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Mt Abraham to Mt Ellen had anywhere from bare rock (very little) to over a foot of snow. Ran it in regular trail running shoes but micro-spikes would have been useful especially on the descents. Very little ice, mostly firm packed snow.

Just a couple of minor blow-downs. Nothing that couldn't be managed. Ranger seemed a little worse, but again just a couple of downed trees.

I'm working my way through the New Hampshire fire tower list. This was #22. I headed out at 4am for the 2+ hour drive to Lyme. The temp in Hanover was 9 degrees when I rolled through. The drive took a little less time than expected so I headed out for a three mile road run as the sky slowly...

12-13-09 Trail Conditions: Mix of powder and hard packed snow. Lambert was post-holed heavily in deeper snow. Ranger was unbroken prior to my descent. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes - essential Comments: The final section where the two trails meet was pretty well packed. Your name...

My "normal clothes" are running clothes :) I love studying maps and figuring out unusual things I can see in a town (cellar holes in the former town of Dana) or abandoned railbeds (and even some that have been converted to trails) or stupid stuff (like finding the high point in the town of...

Hampshire County High Point – West Mountain 2,106’ I met Albee at the first turnout on Plainfield Pond and we set out at 8:00 AM on a bright but very cold late fall morning. The forest was very open and the few blow-downs were easy to avoid. We quickly passed the forest boundary which...

I’ve wanted to do this run/hike since reading about the Belknap range on Peakbagger.com The first mountain I ever climbed was Mt Major as a 13 year old Boy Scout over 30 years ago. Conditions were very good, with temperatures hovering around freezing at 8 AM. Here are the peaks we did… ROWE...

Take out breaks, meetings, and such and I bet 2 hours a day is about right. :)

Albee, Cory and I drove to Gorham after hiking on Saturday. We found a reasonably inexpensive motel and crashed for the night. I slept restlessly and woke the other by screaming when, around midnight, a gust of wind blew the door open. In my half awake state I thought someone had broken into...

Yeah, there is a bonus that you don't have to run all decisions by the "committee". I've done a ton of trail running (and some smaller mountains) on my own, but I'm definitely new to bigger peaks alone. When I'm with the group I tend to hang out in the back and just go with the flow. It is a...

40 hours a week? Who works 40 hours a week? :eek:

Peaks: Passaconaway, Whiteface, the Sleepers, the Tripyramids, the Fool Killer, and Scaur Peak Time: 9:15:16 Splits: Passaconaway – 1:52:42 Whiteface – 1:15:45 (3:08:27) Break – 5:51 E. Sleeper – 51:12 (4:05:31) W. Sleeper – 21:43 (4:27:15) S. Tri – 42:54 Break – 9:42 N. Tri – 18:32...

Great report. Sounds like a blast. Just goes to prove you don't need to go above 4,000' or above tree-line to get some great views and an awesome hike.

Hey Albee, I think you mean we took a side trip to Table Rock. There is no way you could get me to go "over" Table rock. :)

Thus far all of my hikes/runs on the higher peaks have been with small groups. I decided to finish off a week of vacation with my first solo. I chose Mt Tecumseh because it looked like an interesting hike and the bonus was that I could finish at the base of the ski area and include a run back...

The Pinnacle I was looking for some place interesting to run in Hooksett or Bow as I was headed that way for an Orienteering meet. I was intrigued when I first read about the Pinnacle in Thoreau’s “A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers”, wondering if the spot still existed. I was...

That will make the view all the sweeter! Have a great weekend of hiking :)

I think Albee's love of loops comes from his running background. A lot of runners despise out & back running. I love out/back's because once you've gone out you're on familiar territory the rest of the way. Along with all of the hiking lists, I'm trying to run in every town in Mass (I've got...

The weekend gave me 23 of the 48. I enjoy the time in the woods, Albee is a great hiking partner he is unfazed by the thickest of woods. My background in Orienteering has given me a love for bushwhacking. If I wasn't racing every weekend I'd be hiking :)

You are one tough guy, that is a ton of whacking in one long weekend. I highly reccomend an orienteering thumb compass. You never have to put it away and can still use your hands.