"North Twin: Awesome, good view for not too much distance and flat trail for most part South Twin: Only a little further for AMAZING 360 views! Galehead: Awful summit, but hut is nice as well as viewpoint up" — Wafflepeakbagger • Oct 11, 2025

"BONDS TRAVERSE DAY 2: I woke up early so I could be ready to go as soon as breakfast concluded. Breakfast consisted of oatmeal, eggs, bacon, and coffee cake. Once the food had wrapped up, I refilled all my water bottles and hit the trail around 7:30am. Although the skies were clear, the sun had not yet crested the Twinway ridge, so it was cold starting out along the shadowed western face. However, my sweatshirt soon came off once I began the ascent of South Twin. Rising over 1100 feet in about 0.8 rocky miles, the beginning of the Twinway features a few Class 2 scrambles and an unrelenting stair-stepping climb until about a quarter-mile from the summit where it begins to level out. At this point, the trees shrank to about human height and the sun was directly in my face, but I welcomed the warmth since I was also subject to some cold winds. I reached the summit of South Twin by 8:45am for my 33rd NH 4000 Footer. The summit is small but offers clear 360-degree views, including (nearly) the entire Pemigewasset Wilderness and clear across to the Presidentials. The morning sun was unobstructed by any clouds and the winds began to subside. I had the summit all to myself, and although I ..." — JCalautti • Aug 22, 2025

"Day 2 of pemi loop, about 8 miles from Guyot campsite to Garfield campsite, including a small backtrack to west bond at the start of the day. Very cloudy with some rain at the start of the day but cleared as we descended to the galehead hut (so many blowdowns and snowy spots made for some slow miles)." — noahthackeray • May 15, 2025

"Very cloudy day, in the 20s. All summits socked in except Bondcliff. Did the Bonds traverse, in at Galehead, out at Lincoln Woods. Encountered all possible trail conditions, used micro spikes mostly. 20.9 mi., 4550 elevation gain. Finally got our Winter 48!" — Alohabuffy • Jan 3, 2024

"Pemi Loop. 20 hrs, 2 minutes. 4 of us. Flume was the first peak, Bondcliff the last. We also threw in Galehead and West Bond for 10 peaks total. Got some blisters out of this hike. Glad to have finally done one. " — newenglandwarrior • Jul 1, 2022

"A traverse for Galehead and the Twins with Molly and Denise. We headed up Gale River Tr to do Galehead first. Then slogged it out with the ascent of South Twin. Then headed over to North Twin and down the North Twin Tr. Beautiful day on the Twins. We skipped 2nd and 1st crossing. I picked up a Calendar Day. " — newenglandwarrior • Nov 20, 2021

"A Twins, Zealand, Hale loop hike to help out Molly and Denise with their grids. We went up North Twin first to get the more exposed stuff over in case of bad weather. Partially socked in on the Twins. Same with Guyot. We had some views on Zeacliff. Then there was scattered light rain from Hale down the Fire Wardens Tr. I picked up 19 4000 footers in the month of June, which might be a record for me. " — newenglandwarrior • Jun 26, 2021

"A Hale, Zealand, Twins loop today for my Grid. Parked at Haystack Rd and went up the Fire Wardens Tr to Hale. Continued on to Zealand from there. Socked in, so I didn't bother with Zeacliff. Crossed over Guyot in the clouds. Met up with Molly, Denise, and Sarah off of South Twin on their backpack trip. We had lunch together before continuing on. At that point, I had views on both of the Twins. On North Twin, I saw a pine marten. That probably made the hike. Came off of North Twin, crossed the river, then bypassed 2nd and 1st crossing because of the high river." — newenglandwarrior • May 29, 2021

"Molly needed the Twins for winter. So we hiked up Gale River Tr and reached South Twin. We then went over and hit the summit of North Twin. We came back over South Twin and we tagged Galehead as a bonus peak for her Grid. " — newenglandwarrior • Mar 7, 2021

"Had a great time on this hike. Started out going through Franconia Notch where it was almost fog like. Very cloudy to begin. Parked at Seven Dwarfs for winter trailhead access. Adds an extra 1.5 miles each way. Little River was semi-raging and we had to go about a tenth of a mile beyond the third water crossing to find a safe ice bridge. North Twin trail is steep at the top, some unconsolidated snow made climbing difficult in spikes. Switched to snowshoes and it was much better. Once we emerged onto the rocks though, we were treated to a fantastic undercast with bright blue skies. It is one of the most astonishingly beautiful things to see. An ocean of clouds at your feet. There was Mt Wash, only its upper seen above the clouds. Not cold really, about 30 deg. As we made it to South Twin, the clouds were starting to dissipate. And a strong cold wind arrived too. South Twin has the best views in the Whites!" — Alohabuffy • Jan 10, 2021