Moosilauke / Cannon / Willey

Date of Hikes: 8/2/12 - 8/4/12

Moosilauke 8/2/12	Beaver Brook Trail	7.6 miles 3,100 feet elevation gain
Cannon 8/3/12	Kinsman Ridge Trail	4.0 miles 2,100 feet
Willey 8/4/12	Kedron Flume/Ethan Pond/Willey Range	5.4 miles 2,850 feet

Trail Conditions: Beaver Brook Trail is steep and has awful footing as it ascends up the left side of the cascades, no water sources on trail once past the cascades but footing becomes better and the grades become easier and more moderate, summit is above treeline with excellent views and old foundations to hide from wind. Kinsman Ridge Trail is steep with rough footing until past the ski glades, grades become moderate and easy just before the Franconia Notch outlook, summit has an observation tower with incredible views, no water sources on trail. Kedron Flume/Ethan Pond/Willey Range Trails have decent footing with some rougher spots on the Willey Range Trail, grades are moderate on Kedron Flume and Ethan Pond but very steep in places on the Willey Range Trail, excellent outlook below summit of Willey, summit is a pile of rocks on the side of trail, no water sources past the Kedron Flume.

The Beaver Brook Cascades 

 Bottom of the Cascades

 Heading up the left side of the Beaver Brook Trail Cascades

 Upper Cascades of the Beaver Brook

 Well Placed Ladder Blocks on the Beaver Brook Trail

 Beaver Brook Trail

 Mount Moosilauke from the Mount Blue summit knob area

 Above treeline on the Beaver Brook Trail

 Beaver Brook Trail

 Approaching the summit of Mount Moosilauke

 Mount Moosilauke Summit

 Moosilauke Carriage Road and the South Peak of Moosilauke with an old dude not too impressed!

 Summit flats of Mount Moosilauke

 Old Foundations on Mount Moosilauke's summit

 Re-bar and ladder blocks of the Beaver Brook Trail

 Ladder Steps on the Beaver Brook Trail

 Echo Lake freom the Kinsman Ridge Trail

 Franconia Notch from the Kinsman Ridge Trail Outlook

 Cannon Mountain

 Franconia Ridge

 The Cannon Balls and North and South Kinsman

 Willey Pond

 Crawford Notch

 Mount Webster and the Southern Presidential Range

 Mount Webster

Mlount Washington off in the distance