Home States  Connecticut  Maine  Massachusetts  New Hampshire  New York  Rhode Island  Vermont  View All Lists  NE 4,000 Footers  NE 100 Highest  NH 4,000 Footers  NH 52 With A View  NH Belknap Range  NH Ossipee 10 Explanation of Ratings Links Ossipee Mountains Notice Search Trail Conditions Trip Log About	Whitton Ledge Albany, NH, Madison, NH Trailheads, measurements, times, distances, and maps are all approximate and relative to the hike(s) as shown below. The herd path along the north shore of Whitten Pond Route: Bushwhack, orange blazed trail, bushwhack Though the forecast a day earlier had been calling for heavy rains, the weather was much more pleasant. As the afternoon neared, the clouds were giving way to blue sky. Having seen Whitton Ledge from Mt. Chocorua and taking an interest in it, I decided today would be the perfect day to give it a shot. After circling around Whitton Pond (no roads actually reach the pond, so it was a blind maze trying to find a way in), I decided to follow a brook up to the water. Reaching the pond, I was shocked at how nice it was - quiet and generally undisturbed by development. Following a herdpath along the northern shore, I soon bushwhacked up toward the ridge, reaching a large rock slab. While I was tempted to try to scale the slab, the bottom was too slippery to grip on (and the major for error was very very slim). Thus, I headed up through the woods and worked my way back over to the slab, heading up the top third. Above the slab, I soon reached a wall of cliffs and a bunch of old cable - a granite quarry perhaps? Finding a way up over the cliff, I reached an orange blazed trail near the highpoint of the peak. Following the trail east, I reached some nice ledge vistas with views ranging from peaks in Maine to Chocorua. Ready to finish this hike, I followed the orange blazed trail northwest to a smaller subpeak, which offered some additional views. At this point, the trail ended - from here, I bushwhacked back down to the pond and then followed an old woods road back to Drake Hill Road. A nice hike, though the deer flies were extremely vexing! Hike Ratings Getting To Trailhead: Moderate Destination: Whitton Ledge Length: Moderate Steepness: Very Difficult Navigation: Difficult Views: Excellent Crowds: Minimal Hike Stats Date Hiked: Saturday, July 18, 2009 Hike Commenced: 2:40 PM Parking Elevation: 740' Destination: Whitton Ledge Ascent Commenced: 2:40 PM Summit Reached: 3:38 PM Time Elapsed: 00:58 Trailhead Elevation: 560' Summit Elevation: 740' Vertical Gain: 560' Hike Ended: 4:29 PM Hike Time Elapsed: 01:49 Hike Vertical Gain: 720' The brook coming from Whitten Pond as seen from Drake Hill Road Looking down one of the scramble ledges Looking over Whitten Pond at the Ossipees (left) and Mt. Israel (right) from one of the Whitten Ledge vistas Directions to trailhead: Drake Hill Road is located east of Route 16 near Albany, NH Back to Whitton Ledge Profile
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