Hiking the White Mountains: A Guide to New Hampshire's Best Hiking Adventures

by Lisa Ballard, James Buchanan (Revised by)

Overview

Fully updated and revised, this is the insider's guide to New England's best peaks and gorges.

Whether you're taking in a 360-degree view mountaintop view, a dramatic waterfall, or a pristine pond, this book takes readers on thirty-nine of the best hikes in New Hampshire's White Mountains, some well-known and others off the beaten path.

Inside you'll find:

- Popular and lesser-known hikes

- Full-color photos and maps, detailed trail descriptions, and trailhead GPS

- Hike overviews detailing distance, elevation, canine compatibility, and more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493043323
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/15/2020
Series:	Regional Hiking Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	268,684
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Lisa Densmore Ballard, who has been hiking the Green Mountains for more than thirty years, is the Emmy-winning host of Wildlife Journal (PBS) and a writer and nature photographer whose work has appeared in Backpacker,Her Sports, Vermont Life, and Vermont Magazine.

James Buchanan is a journalist, writing coach, and outdoors writer living in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire with his family. He has worked for the Forest Service and traveled extensively throughout the United States.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Human History of the White Mountains 1

Geology 1

Wildlife 2

Climate 3

Backcountry Safety and Hazards 4

Backcountry Essentials 5

Zero Impact 8

Hiker's Checklist 9

How to Use This Guide 11

Map Legend 13

Trail Finder 14

The Hikes

Dartmouth-Sunapee Region and the Southern Whites 18

1 Mount Cardigan 19

2 Mount Kearsarge 23

3 Grand Monadnock 28

4 Mount Moosilauke 32

5 Smarts Mountain 36

Franconia Region 41

6 Franconia Ridge 42

7 Liberty-Flume Loop 49

8 Mount Pemigewasset 53

9 Mount Carrigain 55

10 South Twin 58

11 Bondcliff-Zeacliff Traverse 62

12 Bald Mountain-Artists Bluff Loop 69

13 North Sugarloaf and Middle Sugarloaf 72

Crawford Notch and the Southern Presidential 77

14 Arethusa Falls-Frankenstein Cliff 78

15 Mount Avalon 83

16 Mount Eisenhower 86

17 Webster-Jackson Traverse 93

18 Mount Willard 98

Mount Washington and the Northern Presidentials 101

19 Mount Adams 102

20 Mount Madison 107

21 Mount Jefferson 111

22 Mount Washington 114

23 Tuckerman Ravine-Boott Spur Loop 122

Waterville Valley Region 129

24 Hedgehog Mountain 130

25 Mount Osceola 134

26 Mount Tripyramid 138

27 Welch-Dickey Loop 143

28 Whiteface-Passaconaway Loop 147

Lakes Region 152

29 Belknap Mountain 153

30 Mount Major 157

31 Mount Morgan-Mount Percival Loop 160

32 West Rattlesnake 165

North Conway Area 168

33 Baldface Loop 169

34 Carter Dome-Mount Hight Loop 174

35 Mount Chocorua 178

36 Kearsarge North 182

37 North Moat-Red Ridge Loop 185

38 Wildcat 189

Jefferson Area 195

39 Mount Cabot-Unknown Pond Loop 196

Appendix A For More Information 200

Appendix B Further Reading 201

Appendix C The 48 Over 4,000 Feet 203

Hike Index 206

About the Author 207