Driv'n the Tripoli Rd in Livermore NH: Rt 93, Exit 31

fatlazyless · 10-03-2026, 07:52 AM

A couple days ago I drove the 8.2-mile Tripoli Rd in my 2014 Scion XD with about 180-k miles to take a short walk up the Mt Osceola Trail for a few hundred yards before turning around and walking back down. The yellow and black road signs say Narrow Rough Road and that's a fact! It is a narrow, rough road. The signs are correct!

Is possible that driving the 8.2-mile Tripoli Rd is maybe tougher on your car than driving the 7.6-mile Mt Washington Auto Rd since this Mt Wash Rd is now entirely paved, all the 7.6-mile way, which makes for a smooth albeit steep drive that's easier on your tires than the rough Tripoli Rd. Plus driving the Tripoli Rd is free, and driving the Mt Wash Rd is $36/each adult and $15/children.

Tripoli Rd, 8.2-miles, a lane and a half wide with sand and gravel, smooth and broken asphalt, and numerous pot holes is probably this condition by Forest Service choice to keep the speed down which it definitely does to a Scion XB. Probably not so much to a Ford Bronco with much stronger tires, suspension, and attitude.

Rt 93, Exit 31, Woodstock NH is home to the north or west end of the Tripoli, and the south or east end, 8.2-miles down the road takes you to Waterville Valley. Tripoli Rd is closed and gated at both ends from mid-November to mid-May, when the east side becomes a cross country ski trail, and the west side becomes a snowmobile trail. The height of land close to the Mt Osceola hiking trail parking lot has a steel gate to separate the xc ski side from the snowmobile side.

10-03-2026, 07:52 AM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,251 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 314 Thanked 1,120 Times in 827 Posts	Driv'n the Tripoli Rd in Livermore NH: Rt 93, Exit 31 A couple days ago I drove the 8.2-mile Tripoli Rd in my 2014 Scion XD with about 180-k miles to take a short walk up the Mt Osceola Trail for a few hundred yards before turning around and walking back down. The yellow and black road signs say Narrow Rough Road and that's a fact! It is a narrow, rough road. The signs are correct! Is possible that driving the 8.2-mile Tripoli Rd is maybe tougher on your car than driving the 7.6-mile Mt Washington Auto Rd since this Mt Wash Rd is now entirely paved, all the 7.6-mile way, which makes for a smooth albeit steep drive that's easier on your tires than the rough Tripoli Rd. Plus driving the Tripoli Rd is free, and driving the Mt Wash Rd is $36/each adult and $15/children. Tripoli Rd, 8.2-miles, a lane and a half wide with sand and gravel, smooth and broken asphalt, and numerous pot holes is probably this condition by Forest Service choice to keep the speed down which it definitely does to a Scion XB. Probably not so much to a Ford Bronco with much stronger tires, suspension, and attitude. Rt 93, Exit 31, Woodstock NH is home to the north or west end of the Tripoli, and the south or east end, 8.2-miles down the road takes you to Waterville Valley. Tripoli Rd is closed and gated at both ends from mid-November to mid-May, when the east side becomes a cross country ski trail, and the west side becomes a snowmobile trail. The height of land close to the Mt Osceola hiking trail parking lot has a steel gate to separate the xc ski side from the snowmobile side. __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!