Trip Report: Hiking at Sunapee

If you haven't been to Sunapee in the summer, you should definitely go!  They have a lot of fun activities available including mini-golf, rock climbing, zipline, ropes course, disc golf, mountain biking, and hiking.  In the summer, you can hike on one of the trails or on any of the ski hills.  We took the ski lift to the top of the mountain, then followed the solitude trail about a mile to the view of Lake Solitude then took the ski lift back down.  The trail is definitely doable, but expect a real mountain trail with lots of ups and downs.  It's a fun and challenging hike, especially the steep gravel hill down from the summit to the trailhead. 

We found the ski lift pretty scary but also kind of awesome.  The view coming back down is especially gorgeous but a person could continue the hike we did and follow the Pillsbury trail down to the rim trail, which leads back around to the parking area.