DayTrip
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I am going to be car camping at the end of June with a group of decidedly unfit, unaware to hiking individuals with very little experience. Some of these people have a genuine interest in trying hiking but they are fairly limited in what they can do (i.e. one will be 4 weeks out of a hernia operation, another is a cancer survivor, etc). So.......even what I consider to have been pretty easy hikes are going to be off the table for these folks. We'll likely either be camping somewhere off the Kanc or around Twin Mountain. I'll drive really anywhere along the Lincoln/Twin Mountain/Gorham/Conway area.
Can anyone recommend ANYTHING that would be easier grades, fairly short (maybe 1 mile out or thereabouts, 1-2 hours round trip or along those lines) and somehow still have cool views either in meadows, along ponds or maybe outlooks on ravines that may have something to look at other than trees. Really going for mountain views so I've ruled out waterfall hikes (unless there is such a hike out there with both - I haven't done many). I'm drawing a total blank on ideas. Most of my hikes are 10-14 miles and views come hours into the walk. Middle Sugarloaf and Mt Willard have always been my "go-to" spectacular hikes for the effort but even that will be beyond the ability of this group. I've done virtually no short hikes in NH of this nature.
If anyone can actually come up with some ideas out of that extremely limiting criteria it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Can anyone recommend ANYTHING that would be easier grades, fairly short (maybe 1 mile out or thereabouts, 1-2 hours round trip or along those lines) and somehow still have cool views either in meadows, along ponds or maybe outlooks on ravines that may have something to look at other than trees. Really going for mountain views so I've ruled out waterfall hikes (unless there is such a hike out there with both - I haven't done many). I'm drawing a total blank on ideas. Most of my hikes are 10-14 miles and views come hours into the walk. Middle Sugarloaf and Mt Willard have always been my "go-to" spectacular hikes for the effort but even that will be beyond the ability of this group. I've done virtually no short hikes in NH of this nature.
If anyone can actually come up with some ideas out of that extremely limiting criteria it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.