Hike: Mount Shaw

November 28, 2020 · hiking

For my birthday, Lindsay and I drove to New Hampshire to hike Mount Shaw, a 52 with a View peak, near Lake Winnipesaukee. It was a good climb up to Black Snout where we stopped for lunch. The hike was easy from there, though clouds and flurries had rolled and obscured the views. The descent was steep but pleasant and the sun came back out for the end of the hike. He stopped at Back Hill Brewing in Rochester to pick up a growler of their double IPA before heading back to Maine.

ROUTE

• Parked at Shaw Trail parking on Mountain Road, Center Tuftonboro, NH
• Hiked up Shaw Trail to intersection with Italian Trail
• Right on Italian Trail to intersection with Big Ball Mountain Trail
• Left on Big Ball Mountain Trail over Tate Mountain to the intersection with High Ridge Trail and Black Snout Spur Trail
• Left on Black Snout Spur Trail to the summit of Black Snout and back
• Left on High Ridge Trail to summit of Mount Shaw
• Return down High Ridge Trail to intersection with Shaw Trail
• Right on Shaw Trail back to parking lot

PHOTOS

STATS

Date: 28 November 2020
Distance: 7.7 miles
Moving Time: 03:48
Pace: 29:38/mile
Elevation Gain: 2527′