"My first time hiking up and skiing down a 4000 Footer. I hiked up with a friend, and to make things a little more interesting we decided to race back to the parking lot from the Tecumseh/Sosman Trail Junction, him via the Tecumseh Trail and me hiking over to the ski trails and skiing down. We got to the Waterville Valley ski area just after the lifts opened and set off along the Mt. Tecumseh Trail around 9:30am. The temperature was in the teens with no wind, although the skies were completely overcast. I was a little worried that the snow flurries we experienced at the beginning of the hike would obscure the views from the summit, as the wildfire smoke did the last time I hiked Tecumseh, but luckily it abated about half an hour in. The trail was nicely packed-down; we were able to comfortably wear spikes the entire way to the summit, although I did bring a pair of snowshoes. Along with those, I also had my skis, ski boots, and a helmet, making this easily the heaviest pack I had ever worn for a day hike. The weight of the pack slowed me down, especially on the unyielding uphill section after the lookout at the halfway point. After about a mile, the trail begins to level out at the ..." — JCalautti • Feb 6, 2026

"Great sunshine and mild wind helped make this a very good hike. There was 2-4" of new snow, with 1-2' drifts in some summit areas. Crystal clear views of Mt Washington and the presis from all 3 summits. The lower section of the Avalon trail lost a lot of snow to a rain storm the day before. But everything above the second water crossing was great for snowshoes. Took part in the annual Christmas Bird Count. Chickadees, Nuthatches, Gray jays and one Gold crowned kinglet and one Evening grosbeak." — Alohabuffy • Dec 20, 2025

"Great sunshine and mild wind helped make this a very good hike. There was 2-4" of new snow, with 1-2' drifts in some summit areas. Crystal clear views of Mt Washington and the presis from all 3 summits. The lower section of the Avalon trail lost a lot of snow to a rain storm the day before. But everything above the second water crossing was great for snowshoes. Took part in the annual Christmas Bird Count. Chickadees, Nuthatches, Gray jays and one Gold crowned kinglet and one Evening grosbeak." — Alohabuffy • Dec 20, 2025

"With temperatures beginning just below zero, and warming up to only the mid-teens, this was easily the coldest hike I’ve ever embarked on. Setting off from the Lincoln Woods Trailhead at 7:45am we were treated to sunny skies and no wind, which made managing the cold quite easy. We only encountered one other brave soul throughout the entire hike, and it was a man returning from a quick morning walk with his dog. Roughly six inches of snow had fallen three days prior, and it was evident that very few people had gone down Lincoln Woods since then. Although we started the hike bareboot, we put on microspikes near the Osseo Trail junction because we kept slipping in the powdery snow. The scant tracks we were following turned onto the Black Pond Trail which is where we stopped to put on snowshoes. We reached the frozen Black Pond, which had a nice view of Bondcliff, then set off on the Black Pond Bushwhack. Despite not being an official trail, the Bushwhack seemed just as well-maintained as the marked section of the Black Pond Trail. In any event, it was more easily traversable than our next section of trail. The tracks turned left onto the Lincoln Brook Trail and we followed. This is wh..." — JCalautti • Dec 5, 2025

"Great weather to climb Cannon. The summit is always a little fickle, but we mostly had sunshine, lower 30s for a temp. We used spikes but above 3000 feet there is enough snow for shoes. The rime ice and recent snows have left the place looking like a winter wonderland." — Alohabuffy • Nov 19, 2025