Sunday, November 27, 2022 Start/End: Sawyer River Rd winter TH Miles: 13.64 Elevation Gain/Loss: 4239′ Peaks: Carrigan After sleeping in my car overnight, I was up at 5:30am and hiking before 6am. It was chilly in the pre-dawn air, but once the sun came up, the temperature became comfortable. Along the ridge, the wind was … Continue reading The Grid: Carrigan
Saturday, November 26, 2022 Start: Glen Ellis Falls TH End: Carter-Moriah TH Miles: 17.2 Elevation Gain/Loss: 8484′ Peaks: Wildcat A, B, C, D, E; Carter Dome; South Carter; Middle Carter; Lethe; North Carter; Moriah; Surprise. I took my time this morning, getting coffee and breakfast in Gorham before heading to the Moriah trailhead at 7:30am … Continue reading The Grid: Wildcats->Moriah traverse
Friday, November 25, 2022 Start/End: Crawford Notch Miles: 9.38 Elevation Gain/Loss: 4094′ Peaks: Tom, Willey, Field, Avalon I took off from Crawford Notch in the falling daylight. As I hiked uphill, I realized I had a few too many layers on but didnt’ stop to remove one or two. This meant I got damp from … Continue reading The Grid: Tom, Willey, Field
Sunday, November 20, 2022 Start/End: Lincoln Woods TH Miles: 16.08 Elevation Gain/Loss: 3704′ Peaks: Owls Head After getting up a bit before 5am, I got into my car and drove the 3 hours to the trailhead. I was hiking by ~8:45am; I took both the Black Pond and the Brewtus bushwhacks. There was a dusting … Continue reading The Grid: Owls Head
Saturday, November 12, 2022 Start: Mt Sunapee End: Mt Monadnock Miles: 47.79 (+4.58 for approach and descent) Elevation gain: 10,656′ (+1627′ for approach and descent) Total time elapsed: 16:46:43 After meeting up at the Monadnock headquarters with my friend Justin, we found our reserved campsite among the all-season group sites and then huddled under a … Continue reading Monadnock Sunapee Greenway – Nonbinary FKT
Saturday, November 5, 2022 Start/end: a triangle of gravel roads nearby the Coldbrook Cemetery and a Ware River boat ramp Miles: 25.75 Elevation gain: 597′ Total time elapsed: 4:41:39 After driving for 1-1/4 hours, I parked at the start of the Ware River Rail Trail on the side of the road at a gravel road … Continue reading Ware River Rail Trail – Nonbinary FKT
Sunday, October 30, 2022 Start/End: Moosilauke Ravine Lodge Miles: 7.78 Elevation Gain/Loss: 2579′ Peaks: Moosilauke After our very active Saturday, we took it a bit slower today. We were awake by 7am, fed and packed up by 8am, and hiking by 8:45am. We were in the first 8-10 cars parked at the lodge, and enjoyed … Continue reading The Grid: Moosilauke
Saturday, October 29, 2022 Start/End: Tramway parking area at Cannon Mtn Miles: 3.72 Elevation Gain/Loss: 2313′ Peaks: Cannon After my Garfield –> Flume traverse, Toby picked me up from Lincoln Woods and we went back to our motel. I dropped him off, refilled my water, and headed over to the tramway parking lot at Cannon … Continue reading The Grid: Cannon
Saturday, October 29, 2022 Start: Garfield TH Finish: Lincoln Woods TH Miles: 17.77 Elevation Gain/Loss: 6299’/6614′ Peaks: Garfield, North Lafayette, Lafayette, Lincoln, Little Haystack, Liberty, Flume I started out from the Garfield trailhead on Gale River Loop Rd with Toby right around 7:15am. We methodically hiked together up toward the summit of Garfield, with Toby … Continue reading The Grid: Garfield, Franconia Ridge
Saturday, October 8th, 2022 Start: June Lake trailhead End: Johnston Ridge Observatory Miles: 18.54 Elevation gain/loss: 4551’/3077′ After the long and hot run yesterday, with deliberation I decided that I’d reassess my plans for today. The forecast was for another 80+ degree day with relentless sun and both the 40mi and 24mi routes had very … Continue reading LGBTQ Running Retreat, Day 2
Transcending Mountains 