3 Water Crossings, Beautiful Views & Soggy Trails | Spring Hiking in the White Mountains

Peaks 12 and 13 of 48 on our NH 4000 footer journey are North and South Kinsman Mountains! For this hike we tackled the Mount Kinsman Trail to Kinsman Ridge Trail, tacking on a bonus minor mountain called Bald Peak along the way as well.
After doing a few shorter hikes during the winter, we're back at it again and very excited to start checking off these New Hampshire higher summits. This one for us was an out and back, 10.4 miles in total, with around 4000 feet of elevation gain when it was all said and done.
This honestly felt like two very distinct hikes: what we experienced before reaching Bald Peak, and what came after. As we gradually gained elevation, we got to experience what hiking the White Mountains in the spring is really like...
Let us know if you’ve hiked the Kinsmans, and whether you went up the same way we did or via the east side of the mountain off of 93. Our rating for this hike was rather low, but as we bag more of these peaks we have a feeling a lot of our ratings may change slightly as we're exposed to more of these mountains...we shall see. Leave a comment on whether you agree with our assessment! We'd love to know what your Kinsmans experience was like.
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📚 If you're interested in hiking the 4000 footers yourself, here are a few links to resources that we consistently use and that we've found to be extremely helpful!
Climbing New Hampshire's 48 4,000 Footers:
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Map Adventures White Mountains Waterproof Trail Map:
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AMC's White Mountain Guide to Hiking Trails in the WMNF:
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[@ericlittlefield3981]

Information in this is top notch. Well done.

[@MaryKnippi]

😂 you two crack me up! So enjoyable to watch these videos of your adventurers.

[@HolisticHikes]

Love it. You two are cool, this is cute - exploring the nature together -

[@truenewengland]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@ervinslens]

This looks absolutely amazing my friend, shots are simply gorgeous! Composition and narrated style are brilliant!

[@truenewengland]

Thank you so much 😀

[@majnho]

,,wihing sis weekend full of pleasure, laughter, bliiss! Have a Great veekend!...sis love 💕🌹💕💕🌹🌹

[@Kflem]

Great video! By the way, loved your hat at the end.

[@truenewengland]

Thanks! It's fleece lined, so it helps out quite a bit when it's chilly 🙂

[@RhodySeth]

I really like that route up N Kinsman. Give it another chance in a clear day - great view from North. I liked your montage of misery too. 😂

[@truenewengland]

We definitely will have to give it another go at some point!
We've found it's easier to pick up the camera when we're complaining about something in order to vent 😂 Lots of misery clips to choose from

[@northeastoutdooradventures3787]

Nicely done you two!!!! Been up there a few times, great climb. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@truenewengland]

Thanks! 👍

[@DCOutdoors]

Maybe the people that passed you were wrong? Looked like a great view! Thanks for the video.

[@truenewengland]

Think so! Thanks for checking out the vid 😊

[@Bigdgreggy69]

I was there at the same time

[@truenewengland]

Nice! Have a good hike up there?

[@Bigdgreggy69]

@@truenewengland it was a real good hike only bad thing was no good views of lincoln and Lafayette with the clouds

[@truenewengland]

@@Bigdgreggy69 Yeah that was for sure a bummer. Glad you had a good hike!