Planning on a 3 day/2 night loop hike of the Hancocks and Carrigain in the White Mountains, NH in the early fall and looking for any advice/tips from the whiteblaze community! Current plan is to park at the Signal Ridge trailhead on Sawyer River Road and then walk up Sawyer River Road to the Sawyer River Trail to the Hancock Notch Trail.
1) Parking at Signal Ridge Trailhead safe for a couple of nights (assuming normal precautions)?
2) Walk up Sawyer River ROAD ok (I'm assuming people don't drive to fast on that dirt road)?
3) **Camping opportunities along Hancock Notch Trail between Sawyer River Trail and Cedar Brook Trail?** I have a single person tent (Tarptent Notch) and wondering if I'll be able to find a patch of flat ground off the trail. Tips on finding a previously used legal/stealth site on this stretch of trail? This is the question I'm wondering about the most.
Then planning on heading up the Hancock loop and once done over to the Wilderness Trail. I've read that it will be easy to find spots to camp along the Wilderness trail before reaching Stillwater junction and heading on the Desolation Trail to Mt. Carrigain and then back down to the parked car.
4) Any other general tips/advice on this proposed loop? I believe it's about 30 miles. I've read the comments on http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...Loop-hike-info. Thanks in advance!