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
December 26, 2021 Start/end: Grafton Notch trailhead Miles: 7.93 Elevation gain: 3386′ GPS track I was up early, and despite a few inches of snow on the ground that hadn’t been plowed yet, I headed out from the trailhead in my snowshoes by 7:15am. The trail wasn’t in bad condition. Four people had hiked to … Continue reading Winter NE100: Baldpate
December 25, 2021 Start/end: Carlo-Goose Eye Trailhead Miles: 5.3 Elevation gain: 2388′ GPS Track After a late night and a rough hike up Elephant, I let myself sleep in until 8am and then packed up and headed out. The trailhead is on an old logging road that I believe may be a snowmobile track in … Continue reading Winter NE100: Goose Eye
December 24, 2021 Start/end: parked at 2 boulders on Elephant Mtn Rd Miles: 7.2 Elevation gain: 2454′ GPS track I started the hike on the later side, around 4:30pm, with sunset not far away. I figured it wouldn’t be too bad; I had perhaps half fresh batteries in my headlamp and I didn’t recall Elephant … Continue reading Winter NE100: Elephant
December 24, 2021 Start/end: by Bambi Ln, on Kennebago Rd Miles: 8.77 Elevation gain: 2808′ GPS track After a failed attempt to drive out to the White Cap/Kennebago Divide trailhead (it wasn’t plowed after the 3-4″ snowfall on Wed night and I was already concerned about hiking when it was -10), I headed to Kennebago … Continue reading Winter NE100: East Kennebago
Transcending Mountains 