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| technicolorNH | fun day  Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2013 | |
| An hour and thirty five minutes to the top from the parking lot to the observation tower via the Kinsman Ridge Trail. Quite icy on the ascent so I decided to descend via a ski slope and found out I could glissade using only my sneakers and hands if I crouched close to the ground. I routinely ate up hundred meter stretches of descent that way for very little effort and it was a blast. Since I wasn't tired yet and I had plenty of daylight to burn I hit Mt Cardigan on the way back south later in the afternoon. | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2013 11:01 am | ||
| JRaphaelson | Route Climbed: Kinsman Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2012 | |
| Hiked North and South Kinsman along with the Northeast Cannonball and Cannon Mountain. A tough, 13 mile trek with cloudless skies, perfect weather, and great views. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2012 9:24 pm | ||
| secander | Whitney G Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2011 | |
| Lots of loose rocks. Led all pitches | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2011 10:54 am | ||
| LDuszer | Less crowds in rain Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2011 | |
| I climbed up via the Kinsman Ridge Trail in rain. It was a short hike so I started in the late afternoon. Thick, pea-soup fog at the top, but it started to clear, and I could see fast moving clouds and late afternoon sun over the Franconia Ridge from the observation tower. I met only one other group of people on my way up. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2011 4:05 pm | ||
| Flanders | What Jenkins Said Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010 | |
| Crowds at tops of mountains brought by trams, cars or railroads should go to a separate peak. ;) | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2010 9:16 pm | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Moose on the Loose Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2010 | |
| Did the Lonesome Lake/HiCannon Trail with Flanders after arriving in Boston earlier that morning. Went up from Lafayette Campground to the Hi Cannon Trail. Scrambled around the Cliff House for a bit, then back on the normal trail to the summit where there were many from the Tram there. Hiked back down to the Kinsman Ridge and then down to Lonesome Lake where I ran into a moose just before the lake. Was a young bull with about 3 points on his rack. He circled us until I spotted him about 15 yards away in the trees looking at me. When I faced him, he then turned and hopped into the thicker trees. Had a snack at the hut before getting back down to the car. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2010 1:20 pm | ||
| WhiteInVermont | Cannon | |
| Climbed in the winter and snowboarded down. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2010 5:39 pm | ||
| extremelydifficult | BAD KARMA Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2010 | |
| We set out to ride the Cannon Mtn Tramway to the top and then hike down. We asked SHERRY at the Tramway ticket office before we started about hiking down and she said we had to take the Kinsman Ridge Trail. We asked how long it was and about the terrain. She said it was "a rugged trail,2 miles long, with some loose rocks and boulders". We were given no further instruction or even a map, so ASSUMED (I know, I know) this was a well marked and regularly completed fette. Taking the tramway up to the top, we were streamed to the Kinsman Ridge Trail by sign and yellow tape blocking us from going anywhere but the trail we hit. We clambered along for 2 hrs, guided by tree markings and very few signs, before we made the decision to backtrack. The terrain was very difficult, muddy and slippery and did not seem to be heading at all back to the tramway parking lot. Back at a junction sign, we met another hiker who steared us to Lonesome Lake. When we got there, we were told we had to hike miles yet to get down to LaFayette Campground to exit the woods. It took 6 hours; and then, we were still miles from the Tramway parking lot. What happened to 2 miles, SHERRY! We were extremely fatigued, dehydrated (we were only taking a 2 mile trail!)and sickeningly disheartened. We strongly suggest better signage and guidance, starting at the ticket office. Severe injury or deaths on the trail can't be good for tourism. Not a great experience. | ||
| Posted Jul 21, 2010 4:02 pm | ||
| michaelching | My first NH 4000er Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2003 | |
| Climbed with Brian. | ||
| Posted Jul 18, 2010 11:14 pm | ||
| TinMan61 | Labor Day Weekend Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2009 | |
| Went up to Lonesome Lake (very pretty) and then up the Lonesome Lake Trail to the Kinsman Ridge Trail. The last half-mile on that trail was a little rough. I expected a challenge, but the guidebook seriously underplayed the effort. Still made it, though. | ||
| Posted May 16, 2010 8:23 am | ||
| Alika | Hiked it with camp group | |
| Would like to come back to climb | |
| Posted May 14, 2010 1:50 pm | ||
| eric-griz | Hike up Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2001 | |
| Slippery hiking on loose gravel. | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2009 12:52 pm | ||
| logikal | Moby Grape Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2009 | |
| 9 pitches of some of the greatest 5.8 climbing i have ever done. I am already debating when i am going back to do the whitney gilman route. | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 4:19 pm | ||
| kaseri | Via Kinsman Ridge | |
| Via Kinsman Ridge | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2009 8:34 am | ||
| daw37 | Icy... Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2005 | |
| Very dangerous. Really should have turned around... | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2009 3:50 pm | ||
| TLP | Hi-Cannon Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2008 | |
| I went from the Lonesome Lake trail to the Hi-Cannon trail. There was nobody else on the trail or the summit the entire morning. It was nice and peaceful. Good weather. Enjoyable time. | |
| Posted Jan 5, 2009 12:39 pm | ||
| dpryan999 | Kinsman Ridge Trail Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2009 | |
| New Year's Day hike with Ben from the tramway parking lot up the Kinsman Ridge Trail. -11F + 20mph winds + 0 visibility = very cold, cloudy day on the mountain. | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2009 10:25 am | ||
| Parenteau | Great Exposure Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2008 | |
| Climbed to the top of Whitney Gilman then hiked down, beautiful place. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2008 10:01 am | ||
| nartreb | Kinsman Ridge Tr Date Climbed: Oct 5, 2008 | |
| Hiked from the north (tram parking lot), with detour to the Old Man turnbuckles (got slightly off-route on reascent, had to do some crawling to get through the krummholz). Got a few sprinkles of snow while I tagged the summit. (Had to give directions to two groups who'd taken the tram up and managed to walk off the summit in the wrong direction.) After descending to the parking lot, looked up and spotted the Cannon for the first time ever. Must have walked right past it (twice) earlier... Trail is badly eroded in several places, and wet too; people have made many muddy side paths to avoid mossy rocks. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2008 9:45 pm | ||
| kpthomson | Whitney-G & Black Dike | |
| A dubious period for this climb, November. Way cold, my fingers were numb by the pipe pitch! But, a true NE classic. My pic adorns the cover page (upper right hand corner). Went back in the summer of 06 during warm weather, the approach up the talus field was as difficult as the climb. What can I say about the BD that has not been said. Maybe that P2 is now a mixed climb. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2008 2:32 pm | ||
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