4,403 ft
Distance
79 ft
Climb
-175 ft
Descent
1 mile
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Westside Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Hike
  • Riding Area
    Mt. Washington / Pinkham Notch
    Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T2 Mountain Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Physical Rating
    Moderate
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Global Ranking
    #29862 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    70 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    US Forest Service
  • OSM Way
    #44946673

This trail was partly constructed by pioneer trail maker J.Rayner Edmands; as was Edmands' practice, many segments are paved with carefully placed stones. The trail is wholley above timberline, very much exposed to the prevailing west and northwest winds. As a shortcut between Gulfside Trail and Crawford Path that avoids the summit of Mt. Washington, it saves about 0.7mi. in distance and 600 ft. in elevation between objective in the Northern and Southern Presidentials. Westside Trail diverges left from Crawford Path at the point where the latter path begins to climb the steep part of the cone of Mt. Washington. Westside Trail skirts the cone, climbing for 0.6 mi. at an easy grade, then descends moderately passes under the tracks of the Mt. Washington Cog Railway, and sson ends at Gulfside Trail.

source: White Mountain Guide, P34
Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Westside Trail hike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -96 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,526 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,622 ft
  • Altitude end
    5,525 ft
  • Grade
    -2.2%
  • Grade max
    -39.3%
  • Grade min
    23.7%
  • Distance climb
    1,207 ft
  • Distance down
    2,969 ft
  • Distance flat
    226 ft
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