Region
Most climbed route
Highlights
- A tough-love, thickly wooded, viewless summit with "the tiniest summit cairn ever"
- Lies in the Sandwich Range Wilderness
- Often combined with fellow 4000-footer Mount Whiteface in a loop day hike
Routes
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15 summits • 13.0 mi • 3,764 ft gain • 6 hr 17 min
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1 summit • 11.1 mi • 3,407 ft gain • 8 hr 51 min
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1 summit • 19.3 mi • 4,807 ft gain • 11 hr 39 min
Latest summits
"Moderate temps, some sun, some clouds. The summit cone had some cold winds. A lot of unconsolidated snow. Snowshoes all the way. I really like the Dicey Mill trail, simple beauty. " — Alohabuffy • Feb 6, 2021

"Solo. 20&21/48.
Started out around 0745. Driving to the trailhead the roads were wet, it was in the 50’s, humid as all get out, and the sky was full cloud cover. I wasn’t feeling real excited to spend another day hiking on my sore right Achilles’ tendon, but figured I can recover later, right?
I’ll be candid here and admit I could’ve done a better job of researching trail options. There aren’t many but maybe just winging it off of the NH4000Footers website wasn’t a great idea.
There were 5 cars in the lot when I arrived and one other hiker gearing up. Many signs about not overflowing parking posted down the road. I hiked in on a gravel road that passes a couple of houses, and then made my way up what is actually someone’s driveway- the sign at the gate said, “Private Property, Hikers Welcome!” I cannot imagine living at the base of two 4000’ers but also cannot begin to wonder about the issues this creates for the landowners. Very grateful to them for being so generous in allowing folks to wander on their land day in and day out. After passing their house and going further up the gravel road, there is a bridge that goes to the Blueberry Ledge Trail. Take this trail...." — kellieirene • Sep 18, 2020
"I didn't have to work today because of the Covid pandemic cancelling our annual event. So I took advantage of it with a hike. We hiked up Whiteface, then Passaconaway, then over to another peak which this site claims is Hibbard. Then out via the Kelley Tr." — newenglandwarrior • Jul 4, 2020
"Humid and buggy day. Went up Blueberry Ledge Trail to summit. Then across the Rollins Trail to Dicey Mill Trail up to Passaconaway summit. Then looped around via Walden Trail back to Dicey Mill Trail and out the trailhead. Great views from several points on Whiteface and Passaconaway. A passing thunderstorm was nothing more than a rain shower that cooled things down for a bit. Passaconaway marks number 39 or 48. Hiked Whiteface two years ago as an out and back." — dmcosker • Jun 20, 2020

"In town for the weekend enjoying our Anniversary, on this day we were climbing Whiteface and Passaconoway, Loved the steep trails with the roots and rock scrambles. Took the Wiggins Trail up to start the loop, then to Blueberry Ledge trail before reaching Whiteface and heading over to Passaconoway. We missed our on views with the clouds but had a great day!" — deb-and-rob • Jun 21, 2019

"Decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and head up for our third straight weekend of hiking. Blueberry Ledge Trail to Mt. Whiteface, then Rollins Trail to Dicey's Mill and Mt. Passaconaway. A great hike overall, but tiring, so that last 0.7 mile stretch up to the Passaconaway summit made me cry a little on the inside. Lunch, conversation, and the tiniest summit cairn ever. Then we quickly headed down Dicey's Mill Trail back to the Ferncroft Road parking area." — gooner • Jul 7, 2018

"Slightly raining....or misty day of on and off sun. Hiked with roger up the ledges and over to grab passaconaway. Super excited to grab these two together with a partner so I knew what to expect when heading out solo." — shay-shay • Apr 30, 2018
"From Whiteface, I took the Rollins Tr over, then went up Passaconaway. I red-lined the Passaconaway View spur tr. Wow. I have been missing out for a long time. I then came down Passaconaway on the eastern side to mix up the descent a bit. Then Dicey's Mill Tr back to the parking lot." — newenglandwarrior • Oct 18, 2017
"Hiked Blueberry ledge trail to Whiteface, then over Rollins trail to Passaconaway. From Passaconaway hiked Walden trail down to hit Mt. Hibbard, then the Wonalancet trail back to parking lot" — blackwolf_03278 • Sep 24, 2017

"Forecast was for a wet day, so we took the long route for Passaconaway & Whiteface instead of going up the ledges, we spoke to several people who did climb the ledges, and never regretted our decision to go this route. It never rained, but we were in the clouds until the very end. 15.6 Miles! The Oliverian Brook Trail & Passaconaway cutoff trails were quite nice, and in good condition. The loop up to Passaconaway was a good climb to a boring summit! It seemed that we went down forever to the Rollins Trail, but we loved that trail (see my Whiteface log for more). No views all day, which was a disappointment, as I'd read about this hike and the views into the Bowl and was looking forward to them." — PJSelmer • Aug 12, 2017