Sunday September 4, 2022 Start: Carter-Moriah TH, Gorham End: Glen Ellis Falls TH Miles: 16.9 (+11.05 bike shuttle to close the loop) Elevation gain/loss: 8219’/7093 After a late night out on the Pemi, I looked at the Mt Washington weather and decided a Presi Traverse wasn’t in the cards. It was predicted to be socked … Continue reading The Grid: Moriah-Carters-Wildcat Traverse
Sunday August 21, 2022 Start/End: Crawford Notch Miles: 4.68 Gain/loss: 2192′ With a long day and late night yesterday, I managed to sleep a bit better (with my food slung up a tree outside to keep it away from the mouse), though I was still awake by 6:30am. I made my way to Gorham to … Continue reading The Grid: Jackson
May 22, 2022 Start/finish: Moosilauke Ravine Lodge Mileage: 6.7 Elevation gain: 1969′ I rose early to get an early 6am start, set on getting home on the earlier side and also beating the incoming thunderstorms. I didn’t want to mix above treeline travel and potential lightening. I was the first parked car, and enjoyed my … Continue reading May Grid: Moosilauke
May 21, 2022 Start/finish: Hancock lookout Mileage: 9.16 Elevation gain: 2749′ After lunch, I headed over to the Hancock lookout around 2:30 and easily found a parking spot. I suited up and headed out. As I hiked along, the trail became progressively more muddy and wet; the stream crossing were all moderate, and easy enough … Continue reading May Grid: Hancocks
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
January 1, 2022 Start/End: Sawyer River Rd Miles: 12.48 Elevation gain: 2720′ GPS track The road and Signal Ridge were fully packed out, and it was fast moving. Even Carrigan Notch trail was frequented by XC skiers, making for a more packed trail. But the bushwhack was untouched. I threw on snowshoes to deal with … Continue reading Winter NE100: Vose Spur
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
Transcending Mountains 