That night about 10 tents were in the woods all over in some pretty not so cool places, the shelter was pretty maxed out at around 12+ happy campers, need to add earplugs to the kit :) we met a lot of great people and had a good time. Great views, cool ridge on North Kinsman that overlooks Mt. North and South Kinsman with Cannon Mountain Lonesome Lake provides a great example of a scoured out area that resulted in a glacial lake. Continue on an out & back mission to South Kinsman Mountain, returning past N. Kinsman and four corners junction. South Kinsman. Looking toward Cannon, with a view of Franconia Ridge. Mt Kinsman Trailhead: 1600. It is an awesome trail with cool mossy forests, ladders, rock scrambles and some stellar views back at Cannon and Franconia Ridge. The section of Kinsman Ridge trail that climbs up North East Cannon Ball would prove to be the hardest part of the day. Trails are clearly marked & easy to navigate. To get to the summit of South Kinsman we did a nice loop that also incorporated Cannon Mtn and South Kinsman summit. Lots of water on the trails, waterproof boots would be advised. On a sunny day, bring lots of water. The trail reaches the Kinsman Ridge Trail at 3.7 miles. If I was alone, or had a bigger dog I would have had to turn around. Overall a great hike with some great views. Lots of morning sun and temps close to 90. This mountain, along with South Kinsman Mountain, are both considered 4,000 footers because there is more than 200 feet of topographic prominence between the two. No way is it 10.9. Fairly crowded right now, but not too bad. Kinsman Trail, Kinsman Ridge Trail. North Kinsman, South Kinsman, Cannon Mountain via Lonesome Lake Trail, Fishin' Jimmy Trail, Kinsman Ridge Tr... Jan. 8, 2021 Cone Demon. South Kinsman is just under a mile past this summit. Jan 08 | North Kinsman, South Kinsman, Cannon, NH via lonesome lake, fishin jimmy, kinsman ridge, hi-cannon by: Cone Demon / newenglandtrailconditions. The hike to lonesome lake was very long and grueling. Trail starts steep and gravelly and becomes steep and rocky. A number of trails criss-cross Cannon Mountain and the surrounding region. One star for Lonesome Lake, one for the tower at top of Cannon. A great loop for any peak-baggers trying to tackle a strenuous day of three. Lots of up and down, all rock and according to the signage, 3.2 miles verses 2m we thought from the map here. Length 11.2 miElevation gain 5557 ftRoute type Out & back Bugs weren't bad. Took us about 2.25 hours. A lot of people take the Tram to the peak of Cannon so you’ll meet some tourists on Cannon summit. Very steep decent down. https://www.nhstateparks.org/covid-19. Good hike, started at the Basin parking, hiked up to Lonesome Lake hut, filled water bottles and bought a brownie (awesome btw) took the Fishing Jimmy trail, I recommend this for going up, could be tricky coming down. The trail climbs up Cannon very steeply for the first mile to mile and a half. Due to the steep decent and daylight left we opted to turn back and head down. Clouds came and went all day, so some views awesome some views a little obscured but still beautiful. GPS logged 16.6 miles round trip from the parking at Lafayette base ...Hi-cannon trail and the cannon ladder that lead to a beautiful outlook across to Lafayette and the whole Franconia notch, even a aerial view of lonesome lake from there. this was the hardest part of the hike. The lake is really cool though, and worth seeing. I found Hi Cannon to be good trail to ascend on. It was our 11th hike in 4000 footer. I summited both kinsmin the first day and the cannonballs and cannon the second day. 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