Route: The Whites - Lakes-2-Lakes (NH)

Submitted by Sarita Ojala on Sun, 08/24/2025 - 08:27pm
Location
New Hampshire, US
Distance
60 mi
Vertical Gain
15,000 ft
Description

From Lake of the Clouds to Squam Lake in the White Mountains. What makes this route unique, is that it crosses over some of the major roads in the White Mountains, but it doesn't follow what many might consider to be the most popular trails.

The start/ends are the Ammonoosuc Ravine TH and Cotton Mt. TH.

From N to S the route uses the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail past the lakes and hit Camel trail onto Davis path all the way to 302. Use the spurs to hit Mt Isolation, Stairs Mt. and Mt Crawford. Take Sawyer River Rd until the trail but use Hancock Notch trail above until it crosses Sawyer River trail that you then follow south. Shortly use NH 112 west and find Livermore trail that becomes Livermore Rd. to Waterville Valley. Follow Tripoli Rd and Waterville Rd and then use Sandwich Mt trail. Check in on Sandwich peak and dome and continue south on Algonquin trail but shift to Black Mt. Pond trail which becomes Mead trail. Visit Mt Israel and then go south on Wentworth trail. At Mead base Conservation center find Bearcamp River trail west and use Sandwich Notch Rd to find Crawford Ridgepole trail south. Here you pass by several peaks and viewpoints. Include Mt. Morgan on the way. After Cotton Mt. use Cotton Mt. trail to the finish.

Going south is 14000 ft of accent and 16000 ft of decent, going north it is the opposite. 

This route offers a wide variety of trail conditions, and a lot of lesser known trails and summits.

 

 

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