The Cohos Trail   Coos County Page 1 2 3 The following information was sent to us by Kim Robert Nilsen - "I am is the president of The Cohos Trail Association, a small group of hikers in NH's far north who are developing a 150-mile trail system the entire length of NH's biggest, most remote and highest elevation county -- Coos County. The Cohos Trail (Coos spelled with an 'H' in honor of the first accounts of the region), will run from the southern-most tip of Coos County in southern Crawford Notch near Bartlett, all the way to the Canadian border, where we hope to rendevous with the Sentier Frontaliers and their trail that they hope to build down from Quebec to meet us. We will open the first 100 miles of the trail officially in mid to late summer 1999, a system from the vicinity of Zealand Campground at Twin Mt. to Coleman State Park campground at Stewartstown. In the year 2000 we hope to open the trail system all the way to Canada. When complete, the system will cross the Presidential Range at Mt. Eisenhour, and cross other ranges -- Cherry Mt. massif, Pliny Range, Pilots Range, Percy Peaks-Sugarloaf-Gadwah Notch (Mt. Muise)-Baldhead, Dixville Peak-Gloriette-Sanguinary-Tumble Dick Notch, and the trail will move passed all the Connecticut Lakes on their remote eastern sides and reach remote Deer Mt. and the boundary mountains. The system will include seven waterfalls, several extensive bogs, several sheer cliffs, moose habit (constant sightings), 30 summits, 13 ponds and lakes, three rivers and numerous major tributaries, two world class hotels (Mt. Washington and The Balsams), and so on. ... The Cohos Trail is to be a wilderness trek in the true sense of the word. It will require skill and stamina to hike the entire way, most of which is in very remote country and without facilities of any kind. We have designed the trail to be as rustic and remote as possible in keeping with the nature of the region through which it passes. It contains some existing trail systems but also extensive new trail linking previously isolated natural features in the far north." Any questions or comments should be directed to Kim at wilshy@top.monad.net next page Table of Contents return to Guide to NH Trails