Mt Whiteface — Local services in Waterville Valley

I did the Mount Passaconaway & whiteface loop. The book I have says 13 miles, I logged 13.75. Took me about 6 hours, only stopped very briefly to eat half sandwich at the top of Whiteface. I will say the signs on this loop are some of the worst I've seen as far as guidance. No indication how far anything is from one sign to the next. There are a ton of junctions, very easy to take a wrong turn! I didn't have All Trails, I would strongly ad use it, the only reason I didn't take a wrong turn is because a random person had it and was able to confirm the correct junction. This trail is difficult and technical. Difficult because of the length, technical because of 4 point touch section and "rock climbing" on vertical open rock face without any climbing gear (definitely Flume vibes on Whiteface!) Do not go if it has rain the day before or morning of, you will regret it and it's extremely dangerous. The black flies/horse flies were awful, couldnt sit longer than half sandwich, it was bad. I ran out of water in between Ridgelines. I have a camelback, so bring more than 1,200 mL. I almost didn't make it to the second summit. I tried to include pictures to help with summit locations, both summits do not have a summit sign so you wouldn't really know you were there without word of mouth, or All Trails. Word of mouth wasn't hard to do, I got to the parking lot at 0800 sharp. The lot was FULL!! It was packed, went last weekend. Lots of reviews saying lot likely not to fill up, that's definitely not true. Tough hike, but rewarding. One and done for me though, wouldn't do...

Mt Whiteface is a great peak. 4,020 feet peak. The start was very smooth you start off with a good pace and then around mile 3 you start to climb some steep elevation. All worth it. It was a very nice day to climb Whiteface. The Look out spots were amazing. I saw for 15+ Miles. Started the hike early in the morning and reached the summit in 2.40 hours. Towards the top to really had to climb on some steep rock face. It was tough but if you take your time you can do it. The summit was off the beaten track no sign but a cool...

An absolutely beautiful peak in the Whites. Very Rocky at and near the top, so there are plenty of places to stop and hang out or have a snack. That being said, it can get very vertical at times making it a brutal assent or decent in my case. Additionally the hike through the surrounding woods is quite pleasant and I look forward to...