Friday March 23, 2018 Miles: 5.75 New England Hundred Highest: NE Cannonball The Grid: Cannon Mtn Elevation gained: 2487′ MapMyRun I got to the parking area at the trailhead around 4pm. Due to unclear signage, I ended up driving part way into the summer parking lot/winter snowmobile trail. After I realized my mistake and started … Continue reading NE Hundred Highest: NE Cannonball
Saturday, March 17th, 2018 New England 48 4000 footers in winter: Tecumseh Miles: 4.7 miles (total, out and back hike) Elevation gained: 2022′ MapMyHike recording After yesterday’s exhausting adventure, I decided to revamp my plans and go with a hike that was guaranteed to be packed out. I checked trail reports and found that Tecumseh’s trail was fully packed … Continue reading NH 48 4000 footer in winter: Tecumseh
Friday, March 16th, 2018 New England Hundred Highest attempted: Sandwich Dome Miles: 5.7 miles (total, loop hike) Elevation gained: 1906′ I started out from the trailhead parking lot around 3:15pm. I ascended Noon Peak via the Sandwich Mountain Trail (~2.8mi). For the first mile or so, the trail was broken out and packed down. For the last 1.8 miles, … Continue reading NE Hundred Highest: Sandwich (attempt)
Saturday, November 11, 20174000 footers climbed: Mt. IsolationMiles: 12.0 (total, out and back hike) (went beyond the summit and added ~1 mi to the hike)Elevation gained: 4967′MapMyRun recording I was up at 6am and out of Rattle River hostel by 6:30am. I headed towards the trailhead, stopping off at Pinkham Notch AMC/Joe Dodge Lodge to … Continue reading NH 48 4000 footers: Isolation
Saturday, November 25, 2017NH 4000 footers climbed: Mt. Whiteface and Mt. PassaconwayNew England Hundred Highest climbed: East Sleeper PeakMiles: 14.0 (total, out and back hike)Elevation gained: 4358′MapMyRun recording I was awake at 6 a.m. and on the road before 6:30. It took me about an hour to drive to the trailhead and I was the third … Continue reading NH 48 4000 footers: Whiteface & Passaconway
Friday, November 10, 2017 4000 footers climbed: Mt. Waumbek 52 With A View: Mt. Starr King Miles: 7.2 (total, out and back hike) Elevation gained: 2805′ MapMyRun recording After working remotely until 2pm from Rattle River Hostel, I headed out and got to the trailhead by 2:30pm. The directions I’d received online were sound, as … Continue reading NH 48 4000 footers: Waumek
Friday, September 1, 20174000 footers climbed: Mt. Osceola and East OsceolaMiles: 8.4 (total, out and back hike)Elevation gained: 2591′MapMyRun recording I worked remotely from the hostel until 2pm and then gathered my things and headed out. I arrived at the trailhead around 3:15pm, after figuring out that the original Google map pin wasn’t in quite the … Continue reading NH 48 4000 footers: Osceola & East Osceola
Saturday, September 2, 20174000 footers climbed: North and Middle Tripyramid MtnMiles: 10.0 (total, loop hike) (would have been 11.0 but caught a ride to the other trailhead on the road)Elevation gained: 2910′MapMyRun recording I woke up around 6:30am, and left the Notch hostel by 7am. I started my hike by 8am and finished before 1pm. … Continue reading NH 48 4000 footers: North and Middle Tripyramid
Saturday, September 2, 20174000 footers climbed: Cannon MtnMiles: 4.2 (total, out and back hike)Elevation gained: 2145′ MapMyRun recording After my morning hike up North and Middle Tripyramid, I drove up to the parking lot by Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway and Echo Lake and found my way to the start of the Kinsman Ridge Trail. The way up … Continue reading NH 48 4000 footers: Cannon Mtn
Sunday, September 3, 20174000 footers climbed: Mt. Tecumseh (Waterville Valley)Miles: 5.5 (total, loop hike)Elevation gained: ~2000′ MapMyRun recording I got up early and left the hostel by 6:45am, heading toward Waterville Valley ski resort. The edge of a hurricane was coming in, with a cold front, high winds, and a lot of rainfall forecast, but it … Continue reading NH 48 4000 footers: Tecumseh
Transcending Mountains 