Sunday, January 31, 2021 Start: Appalachia trailhead End: Crawford Notch, Jackson trailhead Miles: 20.88 Elevation gain/loss: 9196’/8615′ I met up with another hiker at Crawford Notch at 4:30am; we left a car there and then drove over to Appalachia trailhead together. We hit the trail at 5:15am, but took a few minutes to get our … Continue reading The Grid: Presidential Traverse
Sunday, December 13, 2020Start/end: Liberty Springs trailheadMileage: 13.01Elevation gain/loss: 4787′GaiaGPS track I started out from the Liberty Springs trailhead at 7:30am with Philip. We’d originally been thinking of heading up the Flume slide, but given the slushy and wet shoulder conditions, we decided to do an out-and-back instead. We hiked up the AT/Liberty Springs trail, … Continue reading The Grid: Liberty, Flume
Saturday, December 12, 2020Start/end: Old Bridle Path trailheadMileage: 13.01Elevation gain/loss: 4787′GaiaGPS track After getting up at 4:45am and driving 3.5-4 hours, I started out from the trailhead by 8:45am. I was able to bareboot the first few miles without any postholing, all the way up to the Lonesome Lake hut. At the hut, I put … Continue reading The Grid: N/S Kinsman, Cannon
Saturday, December 5, 2020Start/end: Lincoln Woods trailheadMileage: 16.45Elevation gain/loss: 3067′GaiaGPS track After getting up at 4am and driving 3.5 hours, Justin and I met up at the trailhead. We started out from Lincoln Woods at 7:45am; we took the Black Pond bushwhack both there and back. The creek crossings were all running high, and the … Continue reading The Grid: Owl’s Head
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
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
Friday, Oct 23, 2020Start/end: 19-Mile trailheadMileage: 12.68Elevation gain/loss: 4318′GaiaGPS track We started out from the trailhead at 7:30am, and made good time hiking up 19-Mile up to Carter Notch. We were walking into the clouds, and the pond at the notch was barely visible. We stopped for a snack at the pond, but ended up … Continue reading The Grid: Carter Dome, South & Middle Carter
Monday, Oct 12, 2020Start/end: Carter-Moriah trailheadMileage: 8.3Elevation gain/loss: 3192′GaiaGPS track After an early start, we packed up the rest of our site, and headed into town to buy a quick breakfast. We were the first car at the Moriah trailhead parking area and headed up the smooth trail. We reveled in the beautiful views from … Continue reading The Grid: Moriah
Sunday, Oct 11, 2020Start/end: York East trailheadMileage: 10.6Elevation gain/loss: 2980′GaiaGPS track We got up early and went through Gorham, grabbing coffee drinks and breakfast sandwiches on the way to the Cabot trailhead. As we got close to to the York East trailhead, we encountered two bull moose next to the road, and they kindly wandered … Continue reading The Grid: Cabot
Saturday, Oct 10, 2020Start/end: Starr King trailheadMileage: 7.18Elevation gain/loss: 2813′GaiaGPS track We took our time this morning, after a late night. We left around 9am to go to Gorham, to pick up some baked goods, AAA batteries, and firewood. We were successful on all fronts, and then headed to the trailhead. The parking area was … Continue reading The Grid: Waumbek
