"Super nice day, headed up the Haystack Rd, and then on to herd path. The summit itself is a beautiful spot. 360 deg views, most prominent are the northern presis, and all the way over to Garfield, Lafayette and Cannon. Spooked a bull moose grazing along the trail, or I should say he spooked us!" — Alohabuffy • Jun 12, 2021

"Hiked Cannon Mountain via Lonesome Lake to Hi-Cannon and the ladder to Kinsman Ridge. Back down Kinsman Ridge to Lonesome Lake Trail around the lake and back out. Lafayette Camp Trailhead parking was full and had to park down the road at The Basin which added and extra 3 miles round trip to the hike. There was a threat of a thunderstorm while we were at the summit but it is missed us. It was my friend Rose's first 4000 footer." — dmcosker • Jun 5, 2021

"Hiked the Franconia Ridge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire on Sunday, May 30. The forecast over the last few days had dropped like 20 degrees and the chance of rain was steadily increasing, so we nearly abandoned the plan to do this hike, but I’m so glad we didn’t. We drove to Boston Saturday night and stayed with a friend, then a shorter 2 hour drive to the trailhead in NH early in the morning. We started hiking about 8 am and it was good weather to start, mid 40s and partly cloudy. I just wore my long sleeve shirt with no jacket to start because I knew I would get warm quickly. I had thin gloves but took them off almost immediately and stored them in my pockets (and stupidly didn’t put them on again later). The hike started out with some beautiful waterfalls and pretty quickly gaining elevation – a lot of the elevation gain is in the first 2-3 miles with 3480 ft gain in 4 miles. As we climbed you could feel it getting cooler but I waited until about 2.5 hrs in when we got to the first summit – Little Haystack, which is about 4800 ft. But that was a mistake because as soon as we got up there it was like being hit with a wall of freezing wind. I don’t know what the mph wer..." — kvander • May 30, 2021

"I had a little trouble finding Hemenway Road and the trailhead, then was a little confused on Hemenway Road when I saw another, longer trail that intersected with it. But I figured it out and started from the trailhead and parking area at the corner of Hemenway Road and Great Hill Road. The gravel lot can accommodate four cars or so. It is part of the Hemenway State Forest. The map on AllTrails of the site shows the route I took more clearly than the Peakery one: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/new-hampshire/great-hill-fire-tower?mobileMap=false&ref=sidebar-static-map As the trail ascends Great Hill Road east of Hemenway Road, it is an old jeep trail type road, and is in very good shape. The trail, though, is not consistently blazed. Going up the south loop, as the AllTrails map shows, follow the most used/improved trail at all intersections. There is a left turn about halfway in or a bit more that's the most key example. There are snowmobile trail arrows pointing left there, and the road is more improved; go that way. There is a retired fire tower at the summit which offers very good views, particularly to the east. Going down, one can make a partial loop (which e..." — Badgerinmaine • May 29, 2021

"All day rain in So. New Hampshire, headed north and the weather was really nice. Sat up on the rocks at the summit, in the sun, no wind, with a view of the entire Presidential range. Really nice spot." — Alohabuffy • May 29, 2021