Hike New England: Trail Report: North and South Twin

October 10, 2013

A little late on my reports, this is report one of two that are way overdue.

Tony and I had been talking about the Twins for a while, it was a beautiful day so we decided to take the day off from work and hit the trail! The temps were nice, a little cool in the morning but then it warmed up quickly. I would certainly recommend this hike for anyone that is just starting out with the 4000 footers. North Twin sits at 4,761' and South Twin is 4,902'. It's a little long at almost 13 miles, but it's not very steep. There were many stream crossings early in the hike. No views at all along the trail and North Twin is a wooded summit. The view just before you walk to the summit of North is spectacular, as you will see in the pictures. South Twin is fully exposed and also has an outstanding view.

We were the only ones hiking today

The trail can be hard to see this time of year

with all the leaves covering it

There were a number of high water stream crossings

After wasting 15 minutes trying to find a way across

we ended up fording our way

The trail never really got steep. It was like this most

of the way up with a very gradual incline

Tony fording another stream

I should mention the stream was ice cold

There were only a few areas that were steep

When you first come out of the trees you are about 150' away from the summit (which is tree covered), but you get an outstanding view right before the trek over to the summit cairn.