December 24, 2021 Start/end: parked at 2 boulders on Elephant Mtn Rd Miles: 7.2 Elevation gain: 2454′ GPS track I started the hike on the later side, around 4:30pm, with sunset not far away. I figured it wouldn’t be too bad; I had perhaps half fresh batteries in my headlamp and I didn’t recall Elephant … Continue reading Winter NE100: Elephant
December 24, 2021 Start/end: by Bambi Ln, on Kennebago Rd Miles: 8.77 Elevation gain: 2808′ GPS track After a failed attempt to drive out to the White Cap/Kennebago Divide trailhead (it wasn’t plowed after the 3-4″ snowfall on Wed night and I was already concerned about hiking when it was -10), I headed to Kennebago … Continue reading Winter NE100: East Kennebago
December 23, 2021 Start/end: original trailhead on Snow Mtn Rd Miles: 7.31 Elevation gain: 2575′ GPS track I headed to the trailhead in the early afternoon, nervous to see if I would find it plowed or gated. I was relieved to find it open and mostly plowed; the last third of the road hadn’t been … Continue reading Winter NE100: Snow (Chain of Ponds)
Saturday, December 4, 2021 Start/end: Harris Mountain Rd, Granby, MA Total time: 6:29 Split: 3:07 there, 3:22 back Miles: 20.36 Elevation gain/loss: 7516’/7454′, 735′ change/mile with 370′ gain/mile Temperature: started at 30, peaked at 40, and dropped back to 35 by the end Strava track My friend Justin and I met at Harris Mtn Rd … Continue reading Long Seven Sisters: Unsupported FKT
Sunday, November 21, 2021 Start: Gale River Rd End: Lincoln Woods Miles: 22.57 Elevation gain: 6315′ After meeting Alyssa and Megan at Lincoln Woods, we carpooled up to Gale River Rd and the Gale River trailhead. We started hiking at 5:45am, and made steady progress, arriving at Galehead hut just after 8am. We summited Galehead … Continue reading The Grid: Galehead, N/S Twin, Bonds
Saturday, November 20, 2021 Start/end: Old Bridle Path/Falling Waters trailhead Miles: 18.85 Elevation gain: 8310′ I was up at 5am and on trail by 6am. I had to stop a few times to make layering adjustments – once on the way up to the hut to take off my jacket as the sun rose and … Continue reading The Grid: Franconia Ridge, Cannon
Friday, November 19, 2021 Start/End: Gale River Rd Miles: 9.67 Elevation gain: 3268′ After double-checking the USFS seasonal road closures one last time, I drove to the trailhead on Gale River Rd and started out just before 4pm. Lower down, the trail was mostly bare of snow, with a light coating of snow. The trail … Continue reading The Grid: Garfield
Thursday, November 18, 2021 Start/end: Waterville Valley Ski Area Miles: 4.72 Elevation gain/loss: 2310′ I started from the trailhead around 8pm, navigating by headlamp. It was lightly raining, and continued to lightly rain for my entire 2-hour hike. Around 2500′, the rocks were starting to accumulate some ice, though I was able to avoid most … Continue reading The Grid: Tecumseh
Saturday, November 6, 2021 Start: MA/RI state line (parked at Douglas State Forest, MA and hiked in) End: Charlestown Blue Shutters Beach Mileage: 76.36 (+2.18) Elevation gain/loss: 5072’/5689′ (246/148) After spotting a car at the beach on Friday night (having called the town and police to confirm we were approved to leave a car overnight … Continue reading North South Trail: Unsupported FKT
Saturday, October 23, 2021 Start: Sugarloaf parking lot, Deerfield, MA End: Wunsch Rd, Greenfield, MA Miles: 15.67 Elevation gain/loss: 3222’/3009′ GaiaGPS track (corrected for two spots where I got off trail) After spotting a car at the small parking lot off of Wunsch Rd, Little Engine and I started our hike at 9am from the … Continue reading Pocumtuck Ridge Trail
Transcending Mountains 