*NH SKI TRIPS - FRANCONIA REGION 

Franconia Notch  - Bike Path
Distance: 8.25 miles
Climb:  800 feet drop
Feet/Mile: 97
Difficulty: easy
Trailhead: US 3
Source: [Sch] [AMC]
Done: No
Notes: Skookumchuck to Flume Visitor's Center

Beaver Brook
Distance:  5.3 miles
Climb:  *
Feet/Mile: *
Difficulty: mod
Trailhead: Twin Mtn, US 3
Source: [Sch] [USFS]
Done: No
Notes: 
• Beaver -> Badger -> Moose Watch 
• Old clear cuts 
• Some views

Garfield
Distance: 12.5 miles 
Climb: 3200  feet
Feet/Mile: 256
Difficulty: mod/more
Trailhead: Twin Mt, US 3
Source: [AMC] [GDMN]
Done: No
Notes:

Zealand Hut
Distance: 12.4 miles 
Climb:  1100 feet
Feet/Mile: 89
Difficulty: easy/mod
Trailhead: Twin Mt, US 302
Source: [Sch] [AMC] [Gdmn]
Done: Yes
Notes: 
• Easy on road
• Falls at hut
• Birch glade 0.5m north on Lend-A-Hand

Zealand - Spruce Goose Trail
Distance:  8.2 miles 
Climb:  1200 feet
Feet/Mile: 140
Difficulty: mod
Trailhead: Twin Mountain, US 302
Source: [Sch] [AMC]
Done: No
Notes:

Zealand - Mt. Hale
Distance:  9.4 miles
Climb: 2650 feet
Feet/Mile: 282
Difficulty: most 
Trailhead: Twin Mountain, US 302
Source: [AMC] [GDMN]
Done: No
Notes:

Zealand - Pemi Traverse
Distance:  22  miles
Climb:  1400 feet  
Feet/Mile: 64
Difficulty: easy/mod/more
Trailhead: Twin Mt., NH 302
Source: [AMC]
Done: No
Notes:

Hitchcock Loop
Distance: 13.2
Climb: 1100 feet
Feet/Mile: 83
Difficulty: easy/moderate
Trailhead: Lincoln, NH 112
Source: [AMC] [GDMN]
Done: 1999
Notes: 
• Hancock Notch -> Cedar Bk -> East Side Rd
• 2000' drop
• lumber camp on Cedar Bk


Owl's Head Loop
Distance:  19.3 miles
Climb:  1900 feet
Feet/Mile: 98
Difficulty: easy/mod/more
Trailhead: Lincoln Woods, NH 112
Source: [AMC]  [GDMN]
Done: No
Notes:

Lincoln Woods Loop
Distance:  11 miles
Climb:  600 feet
Feet/Mile: 55
Difficulty: easy
Trailhead: 
Source: [AMC]  [GDMN]
Done: Yes
Notes:


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