Name: Six Husbands
Rating: 3.8

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3.8 from 4 votes

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in Great Gulf Wilderness

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3.8 from 4 votes

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Ladders on steep ledges - Six Husbands Trail

Feb 17, 2018 near Pinkham…, NH

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Oct 15, 2025

Julian Yarmac

Sep 12, 2021

Philip Major

Straight up the cliff. Likely the steepest backpacking 'trail' in the Northeast. There are five wooden ladders attached to immense granite boulders. — 4h 30m

Sep 1, 2018

Laura Haenchen

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Six Husbands

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Point to Point

5,616' 1,712 m

3,134' 955 m

2,482' 757 m

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