Mount Chocorua sharp summit
— — the bare rock the forest cannot climb.
Not only on a wall.
“The sharp-cut summit above Chocorua Lake. Roughly 3,490 feet, the bald granite cone every Route 16 driver looks for the moment Tamworth opens up. The peak is named for the Pequawket chief Chocorua, and the view from the lake at first light is the New Hampshire postcard the rest of the state quietly measures itself against. from the studio
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Mount Chocorua rises to about 3,490 feet at the southeastern edge of the White Mountain National Forest, in the town of Albany, New Hampshire. Its bare granite summit and isolation from taller neighbors make it one of the most photographed peaks in New England, especially from the foot of Chocorua Lake along Route 16. The mountain takes its name from Chocorua, a Pequawket leader from the early 18th century, and is the southernmost named peak of the Sandwich Range.
The summit cone is exposed Conway granite, scoured clean by a fire in 1915 that stripped the upper slopes of soil and never grew back. The result is the sharp, treeless point seen from the lake. Four main trails converge near the top, with the Piper Trail from Route 16 the longest and most travelled. The bare rock holds the eye the way only stripped stone can, set against the dense spruce below.
Most hikers climb from the Piper Trailhead off Route 16, about 4.5 miles to the summit one way, with the last half mile on open ledge. The Champney Falls Trail from the Kancamagus Highway is the other classic line. Chocorua Lake, on Route 16 in Tamworth, is the photographer's stop and adds nothing to the walk. The summit cone is exposed and weather-prone; the bald rock that gives the mountain its silhouette also gives it the wind.