Jodie and I hiked Mount Carrigain via the Signal Ridge Trail yesterday. It was great! It was so nice to get a chance to go hiking again. It seems like it’s been raining forever. Last weekend, we had some major flooding in parts of the state. The stream crossings were still a little high, but not dangerously so, like I heard they were last weekend.The Signal Ridge Trail is one of my more favorite trails. The trail is mostly flat for the first couple miles and then climbs at a constant, moderate grade. My favorite part is where it pops out onto the open area on Signal Ridge. The ridge drops off very steeply to the east, and offers great views of the slides on Mt. Lowell and to Mt. Washington. Mt. Washington and the rest of the Presidential Range looked surreal, capped with the season’s first major snow.
Carrigain’s summit has an old fire tower and offers 360-degree views. Carrigain is pretty much in the middle of the White Mountains so basically every major peak can be seen from the summit. The fall colors were past peak, but still provided nice contrast to the evergreens and snow-capped peaks.
Distance: 10.0 miles
Elevation Gain: 3200 ft
Time: 5 hours
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