Attitash area

[Silverfox]

Hello

I have a friend looking to do the Attitash trail to Attitash and Table Mountain..a route I have never been on.. Anyone out there been here lately?

thanks

 

[Amicus]

I haven't been on the Attitash Trail lately, but pending a report from someone who has, I'll note that I took it from Bear Notch Road around Table Mtn. and a little way toward Big Attitash a couple of summers ago, when I had just a few hours free for a hike around there. I had the trail to myself on a sunny Saturday and it was well-marked and easy to follow for as far as I got. (The sketchy parts I've read about must be closer to the middle.) The Table Mtn. ledges give you an interesting view of the Sisters and Chocorua from the near north.

 

[carole]

It was several years ago I did that also but I recall it was an abundant wild flower route.

 

[bryan]

have been considering this trip at some point in the near future. steve smith talks about a traverse i think around 2001 or so in "wandering in the white mountains". sounds really lightly, if at all, maintained after table mt. latest amc guide eludes to the same. sounds like a great isolated hike with attention to footway being particularly important. also the trail that some "famous" boston radio guy (whose name i cannot remember) got lost on a number of years back and spent a couple days in the woods drinking his own pee. would probably be a fun traverse through to dianas baths with a car spot.
may go out to big attitash and back sometime this spring and if so will post trail conditions.

bryan

 

[Amicus]

... the trail that some "famous" boston radio guy (whose name i cannot remember) got lost on a number of years back and spent a couple days in the woods drinking his own pee.

That was Ted O'Brien, a famous Boston TV guy before he turned to radio. He went from Diana's Baths. You can read a transcript of a radio interview of Ted, his wife and others about this episode on the link, under "Lost Hiker." Somebody posted a funny Photoshopped picture of the sign for the "Ted O'Brien Trail" here, a year or two ago.