New Hampshire trails · Tuckerman Ravine Trail
Tuckerman Ravine Trail
A 3.5-mile out-and-back in New Hampshire, with 3,928 ft of climbing. Reaches Hermit Lake and other lake/pass/viewpoint destinations. Managed by White Mountain National Forest.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 53% of the ascent falls between mile 2.3 and mile 3.5. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Hermit Lake (lake)
- Pinkham Notch (pass)
- Crystal Cascades Falls (viewpoint)
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Getting there
PINKHAM NOTCH — parking nearby, restroom, water. 44.25755, -71.25313 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:36 a.m., the sun rises at 6:06 a.m. and sets at 7:23 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:53 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 17 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 7.0-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 32 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:38 p.m. — 6 h 45 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Tuckerman Ravine Trail + TUCKERMAN RAVINE — 3.0 mi loop, 253 ft gain
- TUCKERMAN RAVINE + Unnamed trail + Tuckerman Ravine Trail — 3.8 mi loop, 372 ft gain
- Tuckerman Ravine Trail + Unnamed trail + Blanchard Loop Ski Trail — 5.6 mi loop, 1,277 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Tuckerman Ravine — 0.0 mi
- Wildcat Ridge — 0.8 mi
- Nelson Crag — 2.6 mi
- Gulfside Trail — 2.7 mi