Ridge Trail to Giant Mountain and Rocky Peak Ridge is a 8.9 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Keene, New York that features a lake and is rated as difficult. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from April until November. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Although dogs are allowed to use this trail, users have reported that they may have trouble with the scrambling.
February 28, 2021Awesome
February 21, 2021February 13, 2021Both trails were well compacted snow. Most icy sections were covered up.
February 8, 2021Sunday feb 7 summit of Giant then Rocky Peak up ridge trail from 73. Broken out mostly when started and now in great shape. No Nav issues. Wow that return from the col back up giant is steep! Over 5k vertical day.
January 10, 2021January 9, 2021January 4, 2021January 3, 2021Rocky is a beast
December 31, 2020trail was fantastic despite the freezing wind and slippery slopes 10/5
December 28, 2020Icey as hell bring hill sounds minimum. My two partners were more comfortable in crampons.
December 27, 2020Phew! Kind of got my butt kicked out there today. DO NOT do this hike without crampons. Not microspikes... crampons. It was so icy and in some areas extremely dangerous. Aside from the ice it was a really beautiful today. So clear with breaks of sunshine. Took us about 6 hours round trip due to the traitorous areas. A really fun day if you’re prepared otherwise peak turning back. We skipped rocky repeal..some people coming back down said it was too dangerous. Be safe out there friends!
December 22, 2020December 20, 2020Great. Bring crampons
December 18, 2020Slow as molasses hiking up, quick hike down with sliding First mile is meh both in and out, but afterwards it pretty cool.
December 13, 2020November 28, 2020Icy above 3500’. Bring Micro spikes.
November 15, 2020Hiked this yesterday (Sat 11/14). Partly cloudy, but we had great views. We were able to get through the first few miles without spikes, but they were pretty much necessary after that (saw a few people without them). The toughest part of the trail is the ~.5 miles leaving giant on your way to rocky (and on the way back). It's a very sharp descent. Overall though, one of my favorite high peak hikes I've done so far.
November 14, 2020Very clearly marked. Not for the faint of heart.
November 8, 2020November 7, 2020Rare warm day in November. Snow and ice visible off trail but none on trail. Muddy between the peaks.
November 7, 2020Would not recommend taking dogs that do not jump well. I took my German Shepherd (he’s done lots of other high peaks and loves hiking) but the rocks are large and were challenging for him to jump. Overall awesome time though!! Very muddy this time of year.
November 5, 2020October 31, 2020October 28, 2020A nice hike but a bit of snow at the top and the wet leaves are slippery
October 28, 2020
