Saturday, May 4 Summits: Carrigan Start/Finish: Sawyer River Rd TH Miles: 13.65 Elevation gain/loss: 4039′ After sleeping the night at Dry River Campground, opened early for the season, I headed out from the trailhead by 5:15am. The water was spring-level high, so nowhere near what it had been when I hiked Carrigan in April though … Continue reading Carrigan – May
Friday, May 3 Summits: Starr King, Waumbek Start/Finish: Starr King TH Miles: 6.84 Elevation gain/loss: 2841′ After finishing up work for the day, I headed to the trailhead. The approach was very washed out with huge potholes and large rocks but I avoided scraping the bottom of my RAV4. Waumbek was in excellent shape – … Continue reading Waumbek – May
Sunday, April 28 Summits: Garfield, Galehead, North and South Twin Start: Garfield winter parking lot Finish: Gate at the end of Haystack Rd. Biked to connect back to start. Miles: 18.25 (bike: 3mi) Elevation gain/loss: 6243′ After a full Saturday, I drove up to NH, spotted my bike, and got to sleep around 11pm. It … Continue reading Garfield, Galehead, Twins – Apr
Tuesday, April 16 Summits: Osceola, East Osceola Start/Finish: Greeley Ponds TH Miles: 7.06 Elevation gain/loss: 3409′ After a few days of rough conditions, I decided to still hike Osceolas because it was such a beautiful day. Sunny but cool, great conditions to keep the remaining snow crisp. Because I knew I needed to prioritize previously … Continue reading Osceolas – Apr
Monday, April 15 Summits: North and South Kinsman, Cannon Start/Finish: Lafayette Place TH Miles: 12.08 Elevation gain/loss: 5427′ I started out in the afternoon after work. The cloud cover was low and heavy, socking in the summits as I hiked up to Lonesome Lake and then headed towards the Kinsmans. As I climbed, the clouds … Continue reading Kinsmans, Cannon – Apr
Sunday, April 14 Summits: Wildcat A & D, Carter Dome, South, Middle, and North Carter, Moriah Start: Wildcat Mountain parking lot C Finish: Carter-Moriah TH Miles: 17.02 Elevation gain/loss: 7644’/8770′ Eric and I started from the Wildcat trailhead at 7:30am with temps in the mid-30s with clearing into sunny skies. We climbed to the first … Continue reading Cats, Carters, Moriah Traverse – Apr
Saturday, April 13 Summits: Willey, Tom, Field Start/Finish: Crawford Notch TH Miles: ~9 Elevation gain/loss: 4094′ After hiking Carrigan, I headed over to Crawford Notch, leaving from the parking lot at 2:15pm. Water levels were very high, and it was a question of how wet my feet got on each crossing rather than if I … Continue reading WTF – Apr
Saturday, April 13 Summits: Carrigan Start/Finish: Sawyer River Rd TH Miles: 13.6 Elevation gain/loss: 4160′ I started from the parking lot at 7am, hoping that the water crossings would be manageable and the snow wouldn’t be completely rotten. I was able to bareboot road walk and then needed to put on snowshoes right away for … Continue reading Carrigan – Apr
Friday, April 12 Summits: Engine Hill Start/Finish: Rocky Branch North TH Miles: 8.66 Elevation gain/loss: 2733′ I left the Rocky Branch TH at 3pm after multiple days of hard rain. On the drive over, I’d seen the Crawford Notch flumes going so hard, they were incredibly close to the road; I saw picnic areas by … Continue reading Isolation attempt – Apr
Saturday, March 9 Summits: Hale (SSW NH48), Zeacliff, Zealand, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff Start: Zealand Rd winter parking Finish: Lincoln Woods TH Miles: 23.48 Elevation gain/loss: 6870′ I met up with my friend Eric at Lincoln Woods at 5:15am; we transferred gear and then drove the 45 minutes up to Zealand Rd winter parking … Continue reading Hale ZBonds Traverse – Mar
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