Saturday, January 5, 2019 Start/End: Giant Mountain trailhead Mileage: 7.6 Elevation gain/loss: 4348′ GaiaGPS track After settling into my Airbnb room on Friday night, I was up at 6am on Saturday morning and on the road by 6:45am. I arrived at the trailhead, packed up my bag, put on my snowshoes, and headed out by … Continue reading NE 111: Giant & Rocky Mountain Ridge
Sunday, December 16, 2018 Start/End: ADK Garden trailhead Mileage: 9.3 Elevation gain/loss: 3067′ GaiaGPS track I was up by 6:15am, prepped all of my gear and packed up my car, and then ate breakfast at 7am. I was at the trailhead by 8am and started hiking by 8:15am. The Brothers trail up to the summit … Continue reading NE 111: Big Slide
Saturday, December 15, 2018 Start/End: ADK Loj/Heart Lake Miles: 9.9 Elevation gain/loss: 4238′ GaiaGPS track Listened to: Aftereffect podcast; book on Overdrive I ate breakfast at 7am at the Loj’s buffet and then headed out. I was booted up and on trail by 8am. I decided to wear my snowshoes for the entire hike today, though … Continue reading NE 111: Wright, Algonquin, & Iroquois
Friday, December 14, 2018 Start/End: Cascade Mtn Trailhead Miles: 5.8 Elevation gain/loss: 2355′ GaiaGPS track Around 2pm, I headed out from the Loj to the trailhead 15 minutes away. I geared up and headed out by 2:30pm. There was constant snow cover, with a maximum depth of ~3 feet. I wore snowshoes for the entirety … Continue reading NE 111: Cascade & Porter
Sunday, December 2, 2018 Miles: 6.9 Elevation gain: 1983′ Start/end: Rusk Mt Trailhead GaiaGPS track This morning, I was up and out of my house by 6:25am, arriving at the Rusk Mt trailhead around 9:15am. I booted up and started hiking in a light mist at 9:30am. The beginning of the trail was a single-track … Continue reading NE 111: Hunter Mountain
Sunday, December 2, 2018 Miles: 6.0 Elevation gain: 1903′ Start/end: Slide Mt West Trailhead GaiaGPS track After hiking Hunter, I hopped in my car and drove the 45 minutes to the Slide Mountain trail head. It was a bit of an adventure, since I’d neglected to download the Google Maps directions and there was almost … Continue reading NE 111: Slide Mountain
Sunday, October 21, 2018 Mileage: 8.5 Elevation: 2587′ Start/end: GPS pin GPS track So after having to deal with three very drunk wedding guests returning to the bunk room at 11pm and attempting to loudly camp out on the floor drinking wine from the bottle… I was up at 6am this morning. I packed up … Continue reading New England Hundred Highest: Boundary Peak
Saturday, October 20, 2018 Drive #1: I set up my GPS this morning and started driving by 6:30am. I should have arrived by 7:30am. However, Google doesn’t know a lot about the dirt logging roads of Maine. It tried to send me down a gated and padlocked road. Using Google Maps, I was able to … Continue reading New England Hundred Highest: East Kennebago; White Cap & Kennebago Divide; Snow (Cupsuptic)
Friday, October 19, 2018 Miles: 6.97 Elevation gain: 2205′ Start/end: Snow Mountain Trailhead, Unnamed Road, Eustis, ME 04936, off of ME-27 (GPS pin) GaiaGPS track I headed out to the trailhead, arriving around 4:15pm. I changed into my boots, packed up my bag, and headed out on the trail by 4:30pm. I followed the dirt/mud … Continue reading New England Hundred Highest: Snow (Chain of Ponds)
Transcending Mountains 