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HIKES & EVENTS

Lonesome Lake Snowshoe

Hiking/Walk

DATE: Mar 02, 2019

END DATE: Mar 02, 2019

Hike/Event Location: Franconia NH

Trip Leader(s)

tdefauw
Plymouth, NH United States,

jkelaghan
Plymouth, NH United States

Meeting Time: 10:00 AM

Max # People: 15

Hike Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money

Hike Difficulty Level:

Moderate

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Summary

Join us for this winter snowshoe hike to Lonesome Lake Hut. The whole hike is just over 6 miles with about 1200 feet of elevation gain. We will hike up the Basin-Cascades trail and Cascade Brook trail past cascades and waterfalls to the Lonesome Lake hut, where we will have lunch inside. There is a stream crossing on the Basin-Cascades trail that can be difficult in high water, but this time of year it should be frozen over and snow covered, so it should not be an issue. The hut will be in self service mode, so pack your own lunch. We will then descend the more popular Lonesome Lake trail to Lafayette campground, and then take the Pemi trail back to the Basin parking lot where we're parked.

Directions To Trailhead Parking Lot

We will start out at the Basin parking lot at 10. Note this will be the side of the parking lot you would be on if you exit from Franconia Notch Parkway (I-93) coming from the south (going northbound on I-93), and it would be the lower level of the parking lot. If you’re coming from the north (going southbound on I-93), just cross under the tunnel to the other side of the parking lot.