Franconia & Highland Mountain Bike Trail Conditions
Franconia pairs town singletrack with Highland Mountain's lift-served bike park, at the top of the Pemigewasset valley under the White Mountains. Granite, root and glacial sand over steep ground: it drains fast but the season is short and the high trails hold snow well into spring.
155 featured mountain bike trailselevation 456–4,793 ft
Is it muddy in Franconia & Highland right now?
Right now about 0 of 155 featured Franconia & Highland trails are riding well. Conditions change daily with rain and snowmelt, so the list below shows the live read for each trail, and the chart shows which day ahead is your best bet.
Franconia & Highland conditions at a glancesnapshot · Oct 15
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0 of 155 trails riding well
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Air quality
AQI 33 · Good
EPA AirNow (observed) + CAMS forecast. Informational.
Next 10 days
Trails riding well each day · blue dot = rain
0 Today 0 Fri 0 Sat 0 Sun 0 Mon 1 Tue 1 Wed 1 Thu 1 Fri 1 Sat Most trails are wet right now and stay marginal through the week. Look for a rocky or sandy trail that drains fast.
Temperature this week
Lower trails 482–2,090 ft
24° typical 34°–55°F 64°
High country 2,149–3,740 ft
19° typical 29°–49°F 60°
10° 30° 50° 70°
5-day forecast
Today 🌦️ 55°
Fri 🌧️ 63°
Sat 🌦️ 47°
Sun ☀️ 51°
Mon ☀️ 63°
Daytime high across Franconia & Highland, rain marked. Real forecast, refreshed every morning (elevation detail above).
Trail soil & drainage
15% 81% 4%
Mostly sandy, which drains fast and firms up quickly after rain.
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Best Franconia & Highland mountain bike trails to ride right now
Every featured singletrack trail, sorted by today's real conditions, best first. Refreshed every morning.
Ammonoosuc Rail Trail · 19.1 mi · 456–781 ft Soft — ride gently Old Page Road · 0.3 mi · 1,037–1,119 ft Muddy — stay off Wendell's Way · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Endless Recess · 0.4 mi Muddy — stay off Ham Branch · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Hillwinds Connector · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Warren Recreational Rail Trail · 11 mi · 479–909 ft Muddy — stay off Ammonoosuc Recreational Trail · 2.2 mi · 771–850 ft Muddy — stay off Carriage Road · 3.5 mi · 2,146–4,793 ft Muddy — stay off Lightning Strike · 0.6 mi · 1,102–1,230 ft Muddy — stay off Flume Gorge Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,227–1,493 ft Muddy — stay off Boundary Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,056–1,132 ft Muddy — stay off Field trip · 0.2 mi · 1,001–1,050 ft Muddy — stay off Ham Branch Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,020–1,115 ft Muddy — stay off Hi-Cannon Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,919–3,911 ft Muddy — stay off Limited Liability · 0.9 mi · 1,050–1,355 ft Muddy — stay off Lonesome Lake Trail · 2.1 mi · 1,742–3,422 ft Muddy — stay off Lower Rough Cut · 0.4 mi · 1,125–1,230 ft Muddy — stay off No Liabilty · 0.2 mi · 1,365–1,404 ft Muddy — stay off Birch Run · 0.9 mi Muddy — stay off Greeley Ponds Trail · 3 mi · 1,913–2,290 ft Muddy — stay off Meadow Brook · 0.8 mi · 978–1,030 ft Muddy — stay off Caddy Shack · 0.3 mi · 1,404–1,463 ft Muddy — stay off Chippewa Trail · 1.6 mi · 1,260–2,825 ft Muddy — stay off Carroll Recreational Trail · 1.5 mi · 1,329–1,378 ft Muddy — stay off Riverwalk Trail · 1 mi · 738–797 ft Muddy — stay off Mount Osceola Trail · 5 mi · 2,267–4,304 ft Muddy — stay off Profile Recreational Rail Trail / Snowmobile Trail NH 104 · 1.9 mi · 1,198–1,332 ft Muddy — stay off Gardner's Trail · 1.9 mi · 1,112–1,804 ft Muddy — stay off Lil Beech · 0.1 mi · 1,240–1,306 ft Muddy — stay off Moss · 0.3 mi · 1,148–1,250 ft Muddy — stay off Nuke · 0.4 mi · 1,145–1,253 ft Muddy — stay off Old School Loop (Rock and Roll) · 0.2 mi Muddy — stay off Pine Hill Trail · 0.5 mi · 922–1,125 ft Muddy — stay off Pop Quiz · 0.2 mi Muddy — stay off Rabbit Hole · 0.4 mi · 1,204–1,240 ft Muddy — stay off Rabbit Hole (Advanced) · 0.2 mi Muddy — stay off Rhyme or Reason · 0.5 mi · 1,152–1,207 ft Muddy — stay off Ridge Run · 0.8 mi · 1,086–1,250 ft Muddy — stay off Rock and Roll · 0.4 mi · 1,079–1,122 ft Muddy — stay off Scout Connector · 0.2 mi · 1,411–1,460 ft Muddy — stay off Stone Henge · 0.2 mi · 1,175–1,230 ft Muddy — stay off The Kings Highway · 0.6 mi Muddy — stay off Tin-Can Alley · 0.2 mi · 1,158–1,204 ft Muddy — stay off Access Road · 1.4 mi · 1,657–2,385 ft Muddy — stay off Almost All Downhill · 0.4 mi · 1,427–1,542 ft Muddy — stay off Ante Up · 1 mi · 1,578–1,795 ft Muddy — stay off Asquam Ridge Trail · 0.7 mi · 3,809–4,160 ft Muddy — stay off Badger XC Ski Trail · 2.1 mi · 1,440–1,749 ft Muddy — stay off Bear Claw Trail · 3 mi · 1,348–1,916 ft Muddy — stay off Beaver XC Ski Trail · 1.8 mi · 1,427–1,552 ft Muddy — stay off Beginners Luck · 0.6 mi · 1,496–1,893 ft Muddy — stay off Benton Trail · 2.8 mi · 1,677–4,570 ft Muddy — stay off Blackmount Rail Trail · 1.2 mi Muddy — stay off Blue and Green Trail · 0.3 mi · 643–810 ft Muddy — stay off Blue Trail · 0.9 mi · 971–1,079 ft Muddy — stay off Blueberry Mountain Trail · 2.2 mi · 1,335–2,664 ft Muddy — stay off Bones · 0.2 mi · 1,352–1,483 ft Muddy — stay off Bridesmaids Falls Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,877–2,014 ft Muddy — stay off Brook Trail · 0.2 mi · 1,253–1,332 ft Muddy — stay off Chainlink · 0.8 mi · 1,535–1,647 ft Muddy — stay off Charmel · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Cherry Mountain Trail · 5 mi · 1,660–3,409 ft Muddy — stay off Climbers trail · 0.4 mi · 1,742–2,231 ft Muddy — stay off Cloud 9 · 0.9 mi · 1,401–1,565 ft Muddy — stay off Coppermine Trail · 2 mi · 1,093–2,070 ft Muddy — stay off Corner Office · 0.6 mi · 1,516–1,706 ft Muddy — stay off Doctor No · 0.6 mi · 1,598–1,841 ft Muddy — stay off Doctor No Connector · 0.1 mi · 1,804–1,841 ft Muddy — stay off Doctor Slab · 0.1 mi · 1,598–1,795 ft Muddy — stay off Dog Daze · 0.6 mi · 1,421–1,539 ft Muddy — stay off Dyke Road Access Trail · 1.1 mi · 1,647–2,208 ft Muddy — stay off Fat Lip · 1.1 mi · 1,490–1,942 ft Muddy — stay off Fiji · 0.6 mi · 1,463–1,529 ft Muddy — stay off Fishin' Jimmy Trail · 1.7 mi · 2,733–3,747 ft Muddy — stay off Flat Iron Trail · 1.2 mi · 1,437–1,506 ft Muddy — stay off Fly Bye · 0.5 mi · 1,079–1,129 ft Muddy — stay off Foss Path · 0.3 mi Muddy — stay off Fox Hill Loop · 0.7 mi · 951–1,145 ft Muddy — stay off Franconia Notch Bike Path Muddy — stay off Gale River Trail · 0.7 mi · 951–1,056 ft Muddy — stay off Gardners Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,542–1,683 ft Muddy — stay off Garnet Hill Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,480–1,847 ft Muddy — stay off Glencliff Trail · 1.6 mi · 2,566–4,449 ft Muddy — stay off Gold Mine Trail · 0.6 mi · 1,024–1,073 ft Muddy — stay off Hall Pass · 0.5 mi · 965–1,004 ft Muddy — stay off Hardwood Heaven · 0.7 mi · 1,499–1,686 ft Muddy — stay off High Plains Drifter · 1.6 mi · 1,644–2,395 ft Muddy — stay off Holy Moley · 0.5 mi · 1,463–1,614 ft Muddy — stay off Home Owners · 0.8 mi · 1,447–1,585 ft Muddy — stay off Home Run · 0.7 mi · 1,486–1,716 ft Muddy — stay off Homegrown · 0.4 mi Muddy — stay off Honor Roll · 0.2 mi Muddy — stay off Ian's Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,165–1,247 ft Muddy — stay off Indian Head Trail · 1.8 mi · 1,010–2,523 ft Muddy — stay off Infinity Glade · 0.7 mi · 1,644–1,749 ft Muddy — stay off Kettle Trail · 0.6 mi · 1,804–1,926 ft Muddy — stay off Kinsman Pond Trail · 2.2 mi · 2,293–3,757 ft Muddy — stay off Ledge Trail · 0.2 mi · 1,289–1,411 ft Muddy — stay off Little Jackson · 0.8 mi · 1,709–1,909 ft Muddy — stay off Loop Trail · 0.5 mi · 1,289–1,355 ft Muddy — stay off Lower Falls Trail · 0.8 mi · 1,480–1,555 ft Muddy — stay off Lower Nuke · 0.2 mi · 994–1,148 ft Muddy — stay off MacCornack-Evelyn Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,316–1,463 ft Muddy — stay off Marsh Trail · 0.2 mi · 1,345–1,388 ft Muddy — stay off Moore Dam Portage · 0.3 mi · 650–810 ft Muddy — stay off Moore Dam Trail · 3.5 mi · 810–843 ft Muddy — stay off Moose Watch XC Ski Trail · 3.9 mi · 1,480–2,087 ft Muddy — stay off Mount Kinsman Trail · 3.4 mi · 1,063–3,855 ft Muddy — stay off Mount Pemigewasset Trail · 1.4 mi · 1,335–2,513 ft Muddy — stay off O'Brien Way · 0.7 mi · 1,237–1,490 ft Muddy — stay off Oak Hill Avenue · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Onbelay · 0.2 mi · 1,670–1,801 ft Muddy — stay off Orange Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,083–1,122 ft Muddy — stay off Palmer Brook Ski Trail · 0.3 mi · 935–1,076 ft Muddy — stay off Palmer Brook Trail · 0.2 mi · 935–1,073 ft Muddy — stay off Partly Cloudy · 1.1 mi · 1,266–1,473 ft Muddy — stay off Path to the Knob · 0.9 mi · 725–1,106 ft Muddy — stay off Pebble Beach 2.0 · 0.4 mi · 1,017–1,148 ft Muddy — stay off Peepers · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Perkins Way · 0.4 mi · 1,463–1,667 ft Muddy — stay off Perkins-Porter Loop · 0.8 mi · 1,624–1,854 ft Muddy — stay off Phillip Robertson Memorial Trail · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Prelude · 0.4 mi · 978–1,096 ft Muddy — stay off Presidential Rail Trail · 8.1 mi · 1,112–1,362 ft Muddy — stay off Press Play · 0.9 mi · 1,312–1,529 ft Muddy — stay off PRKR Avenue · 0.3 mi · 1,506–1,604 ft Muddy — stay off Red Flyer · 1 mi · 1,214–1,486 ft Muddy — stay off Reel Brook Trail · 2.7 mi · 1,411–2,605 ft Muddy — stay off Ronnie's Ramble · 0.4 mi · 1,024–1,063 ft Muddy — stay off Rough Cut · 0.8 mi · 1,224–1,558 ft Muddy — stay off S & L · 0.6 mi · 1,355–1,552 ft Muddy — stay off Saddle Up & Down · 0.3 mi · 1,801–1,893 ft Muddy — stay off Schaller Trail · 0.7 mi · 1,358–1,594 ft Muddy — stay off Shelter Spur · 0.1 mi Muddy — stay off Shoulder Roll · 1.9 mi · 1,558–2,113 ft Muddy — stay off Ski Trail · 2.1 mi · 1,886–2,283 ft Muddy — stay off Snake Trail · 0.5 mi · 1,243–1,394 ft Muddy — stay off Social Distancing · 0.4 mi · 1,650–1,716 ft Muddy — stay off Spruce Goose XC Ski Trail · 3.5 mi · 1,499–2,028 ft Muddy — stay off Sugar Shack · 0.9 mi · 1,020–1,365 ft Muddy — stay off Ten Four · 0.8 mi · 1,365–1,657 ft Muddy — stay off The Dark Side · 0.8 mi · 1,234–1,555 ft Muddy — stay off Toppers Tour · 1.2 mi · 1,581–1,893 ft Muddy — stay off Tucker Brook Trail · 2.6 mi · 1,220–3,514 ft Muddy — stay off Tucker's Trail · 1 mi · 1,056–1,161 ft Muddy — stay off Tuckers Connector · 1.6 mi · 1,030–1,542 ft Muddy — stay off Twenty Twenty · 0.3 mi · 1,942–1,985 ft Muddy — stay off Vernal Pool · 0.2 mi Muddy — stay off Von Ryans Express · 0.7 mi · 1,076–1,407 ft Muddy — stay off Wild & Wooley · 0.4 mi · 958–1,056 ft Muddy — stay off Wild Card · 0.6 mi · 1,503–1,893 ft Muddy — stay off Winds and Pines · 0.6 mi · 1,027–1,148 ft Muddy — stay off Woodcock Trail · 0.4 mi · 1,401–1,575 ft Muddy — stay off Yellow Trail · 0.9 mi · 1,040–1,178 ft Muddy — stay off Franconia & Highland mountain biking FAQ What are the best mountain bike trails to ride near Franconia & Highland right now? Few Franconia & Highland trails are riding well today. The list below is sorted by today's real conditions, best first, and refreshes every morning, so check back soon or open the planner for the best option near you. See live conditions →
When will the mountain bike trails in Franconia & Highland dry out? It depends on recent rain and each trail's soil. The 10-day outlook on this page shows how many Franconia & Highland trails are expected to be riding well each day, with rain markers, so you can pick the right day instead of guessing. See the 10-day outlook →
Is it too muddy to ride in Franconia & Highland after rain? Right now 155 of 155 featured Franconia & Highland trails are reading soft or too muddy to ride. Franconia & Highland is mostly mixed soil, which varies from trail to trail, so after a storm some trails firm up within a day while others stay greasy. Riding wet, soft dirt damages trails and leaves ruts, so check the live mud reading on each trail before you head out. Check the live mud reading →
How many mountain bike trails are in Franconia & Highland? Franconia & Highland has 155 featured mountain bike trails tracked here for conditions, with more searchable on the live map.
How high are the Franconia & Highland trails? Franconia & Highland trails run from about 456–4,793 ft. Higher trails hold snow later into spring and dry out later than the lower ones, so conditions can vary a lot across the same area on the same day.
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