Flume Slide Trail
To Mount Flume · New Hampshire
Flume Slide Trail is a trail on and around Franconia Ridge, climbing about 2,500 ft from the Liberty Spring Trail junction to Mount Flume.
Map length
2.9 mi
Climb from the low end
2,480 ft
Book time up / down (from map miles)
2 h 41 min / 1 h 29 min
High point
4,216 ft
Above treeline
None
Steepest ¼ mile
3,461 ft/mi
Stream crossings
4 (2 fords)
Low point
1,801 ft
Measured on the map. The AMC guide and Forest Service figures usually run 5 to 15% longer. The mapped trail stops about 0.1 mi and 115 ft short of the summit of Mount Flume; these figures end there.
HikerNerd routes on this trail
Flume Slide Trail
Mile by mile (map miles)
From Liberty Spring Trail junction (the lower end) to Mount Flume.
- 0.0Liberty Spring Trail junction
- 0.4Fords a stream
- 0.9Fords a stream
- 1.8Crosses Flume Brook
- 1.9Crosses Flume Brook
- 2.9Junction with Franconia Ridge Trail and Osseo Trail
- 2.9Mount Flume
Summit conditions
Today's conditions report3 incidents recorded on this trail: Mount Flume safety record
Recent trip reports
No reports on this trail in the last 30 days; the latest are below. From hikers on New England Trail Conditions.
- Fri, Sep 4MudWetDry
Water crossings: All crossings were easy hops
Full report on NETC - Wed, Aug 26MudWet
Water crossings: All easily passable
Full report on NETC - Sat, Aug 15MudWetDry
Water crossings: It's been dry all summer, all water crossing on Falling Waters, Liberty Spring, and Flume Slide trails were easy rock hops.
Full report on NETC
Connecting trails
What to bring
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30°F
Summit low
Microspikes
Summit lows near 30°F, so expect ice on rock and the upper trail.
56 mph
Summit gusts
Waterproof shell
Daytime gusts near 56 mph and up to a 62% chance of rain. A shell blocks both.
11h 13m
Daylight
Headlamp
Sunset around 6:08 PM, so a late start or a slow descent ends in the dark.
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Trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP. Distances are measured from the map and can differ from signs and guidebooks. Conditions change: check before you go.