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
December 30, 2021 Start/end: Nancy Pond Trailhead Miles: 9.58 Elevation gain: 3346′ GPS track The first few miles were very packed down, which lulled me into a false sense of security. But after the cascade, only me and 2 other people had decided to adventure higher. They both had snowshoes and I regretted leaving mine … Continue reading Winter NE100: Nancy
December 29, 2021 Start/end: Discovery Trail parking lot Miles: 5.66 Elevation gain: 2602′ GPS Track This was a bushwhack all the way, and I was glad I decided to do it on the warmest day of the week since it was very slow going. I was able to cross the river using the large downed … Continue reading Winter NE100: Scar Ridge
December 28, 2021 Start/end: Sandwich Mountain Trailhead Miles: 7.31 Elevation gain: 3041′ GPS Track I was nervous about this hike, because it was one of my first winter hikes where I had to turn around before making the summit; I’d had to break trail the entire way. But this time, the trail was broken out … Continue reading Winter NE100: Sandwich
December 27, 2021 Start/end: Lafayette Place trailhead Miles: 4.84 Elevation gain: 2254′ GPS Track After the relentless Maine hiking, I decided to take it easy today. I started later in the day and managed to find a parking spot on the side of the access road. Based on the number of cars and the popularity … Continue reading Winter NE100: Northeast Cannonball
Transcending Mountains 