Name: Basin Cascades
Rating: 4.8

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Kinsman Falls. with permission from Dean Goss All Rights Reserved

May 24, 2016 near Lincoln, NH

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Jul 11, 2022

Shelby Piotrowski

3mi — 2h 00m

Oct 26, 2021

Hannah Rarick

saw multiple waterfalls! lots of roots and mud because it just rained but still a great upward hike! 1.2mi — 1h 00m

Aug 15, 2020

Jamie Marshall

Jul 4, 2020

Chi Wang

Feb 17, 2020

Austen Blair

Linked this with the Cascades Brook trail to reach Lonesome Lake and the AMC hut. A great trail, nice in the snow. This half was steep but felt fin… 6mi

Sep 27, 2019

Jamie Marshall

Aug 28, 2019

Rob Stansfield

New Hampster is always about one hour per mile, it's hard but good! 2.5mi — 2h 00m

Aug 6, 2019

D Z

11h 10m

Jun 14, 2019

Jamie Marshall

Jul 8, 2018

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2,084' 635 m

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506' 154 m

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