Start: Appalachia trailhead Finish: Crawford Notch trailhead Miles: 19.95 Elevation gain: 8441′ With: Little Engine We were awake at 4:45am, and waiting at the Crawford Notch trailhead at 5:30am. Our shuttle was late, so we didn’t start out from Appalachia trailhead until 7am. The parking lot was only 30% full when we headed up the … Continue reading Presi Traverse
Saturday, October 31, 2020Trailhead: off of Rt 3 in Cranberry LakeMiles: 51.63Elevation gain: 3828′GaiaGPS After staying the night at a motel in Tupper Lake, I was at the trailhead prepping by 5:15am. It was a very cold night, being 16 degrees when I started running at 5:25am. Early in my run, as I was still … Continue reading 50 miler: Cranberry50
Saturday, July 11, 2020 Start/End: Rooster Comb trailhead, Keene Valley, NY Miles: 24.74 Elevation gain: 10,100′ GaiaGPS track (elevation incorrect) I was awake at 5:15am, and left my campsite at Drapers’ Acres 20 minutes later. It had started raining overnight, and was still raining when I got in my car and drove the 25 minutes … Continue reading Great Range Traverse
Saturday, June 20, 2020 Start: ME-26 in Grafton Notch, ME End: Rt-16 in Gorham, NH Total mileage: ~28.0 Total elevation gain: ~10,280′ GaiaGPS track (time is accurate, but my new phone put itself on power saving mode in the middle of my traverse, so many of the miles and elevation gain are missing) I drove … Continue reading Northeast Ultra 8: Mahoosuc Traverse
Saturday, June 13, 2020 Start/end: trailhead at Rt-3 Total mileage: 50 miles Total elevation gain: 2,617′ GaiaGPS track After gaining permission from the area’s forest ranger, I slept out in my car on Friday night and woke up at 4:30am to prep. It was unseasonably cold, with a low of 37 and a high of … Continue reading Northeast Ultra 8: Cranberry 50
Saturday, May 30, 2020 Total mileage: 32.1 Total elevation gain: 8706′ I was up at 4:30am, and out the door by 4:45am. I swung by the town green, signed into the Saranac 6er register (with my own pen) right at 5am, and then drove to the first trailhead. Haystack & McKenzie Mountains Start/End: Haystack Mountain … Continue reading Northeast Ultra 8: Saranac 6
Saturday, April 25, 2020 Start: Rt 20, Pittsfield, MA, southern terminus of the trail End: Rt 346, Petersburg, NY, northern terminus of the trail Miles: 37 Gain/loss: 6750’/7525′ GaiaGPS track After getting up a little before 4am, I was on the road by 4:15am, driving to drop off a water cache on my way to … Continue reading Northeast Ultra 8: Taconic Crest Trail
Saturday, October 26, 2019 Trailhead: Valley Way trailhead, over to Crawford Notch and Webster-Jackson trailhead Miles: ~22 miles Elevation Gain: ~8800′ GaiaGPS track (partial route due to battery dying) GaiaGPS route After fitful sleep due to loud people laughing into the night in the next bunkroom over and being literally poked awake by one of … Continue reading The Grid: Presi Traverse
Saturday, July 13, 2019 Trailhead: Lincoln Woods Miles: 30.5 Elevation gain: 8506′ GaiaGPS track After staying the night at the Notch hostel, I was up at 3:50am, and headed to the trailhead by 4:15am. I parked, paid for my parking, got the last of my gear on, and headed across the Pemi River bridge at … Continue reading The Grid: Pemi Loop
Saturday, June 22, 2019 Start: Wedge Brook campsite End: Ausable hiker parking Miles: 20.65 Elevation: 8200′ gain, 9596′ loss GaiaGPS track After being kept up until around 10pm by brutally ruthless bugs biting me through my headnet, I was woken up at 4:30am by bugs in my ears. I didn’t sleep well between 10-4:30, either, … Continue reading ADK46: Lower & Upper Wolfjaw, Armstrong, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, Little Haystack, Haystack, Pyramid, Sawteeth
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