East Pasture Trail
New Hampshire
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.2 mi
Distance
171 ft
Gain
No verdict for this route
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
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
No avalanche center covers this location, so danger ratings can't be shown.
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Here's your day on snow, mapped
East Pasture Trail
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 377 ft
- Elevation loss
- 377 ft
- Highest point
- 2,711 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,511 ft
Gear for the day
Photos
Directions & GPX
About this route
USFS signs call this East Pasture Trail, Jackson X-Country maps show the section above the road as Black Mountain Ski Trail. AMC Guide calls it East Pasture below the Cutoff but uses on "connector" between the Cutoff and the Black Mountain Ski Trail.
Facts about this route
The climb
- High point
- 2,711 ft
- Total climbing
- 377 ft
- Total descent
- 377 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 20% grade around mile 0.2 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 0.4 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Saco Ranger District · Ranger district
- White Mountain National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for White Mountain National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:
Town Hall Road Camping and Fire Restrictions
caution · posted Sep 29, 2026
Sawyer River Road Temporarily Closed
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Pemigewasset Wilderness Food Storage Requirement
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Rattlesnake Fire – Pemigewasset Ranger District
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Black Mountain CabinCamping0.2 mi
- Black Mountain Cutoff TrailCross-country skiing0.2 mi
- Black Mountain Ski TrailCross-country skiing1.2 mi
- Bald Land XcCross-country skiing1.5 mi
- Doublehead CabinCamping2.8 mi
- Eagle Mtn Cliff(Jackson)Rock climbing2.9 mi
- El WallRock climbing3.1 mi
- Ellis RiverRiver fishing3.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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