Friday, October 6, 2023 Start: Stateline Campground Miles: 8.41 Elevation gain/loss: 1847’/512′ After surprisingly smooth travel from Hartford to Phoenix (plane) to Page (plane) to Stateline Campground (car shuttle), I started out on the AZT from the northern terminus at 4:30pm. I had a few hours of daylight left and I wanted to get as … Continue reading Arizona Trail, north, day 1
Sunday, May 28, 2023 Miles: 15.76 Start: Olivarian Brook TH End: Pine Bend Brook TH Elevation gain/loss: 5440’/5197′ Peaks: Passaconaway, Whiteface, East Sleeper, West Sleeper; South, Middle, and North Tripyramid After a big day yesterday, I started out from the Olivarian Brook trailhead at 7:45am, covering myself in bug spray first. The bugs were aggressive … Continue reading Grid: Passaconaway->N Tripyramid
Saturday, May 27, 2023 Miles: 27.85 Start: Garfield TH End: Lincoln Woods TH Elevation gain/loss: 8383’/8658′ Peaks: Garfield, Galehead, South Twin, North Twin, Zealand, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff I met my shuttle from Ali’s Rides at 6am at Lincoln Woods TH. I was in a hurry and didn’t realize that I’d left my heart … Continue reading Grid: Semi-Pemi Traverse
Sunday, April 30, 2023 Miles: 9.25 Start/End: York Pond East TH Elevation gain/loss: 3127′ Peaks: Cabot After a full day yesterday and very high winds (120 MPH on Washington) and rain forecast for the day, I decided to go with a great bad-weather hike. I drove out to York Pond trailhead in the rain. When … Continue reading Grid: Cabot
Saturday, April 29, 2023 Miles: 11.23 Start/End: Ferncroft TH Elevation gain/loss: 4180′ Peaks: Whiteface, Passaconaway After running the Sunapee Scramble in southern NH, I decided to take advantage of my proximity and head up to the Whites for a quick adventure. I drove up to Ferncroft in the rain, though it mostly stopped by the … Continue reading Grid: Whiteface and Passaconaway
Sunday, February 19, 2023 Miles: 10.81 Start/End: Roaring Brook TH Elevation gain/loss: 3497′ Peaks: Engine Hill, Isolation With an early finish the night before, I went to bed relatively early as well. I woke up a bit later than yesterday and then headed over to the trailhead. I started out at 6:30am with no one … Continue reading Grid: Isolation
Saturday, February 18, 2023 Miles: 18.49 Start/End: Gale River Rd/Rt 3 Elevation gain/loss: 6604′ Peaks: Garfield, Galehead, South Twin, North Twin After a relaxed evening, I was awake early. I swung by Gorham to get breakfast, and then drove the 45 minutes to the trailhead. I started out at 6:30am; I was the first person … Continue reading Grid: Garfield, Galehead, N/S Twin
Friday, February 17, 2023 Miles: 8.5 Start/End: Carter-Moriah TH Elevation gain/loss: 3714′ Peaks: Surprise, Moriah For this ascent, I wore my snowshoes both for the temperatures (low 40s in the valley) and to prevent straining my heel further. The temperatures dropped by ~20 degrees during my hike, and the wind was blowing the light snow … Continue reading Grid: Moriah
Sunday, February 12, 2023 Miles: 20.22 Start/End: Appalachia TH/Crawford Notch Elevation gain/loss: 10,056′ Peaks: Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Monroe, Eisenhower, Pierce, Jackson After a short but relatively cozy night sleeping in my car at a trailhead, I met up with two hikers at Crawford Notch at 5:15am to spot a car. We then drove around … Continue reading Grid: Presi Traverse
Saturday, February 11, 2023 Miles: 9.74 Start/End: winter lot across from Zealand Rd Elevation gain/loss: 2825′ Peaks: Hale After hiking the Kinsmans and Cannon, I found myself with plenty of daylight left. After so much time in the Adirondacks, it felt like a painfully short and incomplete day. So I drove over to Zealand Rd … Continue reading Grid: Hale
Transcending Mountains 