Transcending Mountains: Trekking with Timex
Exploring the mountains, one trail at a time
Sunday, January 6, 2019 Start/End: Van Hoevenberg trailhead Mileage: 8.9 Elevation gain/loss: 2612′ GaiaGPS track After a nice dinner last night, I watched some TV shows and went to bed around 10pm. I was up at 6am, and headed out for the trailhead at 7am. It was lightly snowing already. On the quiet access road … Continue reading NE 111: Street & Nye
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
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)
