Welch-Dickey Loop Trail to Welch then Dickey Mtn

based on 911 tracks & routes #42 hike out of 703 in
4.1 mi
Distance
1 hrs 47 min
Time
terrain
1,618 ft
Elev Gain

Overview

Considered a 'hidden gem' of the White Mountains, the Welch Dickey Loop trail passes over both Welch Mountain and Dickey Mountain.

This is a difficult loop trail with strenuous uphill and fantastic views of the surrounding mountains.

This trail traverses several steep granite slabs that can be very slick and dangerous when wet. This hike is best enjoyed after a day or two without rain.

Expect this hike to take 2-4 hours.

Getting Started

There is parking at the trailhead. This trail is a day-use fee site. A day pass costs $5.

You can pay with cash or check upon arrival and must put display the recreation tag on your dash.

Some parks passes are permissible in lieu of the day use fee. These include:

  • White Mountain National Forest Annual Pass
  • White Mountain National Forest Household Pass
  • Interagency Pass
  • Golden Age Pass
  • Golden Access pass

Once you're ready to hike, hang a right on the trailhead follow the yellow blazes!

Taking Children

This hike may be suitable for some children. The uphill is very strenuous and there are some steep sections or areas with sharp drop-offs. If it has rained recently, the trail can be very slick and dangerous.


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    3 years, 2 months ago
    This is a great trail to get back into the swing of things if you haven't done any winter hiking. Trail is mostly dry with some minor mud. No traction necessary. Tons of super friendly doggies out today.
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    3 years, 9 months ago
    Beautiful trail
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    3 years, 10 months ago
    Welch ledge is reached within a mile, awesome view, thought this was the summit for a good minute, but the views get way better about .6 miles to the summit of Welch, full 360 views!Definitely a steep hike right from the beginning, lots of granite slabs and rock scrambles to climb, wouldn’t recommend doing this hike after rain. Lots of sunlight on this loop, not much shading from trees. Trail is well marked and maintained. Such an amazing hike!
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    4 years, 8 months ago
    Great fall hike! Go counter clockwise as the descent from Mt Welch is very steep.
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    4 years, 9 months ago
    The vistas are incredible, with huge sections of granite slab with sparse tree line to block views. There are definitely steep sections of slab, so would advise going on a dry day like we did. It’s a fairly popular route for good reason, parking was not an issue; they recommended counter clockwise so though we were definitely not alone, all hikers were going in the same direction around the loop.
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    5 years, 7 months ago
    I was looking for a relatively short hike with my son. This exceeded both our expectations by a mile! Great trail, great views, and so accessible. We had an awesome time and highly recommend this one.
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    5 years, 7 months ago
    I would highly recommend taking the trail to the right from the trailhead. It was difficult to go up this way on portions of sheet rock face, but would have been much more difficult to come down this way. The descent after Mount Dickey was comparatively easy.
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    7 years, 6 months ago
    What an amazing hike. We reached the top around sunset and the views were some of the best you can get. This was a tough hike, but great practice for longer hikes in the area. It was nice and dry and I would not want to go if it was wet or had rained recently. I brought my dogs and they did just fine. We went on a weeknight and had the trail almost all to ourselves. There is a currently an active beehive on the West side of Mt. Dickey. It's roped off and there are instructions to get around it safely.
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    7 years, 8 months ago
    Nice, extremely quick, hike. 2 summits, decent views, some rock scrambles but nothing real steep or bouldering. Very, very crowded because of how easy it is.
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Public Tracks

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Kwi-Hui Skene 4 years, 10 months ago
Track (Welch & Dickey loop)
Tuesday. Temp 87 F, 60% humid Keum Greene and me Start slowly and had a such great time . Views was great even little hazy. We both had to try out regardless we both deal with pains. Good to be out today. So happy that I was on the mountains After hike, we stop the The Eddy Day use for our feet get wet. Water felt great, wish we had a bath suit though!
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Matthew Batchelder 10 years, 1 month ago
Welch & Dickey - solo jog/walk (5/26/16, 5:42:37PM)
22 mins to first ledge 22 more to Welch peak 16 more to Dickey peak (1 hour total) 30-ish down (jogging all the way) Times are including stops for pictures
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Leslie 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Welch Dickey
Janell and Jonny, Oscar, me Beautiful sunny and warm day for October! Lots of fun scrambling the slabs with Janell and Jonny
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Jim Gagne 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Wednesday Afternoon Hiking welch and dicky
Humid smoky from a canadian fires 9 cars in the parking lot Seven o'clock at night
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ChipperDune5011 3 years, 11 months ago
welch Dickie 7/26/22 10:08:42 AM
1st true trail system in the white mountains. Counter clockwise recommended.
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Angela Griffin 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Waterville Valley Hike
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/20079216299
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Jennifer Hotaling 1 year, 1 month ago
Waterville Valley Hike
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/19095983588
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Andrew Macleod 1 year, 3 months ago
Waterville Valley Trail Run
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/18648070032
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Jim Gagne 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Friday Afternoon Hiking welch and and dickie
Dry, humid, some trees, turning color saw ten people
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Matthew Batchelder 10 years, 1 month ago
Welch & Dickey (6/2/16, 5:19:46PM)
Angie's birthday hike with Abby, Angie, and Bude
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Kwi-Hui Skene 6 years, 10 months ago
Welch&Dickey loop
Welch-Dicky loop trail Steve & Kwi-Hui
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NimbleMist1964 1 year, 5 months ago
mitoc welch dickey
use crampons ins winter here
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Dan Teichman 1 month ago
Welch Dickey 3rd time
Down in parking lot at 2:35
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Matthew Batchelder 10 years, 2 months ago
Track (4/14/16, 5:49:07PM)
Hike with Stephen and James
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jlbt1j 2 years, 1 month ago
Track (5/18/24, 9:03:03AM)
Bob Mackin, and Mark AMC
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SnowySky7836 1 year ago
Welch-Dickey
counterclockwise loop
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LongUpland1263 4 years, 5 months ago
RL Welch-Dickey Loop Trail
Hike counterclockwise
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