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
Monday, January 18, 2021 Start/End: Wheelerville Rd, Mendon, VT Miles: 7.65 Elevation: 2502′ GaiaGPS track I packed up as much as I could the night before, and then headed out by 8am. I was the first car in the parking lot, though one car with two other hikers came in just as I was heading … Continue reading Winter 67: Killington
Sunday, January 17, 2021 Start/End: Barnes Camp Visitor Center, Stowe, VT Miles: 6.2 Elevation: 3079′ GaiaGPS track This was a hell of an afternoon full of Type 2 fun. After hiking yesterday, I visited with my aunt and her partner who live close to Mt Abraham. After my visit, the 1.25 hr drive home ended … Continue reading Winter 67: Mansfield
Saturday, January 16, 2021 Start/End: Elder Hill Rd, Lincoln, VT Miles: 16.28 Elevation: 4784′ GaiaGPS track This hike seriously kicked my ass. With a snow storm dumping loads of snow over the mountains, the roads were a complete mess, making my 1.5 hour drive take me almost 3 hours. Due to the unplowed access road … Continue reading Winter 67: Abraham, Ellen
Friday, January 15, 2021 Start/End: Burrows Trailhead Miles: 4.7 Elevation gain: 2288′ GaiaGPS track I headed out from the trailhead in my microspikes, since there were 6+ cars already there and the trail looked very packed down. I followed the trail up ~2.2 miles to the intersection with the Long Trail. I took a right … Continue reading Winter 67: Camel’s Hump
Saturday, April 25, 2020 Start: Rt 20, Pittsfield, MA, southern terminus of the trail End: Rt 346, Petersburg, NY, northern terminus of the trail Miles: 37 Gain/loss: 6750’/7525′ GaiaGPS track After getting up a little before 4am, I was on the road by 4:15am, driving to drop off a water cache on my way to … Continue reading Northeast Ultra 8: Taconic Crest Trail
1 Day. 5 Mountains. 26 Miles. GaiaGPS track Continue reading Westmore Mountain Challenge
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
Transcending Mountains 