"My Golden, Kali, and I parked by the trailhead, next to a Forest Ranger and another truck, then headed up the Burnt Mill Brook Trail to the Royce Trail. The first mile or so was fairly flat and easy, with a few good spots for Kali to run down and swim in the brook. The next mile went from moderate to moderately steep and seemed to go on forever, though part of that may have been me stopping to take pictures constantly. Finally we came to the Royce trail and took the West Royce trail up .7 to the summit and found the old torn down fire tower. This .7, at least most of it, was quite steep and rugged, but absolutely gorgeous to me, with beautiful mosses and peek=a-views, as well as lovely trees. Challenging terrain, but because I was so busy looking at everything, it was less exhausting than the lower trail. There were very nice lower ledges near the top, with good views. The summit cairn was in an area that may or may not have been the official summit. I never found a pin, but I wandered around a bit to see if there was anything higher and found the old abandoned fire tower. There were no views there, but it was interesting anyway. We rested for a short bit, texting m..." — Hufflepuff • Sep 19, 2019

"Great hike, made a point to point out of it. Up the Basin rim trail to West Royce, then hiked over to East Royce and down East Royce Trail. Some mud and a few patches of snow still out there. Cloudy view at West, but great view on East.." — blackwolf_03278 • May 20, 2018

"Headed out to grab West Royce for the 52wav and snagged this one on the way out. This section of woods is really remote if you dig far enough in! Never saw another human once I was on the trail to head to west after breaking from east. " — shay-shay • Jul 4, 2017

"Took this hike on one of our last days camping in the White Mountain National Forest. It was a nice hike with a lot of nice views along the way. The trail is rated as moderate but it's a little more than moderate in my opinion. Pretty much straight up to the top. From the top you can also see South Baldface Mountain that I have hiked twice but yet have not made it to the summit." — ndewitt84 • May 27, 2013

"A last minuet late afternoon trip up East Royce. After camping in the rain for the weekend we decided a quick hike about 3 thousand feet would be great. Being 3 in the afternoon I took the Maine mountain guides advice on a 3 hour round trip. While that is true the moderately steep description is borderline extreme. Considering the elevation gain in a mile and a half I found it very steep but very enjoyable. Gaining elev quickly give a great view quickly. The 5 stream crossings are great spots for photos and made the trail very interesting and fun. The views from the top are great with Balface and Mount Washington very clear! Awesome afternoon hike! Well marked trail and a great work out!" — tvanrosendael • May 27, 2013