Sunday, December 2, 2018 Miles: 6.0 Elevation gain: 1903′ Start/end: Slide Mt West Trailhead GaiaGPS track After hiking Hunter, I hopped in my car and drove the 45 minutes to the Slide Mountain trail head. It was a bit of an adventure, since I’d neglected to download the Google Maps directions and there was almost … Continue reading NE 111: Slide Mountain
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)
Sunday, October 7, 2018 Miles: 8.7 Start/End: Roaring Brook Elevation: 3398′ Gaia GPS Track Just like I planned last night, this morning I woke up at 5 a.m. I was all packed up and back at my car by 5:30 a.m., and drove past the Togue gate at 5:55 a.m., five minutes before the gate … Continue reading New England 67: Katahdin-Hamlin Peak
Saturday, October 6, 2018 Miles: 11.8 Elevation: 4485′ gain, 4392′ descent Start/End: Marston trailhead Gaia GPS Track Last night, I slept at Katahdin Stream campground. My walk-in site (#3) has a picnic table, fire ring, and a 4-person lean-to, which as it turns out, does not fit my 2-person REI Half Dome 2 Plus … Continue reading New England 67/100 Highest: North Brother; South Brother, Fort, Coe
Saturday, September 22, 2018 Miles: 16.7, total Elevation gain: ~4,800′ GPS tracks: Mt Abraham; Mt Redington; Mt Sugarloaf Start/end: Caribou Pond Rd, Carrabassett Valley, ME On Friday after work, I drove up to Eustis, Maine. It was a 6 hour drive that took me through rural NH and ME, where I couldn’t find anywhere to … Continue reading New England 67: Abraham, Redington, Sugarloaf
Thursday, September 6, 2018 Start: David Logan Shelter End: Maine Junction/US 4 Mileage: 12.1 on LT (+0.2 for side trail to shelter, +1.0 to get to US 4 from Maine Junction) Elevation gain/loss: 2198’/2592′ We had a truly terrible night sleep, with high humidity and high temperatures; we didn’t sleep well at all. I was … Continue reading Long Trail, day 12
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Start: Middlebury Gap/Gathering Inn, Hancock End: David Logan Shelter Mileage: 17.6 on LT (+0.5 for side trails to shelters) Elevation gain/loss: 4308’/3835′ We had a pretty early night last night, and some good sleep, though we were woken up by the rooster at 6am. This morning we were able to get … Continue reading Long Trail, day 11
Transcending Mountains 