major water crossing. Beautiful day to have views. " — newenglandwarrior • Jan 8, 2023

"Radically different day compared to Waumbek yesterday. Now there is snow at higher elevation. Molly and I met up with Katie at Lafayette Campground and hiked up to Lonesome Lake, then along the disgusting Fishing Jimmy Tr. Lots of mud and snow. I gained a Calendar Day and Molly gained a couple of grid peaks." — newenglandwarrior • Nov 14, 2021

"25 & 26/48. Solo. Started out at Lafayette campground around 07:15. Only 7 cars in the lot, all of which had dew on them, probably overnight campers if I had to guess. It was about 40°. Feeling stiff and creaky this morning even with a hearty breakfast of ibuprofen and a banana. Felt weird to walk directly next to people’s camp sites to get onto the trail for Lonesome Lake. This trail (~1 mile) was mostly hard packed dirt with a steady but not grueling incline. My legs were in no mood. A little bit before the lake, there were many plank bridges and i was on level ground again. Lonesome Lake was absolutely stunning, the water was incredibly calm and reflective. I didn’t linger at the hut, just continued on to Fishin’ Jimmy, which remained plank filled and flat for a bit. Between mile 2-3 I encountered a lot of mud and distressingly, rock slabs and scrambles heading downhill. Then uphill. Then downhill again. The worst. Hate going down to go up. I picked my way down the wet rock faces carefully and rock hopped over all of the mud that didn’t have planks. The uphill in earnest following this was punishment to me. Lots of interesting cut outs in the rocks, ladders, meta..." — kellieirene • Oct 7, 2021

"I’ve always found Fishing Jimmy to be a tough trail- today was no exception. Rocks and roots were slick and all the steeps required a bit more care than a speedy ascent and descent provide. Kinsman Pond was magical with the cloud cover but there were no long views" — hiking4000 • Jul 1, 2021

"10 mile round trip from Lafayette Place. Half the group stayed at Lonesome Lake with the puppy while we bagged the Kinsmans. Fishing Jimmy is a very rocky trail and kept our speed slow. Better view from North " — hiking4000 • Aug 31, 2020

"A great day for this hike - warm and sunny...until the last few miles where it poured for 20 minutes! This felt great, for the first 5 minutes and then the trail became a stream and well, ya know :) Thanksfully we were done with the major drop by then. Started at Lafayette Campground to the Ridge Trail, over the Cannon Balls to the Kinsmen and down the Reel Brook Trail. Somewhere around 14 miles and 5000 ft of gain. Fun day." — deb-and-rob • Aug 15, 2020

"Molly and I did a red-lining hike today. I needed the AT from South Kinsman to Kinsman Notch. We did a car spot and headed northbound on the AT from the Notch. We grabbed Mt Wolf on the way up. Then we went over the steep ledgey stuff of S. Kinsman, then over to N. Kinsman, then down the Mt Kinsman Tr. We were pretty beat after this hike. Our longest one after quarantine. " — newenglandwarrior • Jun 13, 2020

"Beautiful day in the White mountains! Hiked up to Lonesome lake then onto the Kinsmens via the Fishing Jim trail. Ran into many north and south bound thru hikers and enjoyed the company of many hikers." — blackwolf_03278 • Jul 7, 2019