Hiking The Most Difficult Trail in New England? | White Mountains New Hampshire
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Published 2023-08-25
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My solo day hike to Mt Cardigan and its fire tower located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Holt Trail route to the summit has some extremely steep rock scrambles that are considered to be some of the most difficult in New England. The view from the summit next to the fire tower on Mt Cardigan counts for the “52 With a View” (52WAV) hiking list. The 52 With a View list, created by the Over the Hill Hikers, consists of 52 mountains in New Hampshire with elevations under 4,000 feet but still have amazing views. This video is part of my series where I attempt to find the best day hikes in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Did I find the best day hike in New Hampshire? One of the top day hikes in New Hampshire at least! Specifically, Mt Cardigan is located near Orange, NH in the White Mountain National Forest.
►HIKE INFO
Trails: Manning Trail, Holt Trail, Moglis Trail, Manning Trail
Location: 774 Shem Valley Rd, Alexandria, NH 03222
Hike Completed: 08/03/2023
►HIKING LIST INFO
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►HIKING LIST PROGRESS
NH48: 15/48
52WAV: 18/52
T25: 19/25
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0:00 - Intro
0:08 – The Hike Begins
1:03 – The Bridge
2:46 – Huge Crack Scramble
4:41 – Rock Scrambling Starts
7:44 – Terrifying Huge Rock Scramble
9:54 – Fire Tower & Summit
10:49 - Trail Info and Review
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All Comments (21)
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I love that you say it can't be descended after going up and down it a whole bunch of times for filming. But you're right to caution folks. That trail is no joke. Thank you for sharing your hike.
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The fact you had to angle the camera so far down to get a shot you could see the tripod leg is a testament to how steel that must be! 9:17
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Incredible! And to know you went back and forth for all of those shots is dedication!
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My favorite day hike mountain in the 2000s. On the west side the aromas of the hemlock-spruce are spectacular. And so much open ledge around the top.
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I recently did the holt trail up Cardigan and even though I am a rock climber with outdoor experience I did have a few scary moments where I started going up a tricky part then suddenly just felt terrified as if the fear caught up to me. I would totally say that parts of this trail count as light (for rock climbing standards that is) climbing rather than hiking. Mt Cardigan is especially beautiful at the top and I love it when mountains have interesting trails and great views!
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Wow, what a opening! This looks and sounds marvelous bud! Outstanding cinematography!
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Great pics of the surrounding foliage of the white mountains. I love the flavor of our woods!
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Hiked this trail today, 10/8/23. The trail was streaming with water from yesterday and this morning's rain and that made the trail even more mesmerizing than it already is. I'm really glad that I hiked it today when it was somewhat wet and not completely dry because the rain made going down Manning trail extremely beautiful with all the small ponds formed along the trail not to mention the awe inspiring beautiful fall foliage.
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Thx for sharing! Inspirational!
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Great hike, I love Cardigan. I’ve hiked it three times but only in by the winter, so we never did go the route you took. Excellent job as usual!
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Adam, you’ve got the best videos for New Hampshire hikes getting out out these days. Thank you for sharing your hikes and giving some insight into New Hampshires best hikes. I’m at 18/T25 and 45/NH48 - just did the Castle Trail the other day up Jefferson - did you just put out that video recently as well?
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AZ is cool but I'm happy to see you back up in the Northeast! Awesome hike and video as always
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I live in Alexandria! This hike is epic, I do it pretty often. Great shots and work on the video!
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You sure must have some super super grippy footware there!!!!! Thanks for the views!
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I did that one a long time ago as well. Very hard. Good job.
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Hi Adam. Enjoyed this well-filmed and produced video. Some of those grades looked too steep for non-assisted ascending. Regardless, well done on the climb, thankful you had a better way to descend. I admit, at 70 - I'd have probably walked up along the sides of the rock slabs where there were small trees and bushes to hold onto. Thanks!
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Cardigan is beautiful! Have you been to Cilley's Cave? Cool hike with a great story.
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Nice hike.
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Hi Adam good to see you. What worries me is if you fell. You could get hurt pretty bad. Your a daredevil!!!
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Hey Adam I'll be heading out to NH here in the next 6 days. If you're interested in hiking at all and or filming let me know! :)
