Franconia Ridge Loop (NH)

New Hampshire, US

Distance

12.6 km

Vertical Gain

1,140 m

The Franconia Ridge Loop is a popular, 8+ mile route in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. It is accessed from Franconia Notch Parkway near the Lafayette Campground. The route goes by the Greenleaf Hut and summits Mt Lafayette (5240'), Mt Lincoln (5089') and Little Haystack (4780') on Franconia Ridge, see map below from sectionhiker.com. The FKT has been held by Michael Caron, Ryan Welts, Kevin Tilton, Ben Nephew, Kale Poland and now stands at 1h42m18s by Kanoa King, November 8, 2017.

Sébastien Roulier did 5 repeats of the Loop in 13h51m on March 8, 2020, alternating clockwise and counter clockwise. Total of 65km - 6500m elevation gain.
Loop time of 2h28, 2h31, 2h40, 2h47 and 2h50.

GPS Track

Franconia_Ridge_Loop_FKT.gpx115.11 KB

FKTs

Standard route

Male

Unsupported
Ben Thompson	1h 29m 43s	2021-02-01
Steven Lange	1h 32m 2s	2020-07-07
Kanoa King	1h 42m 18s	2017-11-08
Kale Poland	1h 43m 18s	2017-07-21
Ben Nephew	1h 44m 25s	2014-09-20
Kevin Tilton	1h 45m 13s	2014-03-25
Ben Nephew	1h 45m 50s	2012-06-24
Ryan Welts	1h 53m 27s	2012-06-21
Michel Caron	1h 54m 2s	2012-02-15
Chris Almond	2h 2m 36s	2011-10-19

Female

Unsupported
Leah Lawry			1h 50m 35s	2021-03-17
Kelsey Rex			1h 57m 28s	2020-06-26

This route on the old FKT site

http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/200/franconia-ridge-loop

Comments

On Saturday morning, 10/05/19, I will be attempting to set the women's FKT. It looks like the women's record is as follows: https://www.strava.com/activities/1726775003/segments/43273595692.

Note that it looks like that Strava segment is a bit short of the TH at the start & end. Please keep your time from the TH!

Hey! I went for the FKT on this today, but came up just a bit short at 1:40:16: https://www.strava.com/activities/3926176399#kudos

It was a beautiful day and I am excited to give it another go!

Route: Franconia Ridge Loop (NH)

FKTs

Comments