Monday, October 4, 2021 Start: Coleman State Park Campground End: Baldhead lean-to Miles: 18.32 Elevation gain/loss: 4925’/4173′ Mountains climbed: Tumble Dick Mountain, Mud Pond Ridge, Sanguinary Mountain, Table Rock, and Baldhead Mountain I tossed and turned starting around 3-4am, but stayed in the lusciously soft bed until 6am. I didn’t want to start until dawn … Continue reading Cohos Trail day 3
Sunday, October 3, 2021 Start: Young’s Store/Rt 3 End: Coleman State Park Campground Miles: 24.2 Elevation gain/loss: 2756’/2090′ I started from the Rt 3 trailhead at 7:45am. Toby dropped me off before he started heading towards home. The first section was ATV road, followed by dirt road, then more ATV road, followed by even more … Continue reading Cohos Trail day 2
Saturday, October 2, 2021 Start: Fourth Connecticut Lake/Canadian border End: Young’s Store/Rt 3 Miles: 26.5 Elevation gain/loss: 3563’/4357′ Mountains climbed: Covell, Prospect Toby and I drove to the trailhead early in the morning and got started by 7:15am. The terrain was strangely rocky and everything was wet. When I got back to where we had … Continue reading Cohos Trail day 1
Saturday-Sunday, September 11-12, 2021 Start: Nineteen Mile Trailhead End: Old Bridle Path Trailhead Mileage: 51.88 Elevation gain/loss: 18,957′ Total time (car to car): 24:02:48 Moving time: 22:52, 1:10 water/hut stops Clock: 4:45am-4:45am I was awake at 3am, and met Ali’s Rides at the end trailhead at 3:45am. We drove over to the Nineteen Mile trailhead, … Continue reading Hut2Hut Traverse
Sunday, February 21, 2021 Start/end: Pine Bend Brook trailhead Miles: 9.28 Elevation gain: 3451′ I parked my car in the Sabbaday Falls lot and the other 3 folks I was hiking with picked me up and we drove the mile down the road to the Pine Bend Brook trailhead. We weren’t certain if we could … Continue reading The Grid: Tripyramids
Saturday, February 20, 2021 Start/end: Greeley Ponds XC Ski trailhead, since Greeley Ponds trailhead isn’t being plowed this year Miles: 8.17 Elevation gain: 3267′ After our quick hike up to Tecumseh, we drove over to the Greeley Ponds XC trailhead. We were able to get the one open space remaining (perhaps from some early morning … Continue reading The Grid: Osceola, East Osceola
Saturday, February 20, 2021 Start/end: Waterville Valley ski area Miles: 4.87 Elevation gain: 2217′ We started out early, leaving the trailhead by 6:45. We hiked up to the summit and then headed back down. On the way up, we had some nice views, with blue sky and sun. By the time we made it to … Continue reading The Grid: Tecumseh
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
Transcending Mountains 