Saturday, July 12, 2025 Summits: Passaconaway, Whiteface Start/Finish: Downes Brook TH Miles: 12.4 Elevation gain/loss: 3930′ After getting up early and driving for a bit, I started at 7:15am from Downes Brook TH. I tried out a new-to-me bushwhack off of Passaconaway to make a loop with Downes Brook trail. But turns out my shoes’ … Continue reading Gridding WhitePass – July
Sunday, March 2, 2025 Summits: Passaconaway, Whiteface Start/Finish: Ferncroft TH Miles: 11.2 Elevation gain/loss: 4843′ I headed out from the trailhead just a bit before 1:30pm, and took just a bit more than 6 hours. Again, it was as low as 0 actual/-25 windchill, with gusts of up to 40 MPH. There was a lot … Continue reading WhitePass – March
Saturday, August 31, 2024 Summits: Passaconaway, Whiteface, East Sleeper, South, Middle, and North Tripyramid Start/Finish: Olivarian Brook TH; Pine Bend Brook TH Miles: 16.53 Elevation gain/loss: 5981′ I parked my car on the side of the road by Pine Bend Brook TH. When I went to prep my bike for the 3mi ride, I found … Continue reading TriWhitePass – August
Sunday, June 2 Summits: North, Middle, South Tripyramids; Whiteface; Passaconaway; Square Ledge. Start: Pine Bend Brook TH (with bike from start) Finish: Olivarian Brook TH Miles: 16.07 (with a 3-mile bike around to start) Elevation gain/loss: 5610′ After a quick jaunt up the Hancocks, I parked and biked to Pine Bend Brook. I tied up … Continue reading TriWhitePass- June
Saturday, January 6 Summits: Whiteface, Passaconaway, East & West Sleeper, South, Middle, & North Tripyramid Start: Olivarian Brook TH Finish: Pine Bend Brook TH Miles: 15.91 Elevation gain/loss: 6106′ I met up with Eric at Pine Bend Brook to drop a car at 10:15am. We drove over to Olivarian TH to get started. We headed … Continue reading WhitePassaTri – Jan
Sunday, September 3 Start/Finish: Ferncroft TH Miles: 11.06 Elevation gain/loss: 3855 After taking care of Isolation, I drove the hour over to Ferncroft; the traffic around Conway/N Conway was pretty bad. I started my hike/run at 1:05pm, and the round trip took me just over 4.25 hours. I encountered many people who weren’t familiar with … Continue reading Whiteface & Passaconaway – Sept
Sunday, May 28, 2023 Miles: 15.76 Start: Olivarian Brook TH End: Pine Bend Brook TH Elevation gain/loss: 5440’/5197′ Peaks: Passaconaway, Whiteface, East Sleeper, West Sleeper; South, Middle, and North Tripyramid After a big day yesterday, I started out from the Olivarian Brook trailhead at 7:45am, covering myself in bug spray first. The bugs were aggressive … Continue reading Grid: Passaconaway->N Tripyramid
Saturday, April 29, 2023 Miles: 11.23 Start/End: Ferncroft TH Elevation gain/loss: 4180′ Peaks: Whiteface, Passaconaway After running the Sunapee Scramble in southern NH, I decided to take advantage of my proximity and head up to the Whites for a quick adventure. I drove up to Ferncroft in the rain, though it mostly stopped by the … Continue reading Grid: Whiteface and Passaconaway
Saturday, December 3, 2022 Start/End: Ferncroft TH Miles: 11.75 Elevation Gain/Loss: 4764′ Peaks: Whiteface, Passaconaway After climbing Tecumseh, I drove the hour over to Ferncroft trailhead, stopping at Dunkin on the way for a snack and a bathroom break. The Ferncroft lot was perhaps half full when I arrived. I packed up my bag and … Continue reading The Grid: Whiteface & Passaconaway
Saturday, Oct 24, 2020Start/end: Ferncroft trailheadMileage: 11.42Elevation gain/loss: 3786′GaiaGPS track We started out from Ferncroft trailhead at 7:45am, after waking up at 6am to drive the 1.5 hours to the trailhead. We arrived just in time, because within 10 minutes of our arrival at the trailhead, all but maybe 2 legal parking spots were full. … Continue reading The Grid: Whiteface, Passaconaway
Transcending Mountains 