Hiking the Franconia Ridge trail in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. This is a nine mile loop with roughly 4,000 feet of elevation gain, that’s sometimes described as one of the best day hikes on the East Coast. My brother and I hiked it clockwise – going up the Old Bridal Path and Greenleaf trail to Mt Lafayette, along the ridge, and then down the Falling Waters trail – and it was definitely a stiff workout!