Winter Hike: Whiteface & Passaconaway
· hiking
In early 2017 my friend Michael and hike snowshoed a loop of Mount Whiteface and Mount Passaconaway. I was grabbing them for my Grid and Winter New Hampshire 4000 Footers lists, and he was getting them for his New Hampshire 4000 Footers list.
ROUTE
- Parked at Ferncroft Parking of Ferncroft Road
- Walked down Ferncroft Road to Blueberry Ledge Trail
- Snowshoed up Blueberry Ledge Trail to intersection with Rollins Trail
- Continued up Rollins Trail to Mount Whiteface summit and along the ridge to Dicey’s Mill Trail
- Turned left at Dicey’s Mill Trail and hiked up to Passaconaway summit and to Walden Trail
- Turned right on Walden Trail and down to Wonalancet Ridge Trail
- Turned right on Wonalancet Ridge Trail to Hibbard Mountain and Mount Wonalancet, and then down to Old Mast Road
- Turned right on Old Mast Road and returned to Ferncroft parking
STATS
Date Hiked: 04 February 2017
Elevation Gain: 4500′
Distance: 11.0 miles
Book Time: 7:45
Tracing White Mountains Trails:
Blueberry Ledge Trail
Wonalancet Range Trail
Wonalancet Short Cut