So you've finished the NH 4000 footers and are hankering for your next New Hampshire peak challenge? The NH3KT is the natural next challenge to tackle: peaks over 3000 ft high with at least 200 ft prominence (the same prominence threshold as the NH 4000 Footers). Also like the NH 4000 Footers, this challenge includes only peaks that have trails, paths, or open ledges to their summits... no bushwhacking required! Based on a subset of Eric Savage's 3000T list.
Highest peak
Sandwich Dome
3,993 ft / 1,217 m
Most prominent peak
Smarts Mountain
2,188 ft / 666 m prom
Most climbed peak
Mount Monadnock
694 climbs
Most difficult peak
Mount Monadnock
Class 1
Difficulty breakdown
Class 1/2 1 peak
Highlights
Latest climbs
"My first hike in winter conditions and first use of microspikes. Monadnock already had a base of a few inches of snow, but about 5 more inches fell the previous day. The Monadnock State Park Headquarters are open year-round, but in the winter you pay the entrance fee at the park store instead of at the front gate. I set off along the White Dot Trail just after 10am. The initial section of the trail was a compact mix of mud, ice, and snow so I bare-booted the first half-mile. I turned left onto the White Cross Trail and it was obvious I was the first hiker on this trail after the previous day's snow. I put on microspikes once the trail turned northbound and began climbing in elevation. There were some faint tracks from a few day's prior that served as a decent guide, but I was largely breaking in the trail (I probably should've brought snowshoes for some sections). This was a great trail to learn to trust microspikes as the few steep sections are not exposed. Unfortunately most of the stream crossings were not completely frozen over, so I did get unnecessarily wet a few times, but luckily the temperature was not so low that this caused a problem (high 20s - low 30s). I finally came ..." — JCalautti • Nov 29, 2024
"Super nice day for a hike, headed up the Marlboro trail. Some clouds caused a few nasty wind gusts when we summitted. Swung down to Monte Rosa and we knocked off the Marian trail for the red lining." — Alohabuffy • Nov 7, 2024
"If you do all this challenge in a day, you are a full-blown mountain goat. I did 2 and I'm exhausted. Up to Town, down white dot trail. This is not to be underestimated. Great trail. Great day." — puddlepirate • Oct 19, 2024
"Met up to do Mt monadnock, going up White Dot and down White Cross trail. The forecast looked very bad until a few days out and it ended being very misty during the hike. Very few views but a great hike anyway!" — noahthackeray • Aug 3, 2024
"Was super humid and misting, so that was humbling. Was fun even though we were fogged in. Took white dot up and white cross down. Very steep rock scrambles the whole way up. Descent was sketchy because of wet rocks and was steep." — meilijohnson • Aug 3, 2024