Sunday, September 15 Trailhead: Seward Trailhead, Ampersand Road off of Corey’s Road Miles: 24.2 Elevation Gain: 6160′ GaiaGPS track After sleeping in my car at the trailhead (with my air mattress having acquired a hole, requiring it to be filled twice during the night), I was up at 4:50am and hiking by 5:15am. I started … Continue reading ADK46: Donaldson, Emmons, Seward, Seymour
Sunday, June 30, 2019 Trailhead: Fire Tower trailhead, Upper Works Miles: 20.88 Elevation gain: 3760′ GaiaGPS track I was up at 5:30am, packed up, and left the campground by 6am. I made it to the trailhead around 6:30am, suited up, and then headed out from the buggy trailhead by 6:45am. It had rained overnight and … Continue reading ADK46: Allen
Saturday, June 29, 2019 Trailhead: Santanoni trailhead, Upper Works Miles: 18.14 Elevation gain: 4497′ GaiaGPS track After work yesterday, I packed up and drove to upperstate NY, stopping at a Hannaford’s for groceries on the way. I arrived at the campground around 7:45. The check-in booth was closed when I went through and there was … Continue reading ADK46: Panther, Couchsachraga, Santanoni
Sunday, June 9, 2019 Start: Feldspar Brook campsite End: Adirondack Loj Miles: 16.87 Elevation gain: 5250′ GaiaGPS track I woke up this morning around 5 and hung out in my sleeping bag until 5:15. I got up and packed up my campsite and was on trail hiking before 6 a.m. Before I left the campsite, … Continue reading ADK46: Grey, Skylight, Marcy, Table Top, Phelps
Saturday, June 8, 2019 Start: campsite by Colden Dam Mileage: 20.1 Elevation gain: 6004′ End: campsite at Feldspar Brook GaiaGPS track I fell asleep around 9:30 last night and slept relatively well for my first night out. I woke up to the morning light around 4:55am, right before my alarm was set to go off. I … Continue reading ADK46: Marshall, Cliff, Redfield, Colden
Saturday, February 9, 2019 Start/End: Raquette Falls Trail parking area off of Ampersand Rd Mileage: ~25 miles Elevation gain/loss: ~4100′ Approximate GaiaGPS track I got up at 6am, packed up, and headed out by 6:30am. I arrived at my destination around 7:30am, to find that the majority of Ampersand Rd was gated off for logging … Continue reading NE 111: Seward
Sunday, January 6, 2019 Start/End: Van Hoevenberg trailhead Mileage: 8.9 Elevation gain/loss: 2612′ GaiaGPS track After a nice dinner last night, I watched some TV shows and went to bed around 10pm. I was up at 6am, and headed out for the trailhead at 7am. It was lightly snowing already. On the quiet access road … Continue reading NE 111: Street & Nye
Sunday, October 21, 2018 Mileage: 8.5 Elevation: 2587′ Start/end: GPS pin GPS track So after having to deal with three very drunk wedding guests returning to the bunk room at 11pm and attempting to loudly camp out on the floor drinking wine from the bottle… I was up at 6am this morning. I packed up … Continue reading New England Hundred Highest: Boundary Peak
Saturday, October 20, 2018 Drive #1: I set up my GPS this morning and started driving by 6:30am. I should have arrived by 7:30am. However, Google doesn’t know a lot about the dirt logging roads of Maine. It tried to send me down a gated and padlocked road. Using Google Maps, I was able to … Continue reading New England Hundred Highest: East Kennebago; White Cap & Kennebago Divide; Snow (Cupsuptic)
Friday, October 19, 2018 Miles: 6.97 Elevation gain: 2205′ Start/end: Snow Mountain Trailhead, Unnamed Road, Eustis, ME 04936, off of ME-27 (GPS pin) GaiaGPS track I headed out to the trailhead, arriving around 4:15pm. I changed into my boots, packed up my bag, and headed out on the trail by 4:30pm. I followed the dirt/mud … Continue reading New England Hundred Highest: Snow (Chain of Ponds)
