North Kinsman

"10 mile round trip from Lafayette Place. Half the group stayed at Lonesome Lake with the puppy while we bagged the Kinsmans. Fishing Jimmy is a very rocky trail and kept our speed slow. Better view from North " — hiking4000 • Aug 31, 2020

"A great day for this hike - warm and sunny...until the last few miles where it poured for 20 minutes! This felt great, for the first 5 minutes and then the trail became a stream and well, ya know :) Thanksfully we were done with the major drop by then. Started at Lafayette Campground to the Ridge Trail, over the Cannon Balls to the Kinsmen and down the Reel Brook Trail. Somewhere around 14 miles and 5000 ft of gain. Fun day." — deb-and-rob • Aug 15, 2020

"Molly and I did a red-lining hike today. I needed the AT from South Kinsman to Kinsman Notch. We did a car spot and headed northbound on the AT from the Notch. We grabbed Mt Wolf on the way up. Then we went over the steep ledgey stuff of S. Kinsman, then over to N. Kinsman, then down the Mt Kinsman Tr. We were pretty beat after this hike. Our longest one after quarantine. " — newenglandwarrior • Jun 13, 2020

"Beautiful day in the White mountains! Hiked up to Lonesome lake then onto the Kinsmens via the Fishing Jim trail. Ran into many north and south bound thru hikers and enjoyed the company of many hikers." — blackwolf_03278 • Jul 7, 2019

"2 semaines solo de pure plaisir à faire du hiking à différentes places dont les Whites Moutains.3ieme journée et je suis enfin rendu dans les Whites!!! Je commence avec cette suite exigeante de sommets. De Cannon à Kinsman. La vue est malheureusement complètement obstrué par le brouillard. Je ne peux pas admirer la vu du notch" — fsoucy76 • Sep 19, 2018

"Thought we were getting a sunny day but summits along ridge were socked in. Hit Kinsman Pond and Bald Peak too. Must have been some sort of AMC thing going on. Large groups of hikers everywhere on the ridge." — Alohabuffy • Jan 20, 2018

"Very long but rewarding climb. The trail itself didn't seem that hard, but somehow it felt physically taxing. I'm sure it wasn't helped by the thousand percent humidity that morning... This was my first time using trekking poles and they turned out to be really useful! Thankfully, the morning fog lifted and the view was great. North and South peaks, Snickers and patches at the Lonesome Lake Hut, then french fries at the Lincoln McDonald's." — gooner • Aug 19, 2017

"2nd peak of the day after nabbing Bald Peak and then reaching the Kinsman Ridge to hike both summits. The 0.4 mi along the ridge to the north summit was no joke! Man was that a steep climb/scramble after 3.7 mi of hiking already under my belt. The view from the lookout on North Kinsman was the highlight of the trip. Great view of Franconia Ridge, Cannon Mountain, and Lonesome Lake." — HikeLikeMike • Jul 22, 2017

"This was for my final AMC mentored hike. We had a slow person with our group. So we did both Kinsmans at a 1 mph pace. Everybody's spirits still seemed good. I made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot from this hike. When we got to N. Kinsman, we were socked in the clouds, so we headed to S. Kinsman" — newenglandwarrior • May 27, 2017

"Winter climb and my first ascent in New Hampshire since breaking my foot on Tecumseh. Joined Ally and a crew from Boston for this one. It was a bluebird day - cold - and breezy. " — ne4kclimber • Mar 4, 2017