kinsman pond you’ll have to check it out

Sawyer Pond

@@nolan5251 ooo I know I was kinda near the kinsmans that day. I’ll have to find it! I see a video in the future lol

@@BobCorsaro Oo another one for me to track down!

@@AdamHoyt the hike in isn't very eventful, I'd recommend a bushwhack up to the upper pond, or do it while Sawyer road is still open and go up to carrigain same day

Glad you enjoyed it! I really do love this hike!

hahahahaha

Thanks a ton! I am always so happy when people appreciate it because I definitely make it way harder on myself hahaha

Oo what a cool place to be able to spend the night!

SO many moments! That trail is just so steep!

One of my favorite Notches!

Yes that would be a great option! Lonesome lake was definitely doable for the vast majority of people with its many switchbacks!

Thank you so much 😀

Just that one part is rather intense but fun. Otherwise very doable, especially lonesome lake. I really feel everyone can and should go explore there!

Holy crap! Well at least it was only a single ladder here compared to some of the other trails with ladders! Haha

I hiked up this trail in winter wearing microspikes. They were really needed once the trail veers left up the steep stone steps (covered in snow). Since the hut/lake is on the 'other' side of Canon. On the way down we put on our snowshoes! Very very nice adventure. We may do it again this winter (23) if we get enough snow. The hut was fun in the off season. We took over the kitchen, cooking up dinner and breakfast we brought from home. Not too cold in the dining room (small woodstove is lit for a little while) but that bunkhouse (not attached) was darn chilly. Highly rated sleeping bags is the way to go. Since there was no wind but going outside up the steps to the bathroom required breaking all land speed records. Brrr

Good call!

If you get to the parking lot by 8 am you should be able to find a spot but maybe not on a holiday weekend. We reserve a campsite for our hike. For $25 we have plenty of room to unpack, sort gear on the picnic table, put on boots without being squished between cars that park too close, getting our gear out while cars zoom by trying to find a parking spot......all that angst...gone. Back in the day parking on the road was horrible. Cars zooming by while we were trying to get out gear out while parked on a slope was crazy.

@@roxannegordon2854 thanks for the response

O I fell in love with the mountains and forest and trails of New Hampshire Long ago. I know its a travesty I've never really hiked in the south and definitely need to get there some day. I do have a cousin in Tennessee so may sooner rather than later! I do love me a crazy ladder!

Thanks dude, I had so much fun making this one!

It just made sense!

​@@AdamHoyt Best of both worlds with Lonesome and the terrifying trail!

Me too! It’s my favorite!

Woah

Thank you! Cheers!

@@AdamHoyt The Rim Trail view was something else, I bet it was magic to watch live. Hope you keep doing this videos

@@jrman413 so magical I went back again to catch it in the perfect light for the video! Couldn’t let it be cloudy like the first time I tried!

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right on!

Oo always! But just makes me a more fit hiker!

nice!

Nope I hiked all the way down! Actually they do not allow that at all during the pandemic. there are clear signs before you hike stating this fact haha. I’m not sure if this was allowed previously. But rest assured I went both up and down! It was such a quick down! So fun!

@@AdamHoyt thanks for the info. I think my family is adding this one to our list.

The ladder dude! It’s the “terrifying 25 hiking list” lol.

Scary is in the eye of the beholder!