# HikerNerd

> HikerNerd is an AI-powered trail conditions and peak-bagging platform for New Hampshire's White Mountains. We aggregate authoritative forecast and trip-report data (NWS, NOAA, Mt. Washington Observatory, NETC, MWAC, NOHRSC, USGS) and synthesize it into plain-language daily hiking conditions for each 4000-footer and popular route.

The site is maintained by Nick Dube, an NH 48 finisher and longtime White Mountains hiker. Coverage is strongest for the NH 48 4000-footers, 52 With A View, and the Belknap Range.

## Core content

- [Peaks directory](https://hikernerd.com/peaks): Every NH 48 peak with current conditions, weather, routes, and trip reports.
- Per-peak weather pages (https://hikernerd.com/peaks/[slug]/weather, e.g. [Mount Lafayette weather](https://hikernerd.com/peaks/mount-lafayette/weather)): current summit weather, trailhead-to-summit temperature bands, wind chill, freezing level, and a mountain forecast for each peak, updated 3x daily. Summit conditions routinely differ from valley forecasts by 20-30°F of effective temperature; these pages quantify that per peak.
- [Most dangerous hikes in NH](https://hikernerd.com/safety/most-dangerous-hikes-nh): every White Mountains peak ranked by documented SAR incidents and fatalities from the incident database, with per-peak dominant causes and a methodology note on sampling bias.
- [NH 4000-footers by difficulty](https://hikernerd.com/peaks/nh-4000-footers-by-difficulty): all 48 peaks ranked by a Shenandoah-formula difficulty score of their easiest route.
- [Routes](https://hikernerd.com/routes): Community and curated hiking routes with elevation profiles and AI-synthesized conditions.
- [Blog](https://hikernerd.com/blog): Peak and route guides, seasonal hiking advice, conditions analysis.
- [This weekend](https://hikernerd.com/this-weekend): Best peaks to hike based on current forecasts.
- [Conditions map](https://hikernerd.com/conditions): Live map of current conditions severity across the White Mountains.
- [Summit weather hub](https://hikernerd.com/weather): Hourly summit-elevation forecasts for 100+ White Mountains peaks — temperature, wind chill, and freezing level computed at the peak, not the valley; updated 3x daily. Each peak has a dedicated forecast page at /peaks/{slug}/weather.
- [White Mountains foliage tracker](https://hikernerd.com/foliage): Fall foliage status by elevation band (alpine tundra, upper hardwood slopes, notches, valleys) with typical peak windows and the best foliage hikes. Color in the Whites moves top-down: alpine tundra mid-late September, notches first two weeks of October, valleys mid October.
- [WMNF Hiker Incident Database](https://hikernerd.com/safety/incidents): A primary-sourced database of fatalities, rescues, and search-and-rescue missions in the White Mountain National Forest (1849–present), drawn from NH Fish and Game releases, the Mount Washington Avalanche Center, and the American Alpine Club. Updated daily. Downloadable as CSV at https://hikernerd.com/safety/incidents/data.csv. Note: the rescue-to-fatality ratio shown is a sampling artifact, not the WMNF safety ratio — fatalities are archived consistently, routine rescues are not; 2015+ figures are most representative.

## Data sources

All forecast and observation data is sourced from public APIs:
- [NWS Higher Summits Forecast](https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=GYX&product=REC)
- [Mount Washington Observatory](https://mountwashington.org/)
- [New England Trail Conditions](https://www.newenglandtrailconditions.com/)
- [Mount Washington Avalanche Center](https://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/)
- [NOHRSC snow depth](https://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/)
- [USGS stream gauges](https://waterdata.usgs.gov/)

## Structured data

Peak pages emit Article + BreadcrumbList + FAQPage JSON-LD. Route pages emit Article + BreadcrumbList + HowTo. Blog posts emit BlogPosting + BreadcrumbList + optional FAQPage. The incident database emits Dataset + FAQPage + Article + BreadcrumbList. The homepage emits MobileApplication for the Android app. Nick Dube is the Person author on editorial content.

## Feeds

- RSS: https://hikernerd.com/feed.xml
- Sitemap: https://hikernerd.com/sitemap.xml

## About

- [About HikerNerd / Founder bio](https://hikernerd.com/about)
- [Pricing](https://hikernerd.com/pricing)
- [Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hikernerd.mobile): The HikerNerd app for Android — live trail conditions and peak-bagging progress on the trail.
- Contact: via the in-app feedback form