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
Sunday, November 21, 2021 Start: Gale River Rd End: Lincoln Woods Miles: 22.57 Elevation gain: 6315′ After meeting Alyssa and Megan at Lincoln Woods, we carpooled up to Gale River Rd and the Gale River trailhead. We started hiking at 5:45am, and made steady progress, arriving at Galehead hut just after 8am. We summited Galehead … Continue reading The Grid: Galehead, N/S Twin, Bonds
Saturday, November 20, 2021 Start/end: Old Bridle Path/Falling Waters trailhead Miles: 18.85 Elevation gain: 8310′ I was up at 5am and on trail by 6am. I had to stop a few times to make layering adjustments – once on the way up to the hut to take off my jacket as the sun rose and … Continue reading The Grid: Franconia Ridge, Cannon
Friday, November 19, 2021 Start/End: Gale River Rd Miles: 9.67 Elevation gain: 3268′ After double-checking the USFS seasonal road closures one last time, I drove to the trailhead on Gale River Rd and started out just before 4pm. Lower down, the trail was mostly bare of snow, with a light coating of snow. The trail … Continue reading The Grid: Garfield
Thursday, November 18, 2021 Start/end: Waterville Valley Ski Area Miles: 4.72 Elevation gain/loss: 2310′ I started from the trailhead around 8pm, navigating by headlamp. It was lightly raining, and continued to lightly rain for my entire 2-hour hike. Around 2500′, the rocks were starting to accumulate some ice, though I was able to avoid most … Continue reading The Grid: Tecumseh
Friday, October 8, 2021 Start: B & M ski shelter End: Davis Path trailhead/Rt-302 Miles: 21.61 Elevation gain/loss: 6690’/7500′ Mountains Climbed: just shy of Eisenhower, Isolation, Davis, Stairs, Resolution, Crawford After a bit of a restless night with odd dreams and nightmares about bears and ATV riders, I was awake an hour before sunrise at … Continue reading Cohos Trail day 7
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 Start: Percy Rd Lodge & Campground End: stealth site near Starr King summit Miles: 24.72 Elevation gain/loss: 8448’/5587′ Mountains Climbed: Rodger’s Ledge, The bulge, Cabot, Terrace, Weeks, Middle Weeks, South Weeks, Waumbek, Starr King After getting to bed around 8:45pm last night, I was awake at 5:45 and on trail by … Continue reading Cohos Trail day 5
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
Saturday-Sunday, September 11-12, 2021 Start: Nineteen Mile Trailhead End: Old Bridle Path Trailhead Mileage: 51.88 Elevation gain/loss: 18,957′ Total time (car to car): 24:02:48 Moving time: 22:52, 1:10 water/hut stops Clock: 4:45am-4:45am I was awake at 3am, and met Ali’s Rides at the end trailhead at 3:45am. We drove over to the Nineteen Mile trailhead, … Continue reading Hut2Hut Traverse
Saturday, August 28, 2021 Start/end: Lincoln Woods trailhead Mileage: 42.7 Elevation gain/loss: 14,800′ Total time: 17:28:38 Moving time: 16:12, 1:16 water/hut stops Clock: 4:03am-9:31pm GaiaGPS track (pulled from Coros watch) I was awake at 3:15am, and quickly hit the road by 3:30am. At the trailhead, I paid for my parking, got my gear all sorted, … Continue reading Super Pemi
Transcending Mountains 