"I arrived at the AMC Highland Center around 8:30am, and it was cold enough that I began my day with long pants, long sleeves, a fleece, and even considered donning my windbreaker. I took the shuttle from the Highland Center to the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trailhead, but walked along Base Station Road so I could stop briefly at the Cog Railway Base Station. During this walk, the temperature had already heated up to the point where I had to remove the fleece and zip off the pant legs. I set off along the Ammonoosuc Link around 9:45am and, even though the first 2 miles of the trail are shaded, I rolled up my sleeves and began regretting bringing thicker layers. Starting from the Base Station, the first 1.5 miles of the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail is mildly sloped, although very rocky from the start. Despite the dryer weather, the Ammonoosuc River was roaring along just fine, creating a wonderful forest ambience with occasional glimpses of the sun as it crested over Mt. Washington. The dry and cool weather also accelerated the leaves turning color; I was treated to a small percentage of yellow leaves lining the trees and dotting the forest floor. The first section of the trail culminates in the G..." — JCalautti • Sep 12, 2025

"Molly and I went up most of the way up the Edmund's Path. About a mile short from the summit and about 4100 feet, we felt some cold wind through the trees. We heard from a hiker coming down that it snowed for 5 minutes on the summit. Considering how raw and cold it was, we decided to head down." — newenglandwarrior • Aug 27, 2025

"Solo loop up 302 -> Crawford Path -> Mount Eisenhower -> Pierce -> Mizpah Cutoff -> back. Approach up Crawford was moderate, just eroded. Views socked in until until Pierce south peak . In the alpine zone above treeline, the clouds were beautifully eerie; hearing people talking within feet from me that i couldn't see, and occasionally seeing their brightly colored backpacks dart in and out of the cloud soup was a huge coolness factor of this hike. Ran into 'Ben H.' from MA doing his 2nd round of 48 coming from Jackson and thru hiker 'oldschool' making her way up the AT to Mt Washington! Filled up water at Mizpah Hut which was awesome to see up there. " — dennis-van-amburgh • Jul 11, 2025

"Day two of the Presidentials in NH. It was too socked in too see anything from the peaks, but it would've been beautiful. The southern peaks are much less prominent so are easier. Monroe and Little Monroe were just a quick jog from the hut, and Franklin was just a bump. Eisenhower made for an interesting ascent, because there is some krummholz close to the top. Pierce felt pretty short compared to the others, but it was challenging on the way down. The descent felt eternal and it was definitely a slog at times. Overall, and incredible trip and it was truly a once in a lifetime experience." — elimihuta • Jun 28, 2025

"A hike with the wife up Edmunds Path to Eisenhower. Nice gentle ascent up. Forgot that today was Flags of the 48. We reached the summit with 3 different flags up there. The Flag group, a boy scout troop, and another group raised a POW/MIA flag as we were leaving. Using binoculars, I saw the flags on Monroe, Washington, maybe Jefferson, Pierce and Jackson. " — newenglandwarrior • Sep 14, 2024

"Started early from the AMC Highland Lodge, then climbed up to Mizpah Hut, summited Pierce, Eisenhower, Franklin, Little Monroe and Monroe. Then dropped the pack and Turkey and I ran the ridge 5 more miles out to Boot Spur and took a peak down in Tuckerman’s Ravine." — wiweasel • Jul 4, 2024

"Molly and I hiked 3 peaks today for her Grid. We headed up Crawford Path to Ike first. We then came back over Pierce and then onwards to Jackson. When we heard from other hikers the river crossing was clear, we came down the Jackson Webster Tr and roadwalked back to the car. Beautiful day out today. We just missed seeing a supply helicopter to Mizpah Hut. " — newenglandwarrior • Apr 21, 2023

"Whew! Up Edmunds Trail on a scorching May day with Maryellen, Nancy, Tina, and Chris. We parked 2 cars for traverse of Pierce and Jackson. Steady up 3 miles some snow. Rocks and dirt , some ice and snow at the top. Some steeper sections on climb over to Pierce. Nothing too technical and not many bugs. " — lfrancois • May 21, 2022

"For Sarah's 48w finish. Our group of 6 headed up the Crawford Path and tagged Pierce. We then continued on and tagged Eisenhower for Sarah's finish. We then came back to Pierce. Molly wanted to get Jackson. So our group split in half with myself, Molly, and Sarah heading on to Jackson. We reached it, then slowly made our way down the Jackson Webster Tr. We then roadwalked back to the car. " — newenglandwarrior • Jan 16, 2022

"A Pierce and Eisenhower hike. It was an icy day on the trails. There was some high cloud cover but it was higher then Washington. So I had views today. Hit Pierce and Eisenhower for my Grid. I gridded out both peaks." — newenglandwarrior • Dec 15, 2021