Originally Posted By fritz1255
Gotta agree with Brian about the trail quality in the Whites - absolutely awful. For planning purposes, we assume a pace of about 1 mile per hour, and we were only a little bit ahead of that on this trip. Part of the trail we were on (Rocky Branch Trail) is actually in a stream bed where you have to hop from rock to rock to avoid getting your feet soaked. Still, it's the same as it was 40 years ago, so there's more to the equation than people just now discovering how bad the trails are.....


I did my first long BP (12 days, 135 miles) in the Whites in 1975... had an absolute blast. I don't think the trail quality in the Whites is 'absolutely awful", I'd just say they are different than Out West... here trails were built with the horse in mind. Not in NH. The Whites are WET and that means problems for trails.

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