Mount Moosilauke via the Beaver Brook Trail

This day hike involved going up the Beaver Brook Trail to Mount Moosilauke and and returning via the same route.

Parking area, Kinsman Notch - 1,155' Beaver Brook Shelter - 1.5 miles - 3,840' Mount Moosilauke - 3.8 miles - 4,802' Beaver Brook Shelter - 6.1 miles - 3,840' Parking area, Kinsman Notch - 7.6 miles - 2,175' Total distance round-trip - 7.6 miles Total elevation change - 3,647' Trail map - 700 x 542 - 288K Trail map - 1172 x 908 - 789K

The starting point for this hike was the parking lot for the Beaver Brook Trail in Kinsman Notch.

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The hike up to the summit of Mount Moosilauke today was so-so. It started off ok but by the time I got up to the Beaver Brook shelter it was starting to rain. As I rested there the rain just got heavier and heavier and I was thinking about bailing out on the attempt. I had already got through the hard part of the ascent though so when the rain let up a little I decided to make the attempt. I heard a few rumbles of thunder while I was climbing and that almost had me ready to turn around as well. But I was not above the tree line yet so I pressed on. When I finally reached the tree line and could see the summit nothing was going to stop me but I never heard any thunder up there anyway. It was quite chilly up there though, probably only in the upper 40s, and there was hail mixed in with the rain. I took a few photos to prove I made it and headed back down to the shelter for lunch.

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There was just a torrent of water coming down Beaver Brook and in some places the trail is very close to the large volume of very fast moving water so it was a little creepy.

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At the halfway point and then on top. There was nothing at all to see from the top though, just lots of clouds.

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Cloudy, foggy summit photos.

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Lots more rushing water on the way down.

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