Hermit Lake
May 23, 2025

Start/End: Pinkham Notch Visitor Center

Peaks: N/A

Elevation Gain: 1,855 ft

RT Mileage: 5.35 mi

Duration: 3 hours, 14 minutes

Rock Difficulty: Class 1

Snow/Ice Difficulty: Grade I

Memorial Day weekend is usually the beginning of summer in the Whites, but a late-season snowstorm had it looking more like winter this year! After an otherwise abysmal year for spring snow, I decided I had to go check it out. My plan was to car camp at Pinkham (illegally) the night of the snowstorm and hike up to the base of Tuckerman Ravine early the next morning, but it turned out just getting to Hermit Lake was enough. Read more...