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Sargent, Penobscot-Pemetic Loop Or Bald-Gilmore-Parkman-Sargent~Penobscot Loop

I lived about five years near Salida. The 14ers.com page has a 13ers section. Look at the Sawatch, Mosquito, and Ten Mile Ranges. Out of St Elmo you can hike CDT Collegiate West which is all alpine and runs over 12 k. Also Tin Cup Pass above there has Tincup Peak and Emma Burr and more if you...

When I moved to Maine in 06, the current MMG was terrible. Carey improved and expanded it quite a bit. I ended up leaving ME so I never got the newer editions but check them out when I’m in ME and glad to see it expanded. The maps also expanded and improved quite a bit from the earlier editions...

When I lived in CO, the vaccine was pretty common as were dogs bit by rattlesnakes. I also seen rattlesnake aversion classes for dogs to learn to fear them.

I know NY is more than happy to earn you about the population on the Tongue Range. I saw a long shed on the rocks in that area that led to a probable den under rocks slightly off trail. I grew up in PA and saw them frequently. In parts of PA they’re almost a given that you’ll see them. On a PA...

I lived in Maine 8 years and have done the 14 4ks. Spaulding and Readington are definitely climbed just to finish the list. I never saw anything listing there elevations above 4000’. I’ve seen 3983’ I believe for both. They have that rule for measuring for I believed a non benchmarked peak( (...

I’ve been visiting lower ADK peaks lately with views. As long as the weather cooperates, open fire towers are a sure thing for views in the ADK. I hit Adams first-known for its views of the High Peaks first. On the way home from Adams I checked out the newly opened Buck Mountain. The next day I...

Was the trail busy? I was there 2pm on a Thursday about 10 days ago and it was super busy, I passed probably a dozen groups. I also find it interesting that such a short trail has one of the largest free tTrailhead parking lots in the ADK. I thinks it’s bigger than the new Upper Works lot even.

I was down to my last two peaks for the 115. Having done Both the Presidential and Great Range Traverses in a day I have wanted to do the Devils Path. I just finished Slide for 114 the day before. Why not knock out both the 115 and Devils Path at the same time. I recruited a sucker to join in...

I just hiked this the other day since I live just 20 mins away. It offers beautiful views over Little Tupper Lake. You can see neighboring Coney and Goodman Mtns as well as Mt Morris and a sliver of Tupper Lake. The hike is very quick at 1.2 miles each way. I will be writing about several fire...

I regularly headed out in Sept and generally stuff melts off pretty quick that time of year by afternoon, even at high elevations since the sun at elevation is so intense. Most rain events in the valley have at least some white in them in High Rockies that time of year though. The monsoon is...

I lived in CO and have climbed many13ers and 14ers with my dog. He has no problems but I lived at 7500’ so no acclimating necessary. I have heard of low elevation visitors having sluggish dogs when they arrive. Acclimate in Leadville or Similar elevation a day if you can and let your dog...

Thanks. In the next month the two Catskill 4ks to finish the NE 115

Cannon via Kinsman Ridge- one of the shortest hikes to a 4,000ft summit in NH. I did this 30 mins after finishing up Owls Head in the morning. This happened to be #48 in NH and 67 in New England 4,000 footers. My first New England climb was 7/8/99 on Killington and NH on 7/14/99 while thru...

With 46 of the 48 down, it was finally time to hit Owl’s Head and see if it deserved its reputation as a view less slog. I was pleasantly surprised. The views from Black Pond are lovely, Lincoln Brook is as nice as any mountain stream, and the views from the slide were better than I expected...