Again day hiking in White mountain in New Hampshire.
Distance: 11.5 miles
Elevation gain: 3675 feet
Type: Out and back
Summits: North Twin Mountain (4764 feet) and South Twin mountain (4892 feet)
At the end of July we did a nice day hike in New Hampshire. On that weekend, weather forecast was sunny on Saturday and rainy on Sunday, so we decided to take a dashiki on Saturday. Again, we left Boston at 4 a.m. This is actually as hard as, or even harder than climbing mountains.
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| trailhead |
OK. From the trailhead the first 2 miles is a gentle climb. At mile 1, official trail crosses the river, then comes back again by crossing the same river. We found the new unofficial trail formed to stay at the same side of the river. So we stayed there. Apparently a lot of people use that unofficial trail to avoid getting feet wet.
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| North Twin |
Next 2.5 miles has 2500 feet elevation gain, but there is a reward. North Twin Mountain. Nice view of waves of mountains all with lush leafy trees. There were three parties at the top and each party had a dog. 3 dogs were interacting in a different way. 1 is friendly, 1 is calm, 1 is barking with low voice. Funny and cute!
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| South Twin |
From here we needed to descend a little then ascend to go to the South Twin Mountains. Continuous ups and downs are mentally tough. Up only, top, down only is psychologically easier for me. However, it was worth going to South twin as well. It was much better view at 4892 foot high. We saw a cute 13-year-old girl dog at the summit who was at the north summit again. She is not leashed, but well behaved and very calm. At the same time she is so strong! She didn't seem to be tired at all and went down strong! CUTE!
On this day the summit was nice and warm with a little breeze. It is unusual to be comfortable weather in the Whites. Lucky!
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