Excellent_Affect4658 t1_j6bqecb wrote on January 29, 2023 at 4:45 AM

These will all be fine (and mostly have water available en route, either from huts or surface water). We hike them with our dog. Only caution I would offer is to ask if the dog is used to that mileage? Ours will sometimes get her paws rubbed raw if we go much over 10 miles / day, and fireman carrying her out sucks.

Get a copy of the AMC white mountains guidebook, which has detailed info on all of these hikes (and good cautions for hikes with a lot of exposure that it sounds like you want to avoid).

OralHairyLeukoplakia OP t1_j6d1qti wrote on January 29, 2023 at 2:07 PM

Thanks so much for your help! The guidebook sounds great!

I am building up her hiking stamina now in preparation. I can't really hike her more than two days in a row with work, but she has tolerated 13 miles in a day, as well as consecutive days of 6+ miles without issue. I will try to plan to hike back to back days on any golden weekends I have between now and the trip to toughen them up, and bring some paw balm with me!