Tuckerman Ravine Trailhead — Attraction in Hart's Location

The most stunning trail in New England! The trail is tame up to the hermit lake shelter, with gradual incline and waterfall view early on. At the base of the ravine there are a few ways you can go, I went in mid May and as a hiker lion head was the only option. I came up the ravine where skiers were going up but was forced down lions head since this was the only around washed out areas with several feet of snow depth. Going down lion head was also extremely difficult and I couldn't get back to the trail until about a mile below the ravine. Overall a very dangerous path for any hiker when there is deep snow trying to go...

Wow. This was a very difficult hike up to Mt. Washington. We went with 2 kids and a dog and made it to the summit in 4 hours. It’s a pretty gradual incline for the first 2/3 of the hike and becomes more difficult in the ravine. There is a stop right before the climb through the ravine to water up which was awesome. A lot of rock scrambles and walking on boulders towards the top as well. The rock stacks were excellent incentives to push to the top. The views throughout the hike can’t be beat and the reward to making it to the top is...

Tuckerman Ravine becomes harder in the last 2 miles to summit. Mostly above the tree line and filled with huge boulders. Lions head descend is also steep.

If you plan to do both ascend and descend on the same day, start early like 4 am or so. Otherwise you can do one way and take the shuttle to come down through the motor road ($65/person).

There are shelters near hermit lake where Tuckerman ravine and lions head trail bifurcate. Can be booked at the visitor...