White Mountains (NH/ME) > Kinsman Mountain, North and South > Climber's LogKinsman Mountain, North and South Climber's Log
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| omegaxx | Fishin' Jimmy Trail  Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2011 | |
| Went up to North Kinsman along paths of water ice--not nice! There also wasn't much of a view at the summit. | |
| Posted Dec 11, 2012 1:31 pm | ||
| JRaphaelson | Route Climbed: Fishin' Jimmy 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 9:09 pm | ||
| crag | via Mt. Kinsman trail Date Climbed: May 12, 2012 | |
| The most difficult part was finding the trailhead. There's no sign or anything. I chose this trail because I figured it would be less used than the ones on the other side of the hill, but the parking area was full. Got kind of a late start so only did the N. peak. Gorgeous day. Good views to the north and east from some lookouts along the ridge crest. | |
| Posted May 18, 2012 4:33 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | AT hike Date Climbed: Jul 3, 1974 | |
| I recall the day vividly, since climbed down Kinsman to the highway, thinking we could easily grab a campsite... forgetting it was the weekend of the 4th... | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2011 11:14 pm | ||
| Kristin5berry | great whiteout Date Climbed: Dec 28, 2010 | |
| in a blizzard, good times | |
| Posted Feb 10, 2011 5:04 am | ||
| LDuszer | Amazing Views of Franconia Ridge Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2010 | |
| I hiked in on the Mt. Kinsman Trail and spent the night at the Kinsman Pond shelter. It was overcast, wet, and cold the first day, so I waited until the next morning to summit the two peaks. I tried to warm up in the shelter which wasn't a problem since my dog was practically lying on top of me inside the tent. The next day the sky cleared, and there were amazing views of Moosilauke and Franconia ridge from the summit of South Kinsman. I headed back down the way I came. Most valuable early spring equipment: snowshoes, extra socks, and camp booties. The spring thaw had started in mid-April, so even though there was snow the entire way up, it was wet and I would have post-holed on the entire Mt. Kinsman Trail if I hadn't brought them. | |
| Posted Oct 5, 2010 1:58 pm | ||
| Flanders | Cloudy, trudge for peak bagging Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2010 | |
| 2 peaks, no views. Clouds, wind, wet.....typical NE weather. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2010 9:20 pm | ||
| Brian Jenkins | Lotsa Water Date Climbed: Sep 28, 2010 | |
| With Flanders. Hiked up to Lonesome Lake from Lafayette Campground, quick break at the hut. Took Fishin' Jimmy Trail from there. Rainy day and the water was really running on the Cascade Brook crossing. Anyone know how they fasten those blocks of wood to the rock without any visible bolt showing? Another break at the new Kinsman Pond Shelter (wow, that is 3 years old already, it looks brand new and in great shape). Could barely see to the other side of the Pond in the rain and wind. Then up to the Kinsman Ridge Trail from there, over the top of North Kinsman without realizing it. On over to South Kinsman and a viewless summit. Then back to South Kinsman. Think I found the true summit, a large pointy rock next to the trail that I tagged. Back down and another quick break at the shelter before back to the hut and another break (mostly to try to dry off as it was not cold this day). Met some thru hikers (both north and southbound)this day. Had dinner in Lincoln in a little place above a local bar (only this place and the McDonald's were open at 7 pm - what is it with this place?) where the portions were freaking HUGE. If I can find out the name, I'll post it, highly recommended. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2010 2:47 pm | ||
| Alika | Camp Overnight- Fun! | |
| Cool mountains I did on a camp overnight backpacking trip | |
| Posted May 14, 2010 1:49 pm | ||
| TLP | I liked Lonesome Lake Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008 | |
| I went to South and North Kinsman by way of the Lonesome Lake trail and Fishin' Jimmy trail. The day started off cloudy, but ended up in sun. | |
| Posted Jan 5, 2009 11:25 am | ||
| Tahawus | Kinsman Mountain, North and South Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2007 | |
| Climbed with Cannon and Northeast Cannonball via the Lonesome Lake Trail from Franconia Notch. Great views from both peaks but especially from South Kinsman. Saw a spruce grouse while traversing the ridge between the two peaks. | |
| Posted Aug 12, 2008 2:25 pm | ||
| Chinigo | Lonesome Lake - Fishin Jimmy - Kinsman Ridge Route Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008 | |
| This was a somewhat warm and humid, partially cloudy and hazy day. Views from both peaks were nice, but not great due to the atmosphere. | |
| Posted Jul 14, 2008 7:43 am | ||
| jpvt | cloudy & rainy Date Climbed: May 31, 2008 | |
| rain and thick clouds all day, no views from the summit. hiked right over the summit of north kinsman without knowing it, partially wooded summit and the rain had a lot to do with it. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2008 8:37 pm | ||
| syzygy | Camp @ Kinsman Pond (mind the water) Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006 | |
| Good hiking, nice views. Up Cascade to Kinsman Pond Trail. Overnight in the Lean-to as the platforms were full. Nice group of people doing other longer through hiking. Summited via Kinsman Ridge trail. Went down fishing Jimmy, Lonesome Lake and back the Pemi River to the Car. | ||
| Posted May 25, 2008 11:53 pm | ||
| nartreb | S Kinsman too Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2008 | |
| Broke trail from kinsman pond onward. Blazes at or below snow level, lost the trail repeatedly. Stiff wind covered most of my tracks within a couple of hours. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2008 8:56 am | ||
| eric-griz | Cloudy as usual Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2000 | |
| The morning broke with blue skies, but by the time I had made up the Kinsmans it was cloudy as usual. | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2007 10:20 am | ||
| dirth | Halfway done with the NH 4000 footers Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2007 | |
| These were the 23rd and 24th peaks towards my NH 4000 foot list. Coincidentally this was also the last hike I will be able to do this summer. Putting me at exactly halfway towards the completion of the list. Not bad for one summer. Started hiking around 9:00 am, made it up to the Lake in about 30 minutes, from there about 45 minutes to Kinsman Pond, and from there about a half hour up over North Kinsman to South Kinsman. 4:00 round trip overall. Nice way to end the summer. Unfortunately it was cloudy for the hike with the summits completely immersed just cleared up as I got off the mountain, as if to taunt me that I was done for the year. | |
| Posted Sep 12, 2007 6:52 pm | ||
| matt81 | Fishin Jimmy Date Climbed: Jan 28, 2007 | |
| Brrrrrr. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2007 4:10 am | ||
| woodstrider | Dayhike to Peakbag Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006 | |
| Got very sick during this trip and barely got home in time to put myself into the hospital for 3 days. No wonder I felt so tired and sore on this hike; I had 103 fever. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2006 9:08 pm | ||
| big_g | so this is NH Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2000 | |
| Great intro to the rest of the AT in NH. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2006 1:38 am | ||
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