Saturday, July 13 Summits: Hale Start/Finish: Hale Brook TH Miles: 4.15 Elevation gain/loss: 2152′ I had an early start after a buggy night, and I hiked right into a sticky cloud. It was 70 already at 5:30am. The few other hikers I saw were all heading out for a Hale ZBonds traverse. As usual, a … Continue reading Hale – July
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
Saturday, December 16 Start: Zealand winter TH Finish: Zealand Falls hut Miles: 7.44 Elevation gain/loss: 2799′ After getting a ride back to my car, I quickly changed all of my sweat-soaked clothes and prepped my overnight bag. I then drove back around to park at the Zealand Road winter parking lot, and start hiking by … Continue reading Hale – Dec
Sunday, November 5 Start/Finish: Hale Brook TH Miles: 13.59 Elevation gain/loss: 4318′ After Cabot, I got in the car and drove over to the Hale Brook TH. When planning for my Nov grid, I was delighted to realize that most seasonal roads don’t close until mid/late November so I had fewer miles to cover than … Continue reading Hale, Zealand – Nov
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, February 11, 2023 Miles: 9.74 Start/End: winter lot across from Zealand Rd Elevation gain/loss: 2825′ Peaks: Hale After hiking the Kinsmans and Cannon, I found myself with plenty of daylight left. After so much time in the Adirondacks, it felt like a painfully short and incomplete day. So I drove over to Zealand Rd … Continue reading Grid: Hale
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
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
Sunday, Oct 25, 2020Start/end: Hale Brook trailheadMileage: 4.52Elevation gain/loss: 2340′GaiaGPS track We had a more relaxed morning, and didn’t get to Hale until mid-morning. We enjoyed a quick hike to the top, contending with ice on rocks as we got closer to the summit. The trees above ~3800′ had rime ice coating their branches and … Continue reading The Grid: Hale
Sunday, Jan 12, 2020 Start/End: Ammonoosuc Lower Falls trailhead Mileage: 10.1 Elevation gain/loss: 2736′ GaiaGPS track After getting up at 5am, I drove the 3.25 hours up to the Rt 302 Ammonoosuc Lower Falls trailhead, packed up my backpack, and hit the road by 9am. I hiked along the gated, icy access road for 3 … Continue reading Winter 48: Hale
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