"Waumbek was a hike started at the Starr King Trailhead using the Kilkenny Ridge Trail. Nice views on Starr King but virtually none on Waumbek. Total mileage out and back was 7.2 taking 4 hours." — billsussdorff • Sep 20, 2025

"A hike with Molly and Z. We had to park in the golf course lot since the trailhead driveway was really bad and my car would have bottomed out. So an extra .33 miles each way. We made our way up Starr King, then over to Waumbek. We took a long break on Waumbek, checked out the view, then headed back down. On the way home, we stopped at Puritan for ice cream in Manchester. " — newenglandwarrior • Aug 16, 2025

"Good first (new) peaks of the year. Feeling a bit emotional today and also forgot my pack at home.. still had the essentials in car. Mid 50s, partly cloudy and slightly gusty. Steady climb up to starr king then gradual up and down to the wooded summit of Waumbek. Some mud to be expected but not crazy. Trail looked like it took a beating over the winter. Lots of downed limbs. A trail crew or someone had done some recent work. Saw a few other people. No wildlife except one curious red squirrel. Clocked 6.9 miles. " — ryangallant • May 21, 2025

"Nicest weather of the year so far: mid-50s, clear skies, no wind. The parking lot next to the Starr King Trailhead is open, although there are plenty of deep potholes on the road up from Rt. 2. Despite bringing plenty of layers, I only wore my base layers for the entire hike and at points wished I was wearing shorts. I departed the trailhead just after 9:45am and began hiking up the Starr King Trail. The entire trail maintains a moderate (albeit unrelenting) slope, with only the last quarter-mile featuring anything steep. The first half of the trail was dry, with a smattering of snow beginning once the leafless hardwood trees gave way to the shady evergreens. A solid monorail quickly appeared and my microspikes went on. At no point did I need snowshoes, although sticking to the center of the trail was necessary to prevent postholing up to my knee. The ascent was fairly quick, and immediately after cresting the summit of Starr King, I descended into the main rocky clearing with sweeping views of the northern Presidentials. I didn’t stay here for too long and quickly set off along the Kilkenny Ridge Trail towards Waumbek. The Ridge Trail was partially shaded, but the overhead sun re..." — JCalautti • Apr 21, 2025

"Hiked Up My 4th 52 With A View Mount Star King 3,907ft & Then Hiked Over to My 2nd 4000fter Mount Waumbek 4,006ft In Kilkenny Township, NH!!! :) <3 #Nature #Outdoors #Hiking #Healing #healinginthemountains #healingjourney #Mountains #52withaview #4000footers #NH48 #484000footers #ThePresidentialRange #PresidentialRange #presidentialrangenh #NewHampshire " — Rclara9 • Sep 3, 2024

"We could see the sun/cloud line up ahead as we drove north to Jefferson and were happy to park in the sun. 5 minutes up the trail it clouded over and stayed mostly dark and cloudy with some nice wind gusts all day. Had 54 degrees on the summit. No snow and surprisingly, several spring flowers seemed to be fading away. Seemed early." — Alohabuffy • May 24, 2024

"Great to be back in the White Mtns. Still working on the 4000 footers, I started them when I was 10. Ate a dry sandwich on a wet rock on the viewless, joyless summit of Waumbek. 40/48" — scott • Sep 21, 2023

"Well, it finally didn't rain. Still steamy and wet in the woods. Lots of mud and water on the trail, and plenty of ugly clouds. Starr King had some very hungry and plentiful black flies." — Alohabuffy • Jun 30, 2023

"Kept driving north until we found sunshine, in Jefferson. Really nice trip up Waumbek. Excellent packed track for spikes or shoes. Great views from Starr King. And Gray Jays working the summits." — Alohabuffy • Feb 13, 2022

"Pretty busy parking lot for a very cloudy day in December. Lots of people and dogs on the trail today. Nice solid snow bed, easy to do in spikes. Faint outline of the presis from the summit outlook. 35 degs up on top. Three gray jays on Starr King working it. " — Alohabuffy • Dec 12, 2020