January 30, 2022 Start/End: Sherburne Pass/Long Trail Trailhead Miles: 5.63 Elevation gain: 2080′ GPS Track I drove to the trailhead across the street from the Inn at Long Trail, where I met a friend. We suited up, put on spikes, and then headed up the trail. The beginning mile was very well packed, though closer … Continue reading Winter NE100: Pico
January 30, 2022 Start/End: Stratton Mountain Trailhead Miles: 7.26 Elevation gain: 2100′ GPS Track I woke up at 5am, and started driving at 5:30, arriving at the trailhead by 7:45am. I prepped my pack, put on all my layers, and headed out. There were two cars in the lot already – one with snowshoe tracks … Continue reading Winter NE100: Stratton
January 2, 2022 Start/End: Cooley Glen/Emily Proctor trailhead Miles: 8.73 Elevation gain: 2569′ GPS track After driving to the trailhead last night, I hunkered down and slept in my car. Overnight, the rain turned into freezing rain, coating everything in ice. The snow had a crust with moving water underneath most of it. When I … Continue reading Winter NE100: Breadloaf, Wilson
January 1, 2022 Start/End: Jay Peak Trailhead Miles: 5.64 Elevation gain: 2595′ GPS track After driving a few hours from New Hampshire, I started up the Long Trail less than an hour before sunset. It was terrible conditions. It was mid 30s, lightly raining, and in the clouds. All of the lightly packed snow had … Continue reading Winter NE100: Jay, Big Jay
Thursday, September 6, 2018 Start: David Logan Shelter End: Maine Junction/US 4 Mileage: 12.1 on LT (+0.2 for side trail to shelter, +1.0 to get to US 4 from Maine Junction) Elevation gain/loss: 2198’/2592′ We had a truly terrible night sleep, with high humidity and high temperatures; we didn’t sleep well at all. I was … Continue reading Long Trail, day 12
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Start: Middlebury Gap/Gathering Inn, Hancock End: David Logan Shelter Mileage: 17.6 on LT (+0.5 for side trails to shelters) Elevation gain/loss: 4308’/3835′ We had a pretty early night last night, and some good sleep, though we were woken up by the rooster at 6am. This morning we were able to get … Continue reading Long Trail, day 11
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Start: Lincoln Gap/Bristol End: Middlebury Gap/Gathering Inn, Hancock Mileage: 17.6 on LT Elevation gain/loss: 4373’/3661′ We had a lovely evening with my aunt and her partner, filled with lively conversation and a potluck dinner with their housing co-op. This morning, we were up at 6am, were served a scrumptious breakfast at … Continue reading Long Trail, day 10
Monday, September 3, 2018 Start: Birch Glen Shelter End: Lincoln Gap/Bristol Mileage: 13.6 on LT Elevation gain/loss: 4078’/3661′ After getting woken up by the Quebecois weekenders at 11pm by their full volume talking and use of white light headlamps in their bunks, I very firmly and politely told them that it was 11pm and they … Continue reading Long Trail, day 9
Sunday, September 2, 2018 Start: Duxbury Rd/Black Barn Farm End: Birch Glen Shelter Mileage: 15.7 on LT Elevation gain/loss: 5645’/3952′ After an adventure at Black Barn Farm and a lovely zero day in Waterbury hitting up Cabot and Ben & Jerry’s, among others, we were ready to hit the trail again. Last night, we petitioned … Continue reading Long Trail, day 8
Friday, August 31, 2018 Start: Puffer Shelter End: Duxbury Rd/Black Barn Farm Mileage: 14.7 on LT Elevation gain/loss: 1412’/4154′ The sun starting to color the sky woke me up around 5:30am. I took a picture and continued to drowse until 6:15am, when I got up for good. It was a somewhat cold night and early … Continue reading Long Trail, day 7
Transcending Mountains 