"Beautiful New Year’s Day. About 30 degrees on the ridge. Nice sunny day. And a light wind just strong enough to let you know it’s there. Nice 360 views. Great day for a hike. " — Alohabuffy • Jan 1, 2021

"A good weather window opened up. I reached out to Denise for a Lincoln Lafayette hike and she came along. We made it most of the way up Falling Waters Tr before needing spikes. The ridgeline was icy all over the place. From Little Haystack to Lincoln, there was scattered undercast happening. From Lincoln to Lafayette, we were engulfed in clouds for most of it. We were in the clear when coming off of Lafayette. We passed by a group of 4 with no traction. They were going slowly over the icy terrain. We headed down the Old Bridal Path and reached the cars. Some great Grid gains for both of us. " — newenglandwarrior • Nov 22, 2020

"Nora and I decided to do a loop hike of Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Lincoln and Little Haystack on the Franconia Ridge. We got to the parking for Old Bridle Path and Falling Waters Trail at about 5:00 AM. It was still fairly dark, so we hung out for a few minutes, then started up the trail around 5:30. After about a quarter mile, we realized we'd left our lunch in the car, so we had to go back for it. After that, we started for real at 6:00 AM. Decided at the split to take the Old Bridle Path up, since I had taken Falling Waters Trail up last time and remembered how grueling it was. The Old Bridle Path was more varied, with flats, downs, moderate ups and steeps all mingled together, so it was a lot easier, even though about a mile longer to reach the summit. We stopped at the Greenleaf hut on the way up. It was open for water refills and snacks, as long as you wore a mask. We passed by quite a few people on the way up, and saw a lot of people on the summit of Mt Lafayette. We'd tried really hard to choose a clear, sunny day for it, as it was Nora's first time on this ridge and I wanted her to get the full magnificence of it. We succeeded. The views were amazing in every direction..." — Hufflepuff • Aug 13, 2020

"The plan was to be on Franconia Ridge for sunrise. We woke up at some stupid early time (3:30 I think), and was moving in 45 minutes time. A top of Little Haystack, there was some cloud cover. We were unable to see the sunrise since some clouds blocked the actual event, but we were able to watch the day continue to brighten, which was beautiful. I made sure to tag North Lincoln for my TW72 list, but I have been over it many times before. Lafayette was in a thick cloud cover so we had no views from there. It was pretty awesome coming off of Lafayette before 8 am. We came down Old Bridal Path then walked the Bike Path back to the car. I gained 2 more peaks for my August Grid. " — newenglandwarrior • Aug 6, 2020

"Did Franconia Ridge Loop on Sunday, 11/17/19. It ended up being a really nice day. Pretty much sunshine all day. Was 11 deg at the base when we started, hit about 25 for a high on the ridgeline. There were pretty blustery conditions on the peaks only, in general it was fairly calm. Probably gusted to 20 mph. Several inches of snow, too soon for snowshoes. Used microspikes the whole way." — Alohabuffy • Nov 17, 2019

"Started out to do the Pemi, once we hit lafayette a storm came in and we had to go down to the Hut to spend the night. It was full. We got the last two bunks. Headed up Lafayette again in the AM and it was beautiful blue sky. Headed down the trail and hitched a ride to the car to finish Pemi another day due to ill hiking partner. :(" — Joleneahikez • Aug 18, 2018

"Cool and bugless. A windy battle on top, but the cloud table was high enough to allow for great views. We ascended via Falling Waters Trail and Franconia Ridge, then headed for Lafayette and the Greenleaf Hut." — gooner • May 27, 2018

"Franconia ridge traverse....amazing day with clear skies...relatively warm! We realized during our hike to the last mountains that our car spot key was forgotten in the first car....so we had to backtrack to liberty again and head down liberty springs and road walk on the bike path for a few miles to get to our car...still an amazing day! Just a little longer than intended!" — shay-shay • Mar 25, 2018

"Coming up through Franconia notch, the morning sun looked so nice we ditched plans and swung into the lot. Up Falling Waters, big winds hit as soon as we summited Little Haystack. Fortunately the temps stayed in the 30s. Steady 25 mph winds along the ridge gusting to 40. We were the only 2 on Lafayette summit, crazy." — Alohabuffy • Jan 27, 2018

"Hiked up the Falling waters trail to the Fraconia ridge over Little Haystack, Lincoln and Lafayatte. Took thw Bridle trail down. Was a beautiful fall day, almost felt like summer." — blackwolf_03278 • Oct 22, 2017