January 16, 2022 Start/End: Big Island Rd, side of the road Miles: 14.05 Elevation gain: 5295′ GPS Track I woke up at 6am, prepped my water bottles with boiling water, and then started driving for the trailhead. I was relieved to know the roads I was going to drive were plowed and open; it had … Continue reading Winter NE100: Kennebago Divide, White Cap, Boundary
January 15, 2022 Start/End: Wiggle Brook Rd, plowed pull-off Miles: 4.15 Elevation gain: 1627′ GPS track I woke up at 6am, hopped into my car that I’d packed up the night before, and drove the 5 hours up to Rangeley Maine. I dropped my overnight bag where I was staying the night, changed into my … Continue reading Winter NE100: Snow Cupsuptic
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
January 1, 2022 Start/End: Sawyer River Rd Miles: 12.48 Elevation gain: 2720′ GPS track The road and Signal Ridge were fully packed out, and it was fast moving. Even Carrigan Notch trail was frequented by XC skiers, making for a more packed trail. But the bushwhack was untouched. I threw on snowshoes to deal with … Continue reading Winter NE100: Vose Spur
December 31, 2021 Peaks: East Sleeper; West Sleeper; South, Middle, and North Tripyramids Start: Downes Brook trailhead End: Pine Bend Brook trailhead Miles: 12.49 Elevation gain: 4298′ GPS track I started from Downes Brook trailhead, and followed tracks all the way up to Kate Sleeper trail. Along the way, I crossed Downes Brook 10 times … Continue reading Winter NE100: East Sleeper
December 30, 2021 Start/end: Nancy Pond Trailhead Miles: 9.58 Elevation gain: 3346′ GPS track The first few miles were very packed down, which lulled me into a false sense of security. But after the cascade, only me and 2 other people had decided to adventure higher. They both had snowshoes and I regretted leaving mine … Continue reading Winter NE100: Nancy
December 29, 2021 Start/end: Discovery Trail parking lot Miles: 5.66 Elevation gain: 2602′ GPS Track This was a bushwhack all the way, and I was glad I decided to do it on the warmest day of the week since it was very slow going. I was able to cross the river using the large downed … Continue reading Winter NE100: Scar Ridge
December 28, 2021 Start/end: Sandwich Mountain Trailhead Miles: 7.31 Elevation gain: 3041′ GPS Track I was nervous about this hike, because it was one of my first winter hikes where I had to turn around before making the summit; I’d had to break trail the entire way. But this time, the trail was broken out … Continue reading Winter NE100: Sandwich
December 27, 2021 Start/end: Lafayette Place trailhead Miles: 4.84 Elevation gain: 2254′ GPS Track After the relentless Maine hiking, I decided to take it easy today. I started later in the day and managed to find a parking spot on the side of the access road. Based on the number of cars and the popularity … Continue reading Winter NE100: Northeast Cannonball
Transcending Mountains 