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, February 2, 2020Start: Zealand HutEnd: AMC Highland Center/Crawford NotchMileage: 10.72Elevation gain/loss: 2820’/3502′GaiaGPS track After dinner and chatting with new friends, I headed to bed around 9:15. The bunkroom was quiet and fairly warm – probably around 40 degrees. By morning, it was probably around 45-50 from all of the warm breathing. I woke up … Continue reading Winter 48: Tom, Field, Willey
Saturday, June 17, 2017 4000 footer climbed: Carrigan I woke up early and hit the trail by 7:30am. The rain from the day before had cleared, leaving the air humid and heavy. When I parked my car, I could see mosquitoes mobbing my car before I had even left it. I had neglected to bring … Continue reading The NH 48 4000 footers: Carrigan
Friday, June 16, 2017 4000 footer climbed: Hale I stayed overnight at the Highland Center in the Shapleigh bunkhouse. I worked remotely from 7am-3pm and then headed out for the Hale Brook Trailhead. It had been raining all day, but turned to mist by the time I hit the trail around 3:30pm. The climb up … Continue reading The NH 48 4000 footers: Hale
Sunday, March 26th, 2017 4000 footers climbed: Tom, Field, Willey I arrived at the Highland Center at Crawford Notch around 9:45pm on Saturday night. I lucked out and the person I was supposed to share a room with never arrived. I woke up at 5:30am, got up around 6am, and was waiting for the breakfast … Continue reading The NH 48 4000 footers: Tom, Field, Willey
Start: AMC’S Highland Center/Shapleigh Bunkhouse End: Lake of the Clouds Hut Mileage: 11.1 (+3 extra) Morning view from the bunkhouse Last night, I went to bed at 10:30pm. I slept fairly deeply until 4am; from then until 6am when I got up, my cold kept me from sleeping deeply again. I have daily cold … Continue reading NH AT section hike #2, day 3
Start: Galehead HutEnd: AMC’S Highland Center/Shapleigh BunkhouseMileage: 14.7 (+2.6 extra) I went to bed pretty early last night, falling asleep by 9pm. Someone had a nightmare around 4am and made enough noise to wake me up; in the morning, they said that they’d had a dream a bear broke into the cabin. I woke up … Continue reading NH AT section hike #2, day 2
Transcending Mountains 