Region
Highlights
- The Appalachian Trail passes over the mountain.
- Mount Moosilauke is a 4000-footer in the southwest White Mountains of New Hampshire.
- The Moosilauke Ravine Lodge on the southeast side of the mountain offers food and accommodations to hikers. The Lodge is owned by Dartmouth College and is run by members of the Dartmouth Outing Club.
- Most commonly climbed route to the summit is the Gorge Brook Trail from Ravine Lodge. You can make it a loop by returning via the Carriage Road and Snapper Trail.
- Moosilauke is the 10th highest as well as the southwesternmost of the 4,000 foot summits in the White Mountains.
- A treeless summit that offers panoramic views of Franconia Ridge and the Kinsmans to the north.
Routes
85 climbs • 3.3 mi • 2,296 ft gain • 4 hr 21 min • Class 1
59 climbs • 3.4 mi • 2,899 ft gain • 4 hr 21 min • Class 1
38 climbs • 7.6 mi • 3,441 ft gain • 8 hr 42 min
4 climbs • 8.1 mi • 2,077 ft gain • 4 hr 22 min
2 climbs • 7.4 mi • 2,471 ft gain • 5 hr 34 min
2 climbs • 7.8 mi • 2,576 ft gain • 5 hr 16 min
Latest climbs
"A great solo hike on a stellar weather day! 11:30 start. The road was packed with cars. Easy to follow trail. Went up Gorge Brook Trail. Some rocks and then dirt and roots up a well maintained trail. Ridge before top was a nice walk in the woods. Top was huge and crowded. Walked down Carriage Trail/AT and went up South Peak. Went left on Snapper which rejoined Gorge Brook Trail. Nothing too crazy. I would hike again!" — lfrancois • Aug 1, 2025
"Hiked up Mount Moosilauke and South Peak today. Gorge Brook was very easy for a 4000 footer going up and the alpine summit was stunning. Interesting ridge walk and then up to South Peak which provided a cool vantage point. Way down felt longer than the way up. I camped at nearby Russell Pond Campground." — elimihuta • Jul 22, 2025
"I hadn’t hiked a 4000 Footer in three months and wanted to challenge myself as the snowy season was wrapping up. Since the forecast for the whole weekend was cloudy and devoid of the opportunity for views, I decided to hike a 4000 Footer I’d already climbed before. The drive up Ravine Road was a little sketchy, with deep muddy ruts and unplowed snow. The hike started about halfway up the road once we reached a closed gate. I was expecting a more gradual transition from spring conditions to winter conditions, but the trailhead is at a high enough elevation that it already looked like a winter wonderland. After putting on microspikes, we set off just before 9:15am along the snow-covered Ravine Road, quickly reaching the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and beginning the ascent. After climbing up the first half-mile, we decided to continue on the Snapper Trail and Carriage Road. We had snowshoes but ultimately remained in microspikes for the duration of the hike. With no views due to the low clouds and the scenery looking largely the same, the climb was fairly monotonous, although as the temperature rose throughout the day we started to have melting snow fall on us. At about 11:45am we reached..." — JCalautti • Apr 13, 2025
"A hike up Moosiluake for Molly's grid. We walked halfway up the road and then went up Gorge Brook Tr to the summit. We barebooted going up and microspikes coming down. The snow was getting soft today. Beautiful day on the summit but also quite windy, making the wind chill a bit much!" — newenglandwarrior • Apr 14, 2024
"We started at 8 am, a couple cars beat us. Cloudy skies and in the 30s-40s at the base. The first mile was gradual with patches of snow. Snowshoes were needed for the rest of the ascent. The next 2 miles were basically straight up until a junction. We decided to skip South peak, as it wasn't broken out. The mile to Moosilauke peak was a flat alpine zone then a bare climb. Some peaking views through the clouds but overall was in the cold and windy haze at the summit." — gregoryskiba • Mar 16, 2024
"Molly and I did a loop hike on Moosilauke for her Grid. We went Tunnel Tr, up Benton Tr to the summit, over to South Moosilauke, then down Glencliff Tr. A nice hike all in all. " — newenglandwarrior • Oct 1, 2022
"Up via Benton, nobody on that trail. Beaver Brook parking was overflowing when we went by. Despite being July 31, it was windy and chilly on top. 54 degrees. But excellent views." — Alohabuffy • Jul 31, 2021
"A quick hike up Moosilauke to gain another Grid peak. Some wind chill up along the summit today. I didn't stay to long despite the beautiful views. I headed back to the car. Then drove to Portsmouth, met up with Molly, then up to Deer Isle for the night for the Bar Harbor trip. " — newenglandwarrior • May 14, 2021
"Perfect weather for a quick hike up the Moose before rock climbing at Rumney. We took the Gorge Brook Trail up to the AT and then the Carriage road and Snapper Trail down. Easy 9.5 miles!" — pandyabear • Nov 9, 2020
"Day one of a quick 4-day trip to the Whites. Ed/Larry, Tom and I met up on Ravine road after driving from home in some wet weather. Unfortunately the was being repaired so we had hike the final half mile to the Ravine Lodge and trailhead. Nice and blustery on top with low hanging clouds so the great views were totally obscured. Because of the conditions and low visibility we decided against doing a loop to include the south peak and just did a quick out & back." — Nimblefoot • Oct 1, 2019
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