February 21, 2022 Peaks: Garfield Start/End: Gale River Road Miles: 11.9 Elevation gain: 3330′ GPS track It was a beautiful day, in the 40s in the valley, and I knew the trail conditions would be just about perfect. So I headed to the trailhead around 3:30pm, put on my spikes, and headed out. The road … Continue reading The Grid: Garfield
February 20, 2022 Start: Unknown Pond trailhead End: Starr King trailhead Miles: 21.04 Elevation gain: 8366′ GPS Track My friend and I met up at in Lincoln at 5am, drove to the Starr King winter trailhead, dropped a car, and then headed the hour drive over to Unknown Pond trailhead. When we started at 7:15am, … Continue reading Winter NE100: Horn, Bulge, Middle and South Weeks
February 19, 2022 Peaks: Wildcat A and D, Carter Dome, Middle and South Carter Start: Wildcat ski resort End: 19 Mile Brook trailhead Miles: 13.14 (+0.4mi road walk until hitch) Elevation gain: 6359′ GPS track I was up early to drive the 1.25 hours over to Wildcat and then had to hoof it hard to … Continue reading The Grid: Wildcats and Carters
February 18, 2022 Peaks: Middle and North Tripyramids Start/End: Pine Bend Brook trailhead Miles: 8.96 Elevation gain: 3927′ GPS track I parked on the side of the road with a handful of other cars by Pine Bend Brook trailhead. I debated spikes versus snowshoes and was glad I decided to go with spikes. The soft … Continue reading The Grid: Tripyramids
Saturday, October 23, 2021 Start: Sugarloaf parking lot, Deerfield, MA End: Wunsch Rd, Greenfield, MA Miles: 15.67 Elevation gain/loss: 3222’/3009′ GaiaGPS track (corrected for two spots where I got off trail) After spotting a car at the small parking lot off of Wunsch Rd, Little Engine and I started our hike at 9am from the … Continue reading Pocumtuck Ridge Trail
Saturday-Sunday, September 18-19, 2021 Start/End: Appalachia Trailhead Mileage: 27.13 Elevation gain/loss: 15,433′ Total time: 20:51 Moving time: 18:42, 2:10 water stops/pauses on treacherous wet rocks Clock: 3:45am-12:30am GaiaGPS track I woke up at 3am on Saturday morning, after getting set up in one of the lean-tos at Moose Brook State Park on Friday evening. I … Continue reading Swan Song
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Start: Daicey Pond Campground End: Baxter State Park winter parking, Abol Bridge, Golden Road Miles: 6.2 Elevation gain: 75′ After getting to bed around 9pm, I was awake at 5am, packed up and cleaned out the wood stove, and was out of my cute cabin by 6am. I made good time … Continue reading Winter 67: from Daicey Pond
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Start/end: Daicey Pond cabins Mileage: 23.4 Elevation gain: 5269′ After going to bed at 8pm and sleeping pretty well, I was up at 4am. I prepped for the day and then headed over to cabin #10 to meet everyone for a 5am departure. We headed off down the campground access road … Continue reading Winter 67: Coe, S & N Brother, Fort
Monday, December 21, 2020 Start/end: Daicey Pond cabins Mileage: 19.45 Elevation gain: 5168′ After going to bed at 8pm and sleeping fairly well, with only a little tossing and turning, I was up at 4am. I prepped for the day and then headed over to cabin #10 to meet everyone for a 5:02am departure (start … Continue reading Winter 67: Baxter & Hamlin
Sunday, December 20, 2020 Start: Baxter State Park winter parking, Abol Bridge, Golden Road End: Daicey Pond Campground, Cabin #7 – Loon Lodge Miles: 6.2 Elevation gain: 692′ After getting up at home at 4am this morning, I was driving north by 4:30am. I made it the 6.5 hours to the winter parking lot by … Continue reading Winter 67: to Daicey Pond
Transcending Mountains 