| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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North Kinsman, South Kinsman, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Mount Kinsman, Kinsman Ridge |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, September 7, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
$10 fee to park. Worth it due to the shape of Mount Kinsman Trail and to avoid a probable mess of trying to find parking off I-93 on Labor Day weekend. Sign this morning when I pulled in said the lot has a maximum of 14 cars. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Widowmaker/Sasquatch marker about 0.5 miles up from trailhead parking lot, just before you get to the sugar shack. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
All well behaved and listening to their hiking partners. |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
First off, what a heck of an improvement to the Mount Kinsman Trail. No standing water, very little mud, and the bit of water that there was from springs was going where it needed to. This is one of the better trails in the White Mountains right now and worth paying to park, in my opinion. Hats off to the trail maintainers for their work on continuously improving the trail. Once getting onto Kinsman’s Ridge Trail, the water and mud returns. Not as much as yesterday across the notch but still enough to make you think on some foot placements. Wind was moving at a good clip and doing its best to dry off the slabs between the two peaks.
Hopefully the parking lot owner will buy the trail maintainer group a nice steak dinner this fall. |
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 | Name: |
Scott |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-09-07 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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