Saturday, August 9, 2025 Summits: Cannon Start/Finish: Cannon Tram parking lot Miles: 3.7 Elevation gain/loss: 2300′ After driving up to NH this morning and picking up my friend Cryptic, we headed up Kinsman Ridge Trail to Cannon. It was a testament to the drought conditions that the upper portion of the trail wasn’t muddy. It’s … Continue reading Gridding Cannon – Aug
Sunday, June 30 Summits: Cannon Start/Finish: Cannon Tram parking lot Miles: 3.7 Elevation gain/loss: 2300′ Despite being exhausted from the back to back Presi/Pemi, I managed to convince myself to get coffee and a breakfast sandwich and then huff and puff up Kinsman Ridge Trail to Cannon. As usual, the shorter distance takes longer, because … Continue reading Cannon – June
Sunday, May 5 Summits: North and South Kinsman, Cannon Start/Finish: Lafayette Place TH Miles: 11.96 Elevation gain/loss: 5784′ After sleeping at Big Rock campground last night, I rewarded myself with some Dunkin’ coffee for breakfast on my way to the trailhead. I parked, grabbed my gear, and headed out by 5:45am. I started in a … Continue reading Kinsmans, Cannon – May
Monday, April 15 Summits: North and South Kinsman, Cannon Start/Finish: Lafayette Place TH Miles: 12.08 Elevation gain/loss: 5427′ I started out in the afternoon after work. The cloud cover was low and heavy, socking in the summits as I hiked up to Lonesome Lake and then headed towards the Kinsmans. As I climbed, the clouds … Continue reading Kinsmans, Cannon – Apr
Monday, January 1 Summits: North Kinsman, South Kinsman, Cannon Start/Finish: Lafayette Place TH Miles: 12.15 Elevation gain/loss: 5587′ I parked in the summer lot at Lafayette Place and headed out in Exospikes. The ground had a little snow but was mostly hardpacked snow and ice, making for quick conditions. I made it to Lonesome Lake … Continue reading Kinsmans & Cannon – Jan
Saturday, February 11, 2023 Miles: 13.03 Start/End: Falling Waters TH Elevation gain/loss: 5423′ Peaks: North and South Kinsman, Cannon I started my day at 5:30am, and met the sunrise partway up the snowing Kinsmans, already well past the hut. I summited the socked-in Kinsmans, but a clear sky started peaking through as I descended and … Continue reading Grid: Kinsman, Cannon
Saturday, October 29, 2022 Start/End: Tramway parking area at Cannon Mtn Miles: 3.72 Elevation Gain/Loss: 2313′ Peaks: Cannon After my Garfield –> Flume traverse, Toby picked me up from Lincoln Woods and we went back to our motel. I dropped him off, refilled my water, and headed over to the tramway parking lot at Cannon … Continue reading The Grid: Cannon
Saturday, November 20, 2021 Start/end: Old Bridle Path/Falling Waters trailhead Miles: 18.85 Elevation gain: 8310′ I was up at 5am and on trail by 6am. I had to stop a few times to make layering adjustments – once on the way up to the hut to take off my jacket as the sun rose and … Continue reading The Grid: Franconia Ridge, Cannon
Saturday, December 12, 2020Start/end: Old Bridle Path trailheadMileage: 13.01Elevation gain/loss: 4787′GaiaGPS track After getting up at 4:45am and driving 3.5-4 hours, I started out from the trailhead by 8:45am. I was able to bareboot the first few miles without any postholing, all the way up to the Lonesome Lake hut. At the hut, I put … Continue reading The Grid: N/S Kinsman, Cannon
Friday, July 5, 2019 Trailhead: Cannon aerial tramway parking lot Miles: 3.2 Elevation gain: 1910′ Accompanied by: Little Engine After Toby picked me up from the Dublin trail parking lot, we headed up to retrieve my car from Mt Sunapee, drop it at a park and ride, and then drove up to the Whites. We … Continue reading The Grid: Cannon
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