Black Mountain Cutoff Trail

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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0.5 mi

Distance

224 ft

Gain

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What we do know

  • Inside White Mountain National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

  • Outside any avalanche forecast zone

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Black Mountain Cutoff Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.5 mi
Elevation gain
277 ft
Elevation loss
277 ft
Highest point
2,671 ft
Lowest point
2,433 ft

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About this route

Black Mountain Cutoff Trail is a short out-and-back route in New Hampshire covering 0.47 miles with 249 feet of elevation gain.

Facts about this route

The climb

Starts at
2,452 ft
High point
2,671 ft
Total climbing
277 ft
Total descent
277 ft
Steepest stretch
22% grade around mile 0.2 on the way out
Length (round trip)
0.9 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for White Mountain National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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