Cannon Mountain

Date of Hike: 6/23/12

Kinsman Ridge Trail: 4.0 miles, 2,100 elevation gain

Trail Conditions: Kinsman Ridge Trail is dry, with some lose gravel down low and rocky eroded steep footing the rest of the way.  No Water sources on trail.

Eroded Kinsman Ridge Trail 

 Heading up the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 The ski glades of the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Cannon Mountain Tramway

 Cannon Mountain Tram

 Hiker carefully descending the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 The steep and rocky Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Picturesque Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Trail info, stay off the ski trails or else!

 Entering a sub-alpine zone on the Kinsman Ridge Trail

Mount Lafayette and Lincoln from the outlook ledges 

 Franconia Notch

 Mount Lafayette

 Cairn on the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Franconia Ridge from the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Kinsman Ridge / Tram Path Junction

 Kinsman Ridge

 North and South Kinsman

 Mount Liberty

 Mount Lafayette and Lincoln

 Mount Lincoln

 Mount Lafayette

 Eagle Cliff

 Franconia Notch

Top of Cannon Mountain ski slope and Mittersill Peak from the observation tower

 Mittersill

 Cannon Balls and the Kinsmans

 Top of the ski slope

 Cannon Moutnain ski area

 Eagle Cliff

 Presidential Range off in the distance

 Observation Tower

 Rim Trail Junction

 Echo Lake

 Echo Lake

 Kinsman Ridge northern terminus

 Kinsman Ridge Trailhead

Look who is in the driver's seat...woof!



North Hancock and South Hancock

Date of Hike: 6/22/12

Hancock Notch Trail: 1.8 miles	Cedar Brook Trail: 0.7 miles	Hancock Loop Trail: 4.8 miles
Cedar Brook Trail: 0.7 miles	-	Hancock Notch Trail: 1.8 miles
Total Miles: 9.8	-	2,650 elevation gain

Trail Conditions: Hancock Notch Trail in good shape. Water crossings all low on the Cedar Brook Trail, bypass around water crossings during high water branches to the right at first brook crossing.  Trail in rough shape between first and third crossings, mud and erosion. Both links of the Hancock Loop Trail are steep with bad footing, along the ridge is better footing and in good shpae with two mud bogs.

 Arrow Slide

 Ted and Alton hiking up the Hancock Loop Trail's North Link

 Hancock Loop Trail

Staircase section of the steep Hancock Loop Trail 

 Eroded Hancock Loop Trail

 Heading up the Hancock Loop Trail

 Erosion prevention logs on the Hancock Loop Trail

 South Hancock as seen from the North Link of the Hancock Loop Trail

 Ascending the steep Hancock Loop Trail

 Gaining the Hancock ridge

 Approaching North Hancock

 Mount Hancock's Summit

 View from the Outlook on Mount Hancock

 South Hancock from North Hancock

 Ted and Alton

 Alton and me

 Gray Jay scoping out the situation

 Ted feeding a Gray Jay

 Alton trying to feed a Gray Jay

 Ted multitasking!

 Gray Jay waiting for some hand outs

 Gray Jay enjoying the views

 Grouse!

Ted and Alton navigate the mud bog on the Hancock Ridge

South Hancock Summit

Ted andc Alton on the Summit of South Hancock

Cedar Brook / Hancock Loop Trail Junction

Ted and Alton crossing the Kancamagus at the hairpin turn

Hancock Notch Trailhead

Osceola's from the Hancock Notch Trailhead