Saturday, August 2, 2025 Summits: Jefferson, Isolation, Monroe Start/Finish: Caps Ridge TH Miles: 17.8 Elevation gain/loss: 6588′ I started early, but was perhaps the 6th car in the lot on a beautiful Saturday. I climbed Caps Ridge up to Jefferson, since I’d never done that approach before. I hiked on the AT over to Westside … Continue reading Gridding Jefferson, Isolation, Monroe – August
Thursday, June 19, 2025 Summits: Isolation Start/Finish: Rocky Branch North Miles: 12.86 Elevation gain/loss: 3500′ After a long day already, I met up woth Eric at the trailhead at 4:45pm. We packed up and headed out at 5pm. We immediately encountered a torrential downpour and an intense thunderstorm with strikes nearby. It passed through after … Continue reading Isolation – June
Saturday, April 26, 2025 Summits: Isolation Start/Finish: Rocky Branch North TH Miles: 11.2 Elevation gain/loss: 3670′ It was raining the entire time. And I needed to wear snow shoes for about half of the miles. I took both bushwhacks, and both were fairly hard to follow. The water crossing wasn’t too bad – I was … Continue reading Isolation – April
Saturday, March 1, 2025 Summits: Isolation Start/Finish: Rocky Branch North TH Miles: 11.02 Elevation gain/loss: 4029′ After Owls Head, I drove over to Rocky Branch for my 2nd hike of the day. Iso was a lesson in extremes – it was 40 degrees and sunny when I started, sweating in a t-shirt and in less … Continue reading Isolation – March
Saturday, May 4 Summits: Engine Hill, Isolation Start/Finish: Rocky Branch North TH Miles: 10.95 Elevation gain/loss: 3530′ After hiking Carrigan, I headed over to Rocky Branch. There were 3 cars in the parking lot and while I saw footprints, I never saw anyone else. I started just before noon, and was hopeful that it would … Continue reading Isolation – May
Friday, April 12 Summits: Engine Hill Start/Finish: Rocky Branch North TH Miles: 8.66 Elevation gain/loss: 2733′ I left the Rocky Branch TH at 3pm after multiple days of hard rain. On the drive over, I’d seen the Crawford Notch flumes going so hard, they were incredibly close to the road; I saw picnic areas by … Continue reading Isolation attempt – Apr
Friday, December 22 Summits: Isolation, Engine Hill Start/Finish: Rocky Branch North TH Miles: 12.70 Elevation gain/loss: 3701′ I headed out from Rocky Branch as the 3rd car in the lot, with Phil Carcia and his FKT partner’s cars already there. I followed their footsteps off and on all day, even though we didn’t overlap. Rocky … Continue reading Isolation – Dec
Sunday, September 3 Start/Finish: Rocky Branch TH Miles: 10.96 Elevation gain/loss: 3271 After a relatively restless night, I started out from the trail head at 5:55am. I had decided to take the bushwhacks for Iso and it was a mistake. The bushwhacks were both muddy and marshy, full of streams and trickles, and truly endless … Continue reading Isolation – Sept
Sunday, February 19, 2023 Miles: 10.81 Start/End: Roaring Brook TH Elevation gain/loss: 3497′ Peaks: Engine Hill, Isolation With an early finish the night before, I went to bed relatively early as well. I woke up a bit later than yesterday and then headed over to the trailhead. I started out at 6:30am with no one … Continue reading Grid: Isolation
Friday, October 8, 2021 Start: B & M ski shelter End: Davis Path trailhead/Rt-302 Miles: 21.61 Elevation gain/loss: 6690’/7500′ Mountains Climbed: just shy of Eisenhower, Isolation, Davis, Stairs, Resolution, Crawford After a bit of a restless night with odd dreams and nightmares about bears and ATV riders, I was awake an hour before sunrise at … Continue reading Cohos Trail day 7
Transcending Mountains 