Friday, July 5 Summits: Galehead, N/S Twin, Zealand, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff Start: Gale River TH Finish: Lincoln Woods TH Miles: 24.66 Elevation gain/loss: 6716’/7129′ After a tough night, we got up early, headed to Dunkin’ for coffee, and the Notch Hostel for a shower. Toby then kindly dropped me off at the Gale … Continue reading Semi Pemi – July
Saturday, June 29 Summits: Flume, Liberty, Little Haystack, Lincoln, Lafayette, North Lafayette, Garfield, Galehead, South Twin, North Twin, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff Start/Finish: Lincoln Woods TH Miles: 33.65 Elevation gain/loss: 12,398′ After a rough night with ~4 hours interrupted sleep, I started out at 5am. I luckily made it clear of Lafayette and above … Continue reading Pemi Loop Plus – June
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
Sunday, January 7 Summits: Zeacliff, Zealand, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff Start: Zealand Road winter TH Finish: Lincoln Woods TH Miles: 22.85 Elevation gain/loss: 5440′ After spotting a car at Lincoln Woods at 5:30am, driving through 3″ of snow, and avoiding plows, we started out from Zealand Rd winter parking at 6:20am. It snowed all … Continue reading ZBonds – Jan
Sunday, December 17 Summits: Zealand, Guyot, Bond, West Bond, N/S Twin, Galehead, Garfield Start: Zealand Falls hut Finish: Garfield winter TH Miles: 21.93 Elevation gain/loss: 7671′ After getting up around 4:45am, I was hiking by 5:25am. In spikes, I headed up Twinway towards Zeacliff; it was well packed until the overlook and then there was … Continue reading Half a Super Pemi – Dec
Saturday, May 27, 2023 Miles: 27.85 Start: Garfield TH End: Lincoln Woods TH Elevation gain/loss: 8383’/8658′ Peaks: Garfield, Galehead, South Twin, North Twin, Zealand, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff I met my shuttle from Ali’s Rides at 6am at Lincoln Woods TH. I was in a hurry and didn’t realize that I’d left my heart … Continue reading Grid: Semi-Pemi Traverse
Saturday, April 15, 2023 Miles: 23.42 Start: winter parking for Zealand Rd End: Lincoln Woods TH Elevation gain/loss: 6148’/6398′ Peaks: Hale, Zealand, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff I met Kevin at Lincoln Woods TH at 7:30am and we drove around to the winter parking lot by Zealand Rd. Kevin got ready and we started at … Continue reading Grid: Hale + ZBonds
Saturday, September 3, 2022 Start/Finish: Lincoln Woods Trailhead Miles: 42.13 Gain/loss: 14,498′ Start time: 4:10am End time: 8:31pm Total time: 16:21:24 I was up early and at the trailhead by a bit before 4am. I paid for parking, grabbed my gear, and headed to the south side of the bridge. I headed out right at … Continue reading Super Pemi, Take Two
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, August 28, 2021 Start/end: Lincoln Woods trailhead Mileage: 42.7 Elevation gain/loss: 14,800′ Total time: 17:28:38 Moving time: 16:12, 1:16 water/hut stops Clock: 4:03am-9:31pm GaiaGPS track (pulled from Coros watch) I was awake at 3:15am, and quickly hit the road by 3:30am. At the trailhead, I paid for my parking, got my gear all sorted, … Continue reading Super Pemi
Transcending Mountains 