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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I started the long weekend with a 4:30 AM alarm and was in the car with Dunkin’s in hand by 4:50 and headed north. There was a warm orange glow of sunrise as I looked at the Pawtuckaway Mountains from route 93 in Bow. The sunrise would be hidden as Ashford was blanketed in fog and Franconia...

The Captain and Carrigain via Sawyer River road bushwhack – 09/02 After a night of camping near Appleby mountain in Carroll, Albee and I woke to a chilly 39 degree day at 7 AM. I went for an “easy” four mile jog to get my blood flowing and put some miles in the bank. The Fire Road off of Old...

This was my first visit to Mount Desert Island, but my appetite has been whetted and I hope to go back again. The family vacation to Nova Scotia left me hobbling after straining a hamstring racing in Halifax. I tried to make the best of it by jogging (not running) for a couple of days...

I met up with Albee at the Derry Park & Ride as he had plans to visit Warner hill after our morning run/hike. We lost a little time when Officer Curran decided that my speed slightly exceeded the posted limit. I can’t complain as I generally travel beyond the speed limit. I thought about...

I had the honor of hiking with Albe when he got his 100th on July 1. Here is my take on the weekend… This weekend stood out from all the rest for this spring and summer because I didn’t have a race planned, so of course I had to find something unusual to do. Al and I met up on Saturday...

I’ll get to the Woody Guthrie part in a bit, but I thought it made for a good title. Albee surprised me by calling and saying he was interested in my planned run on the Wapack trail. I foolishly thought he was only interested in peaks that were over 4K’ or on a 100 highest list. I like lists...

It seems like Al and I are picking off little bits of the AT when we hike, and this weekend was no exception as we hit the two highest points on the trail in Massachusetts. I cajoled Al into joining me for a snowshoe race at Greylock Glen with the promise of a hike after the race. Al hadn’t...

This hike was significant as it would be the final two summits that Albee needed to complete the four thousand footers in winter. I felt a need to be there, I was on my first winter hike when Al began his quest in 2002 on the Hancock loop. I met up with Al and Sherpa John in Boscawen and we...