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I spent last weekend in the northern Presidentials. Drove up on Friday, parked at the Appalachia trailhead and hiked in the woods a ways for a quick night out. The next morning I met up with friends at Lowe's Path and we took it up to Gray Knob. We arrived just in time to secure sleeping...

Hiker Recovered from Mount Guyot An hiker lost his life this week on Mt. Guyot. A bad area to run into trouble. My condolences to his family.

My annual work conference took me out to San Diego in early December. I couldn't resist leaving a few days early to do some hiking. I set my sights on the highest peak in southern California - San Gorgonio. The hike would be a long one at 18.5 miles featuring 5400 feet of climbing over those...

My daughter was running in a cross country invitation in Wappinger Falls, NY. I wanted to see her race - I was less thrilled about a night in a hotel with kids and parents. So I abandoned my child to the trip guardians and opted to spend a night in unfamiliar surroundings. I had seen plenty of...

Our trip to Baxter State Park featured two full days, with light rain forecast on day 1 and heavier rain on day 2. We took our time getting up on day 1, having returned from our Katahdin summit late and skulking into the Roaring Brook bunkhouse at 11:15 AM. If I felt bad about potentially...

I made the long drive up to Baxter State Park by myself from Rhode Island, meeting my friend Pete at the gas station right off I-95. Oof, that's a haul of a drive. Hadn't been to this area since I was passing through on the way to the last Maine Phish festival in 2001. Pete and I planned to...

On our family trip to Glacier National Park, we planned one big family hike during the day we were at Many Glacier. This area of the park is accessed from the east side of the park. Outside of the park things are much more rural than over on the west side, which has much more in the way of...

Planning our recent trip to Montana, my wife and I figured out the best day for me to have my "big day" where I go off and do a big hike. It would be a bit nerve racking for her knowing I'd be alone in grizzly country and that we'd have no communication until we met up at the end of the day...

After a couple nights at the Crocker Cirque campsite, we hiked the 1.5 miles back to the car, deloaded and then ventured back into the woods, heading south on the AT to do a traverse of Sugarloaf Mtn, Spaulding Mtn and Mt. Abraham. With a 12 and 15 year old in the group, we were sure if we'd do...

My friend put this trip together to grab six peaks he and his son needed for the NE67. The plan was to spend two nights at Crocker Cirque Camp in Carrabasset Valley, ME. We'd hike the Crockers and Redington on the first full day and then the next day we would drop our backpacking gear at the...

After pushing myself through a big day on the Friday morning of Memorial Day weekend I subsequently planned to drive over through Crawford Notch and camp at Ethan Pond on Friday afternoon. However I was feeling worn out by the time I reached that trailhead and wasn't sure how the night would go...

I hiked a few days to start Memorial Day weekend and the weather could not have been better. I drove up Thursday night but I dillydallied so I didn't get up there until 11 PM or so. I had been fighting a head cold and was dawdling around the house - my wife made sure to get me out the door as...

I sorta tricked my daughter Ezri to joining me for a few days in the Whites during our April vacation by neglecting to mention how much snow was still in the hills. She does not care for snow and certainly does not care for hiking in it. Nevertheless, with the bribe of indoor swimming and...

I took Ezri up to North Conway last week as we were on vacation and hotel prices suggested it would be a quiet time to visit. Boy was I right. We attempted to hike Mt. Moriah on the 11th but it was a little much for her. Ezri isn't a fan of snow, especially soft slushy snow. So the following...

A few weekends ago I had a fantastic backpacking trip up Mt. Carrigain with my usual cohorts, marred only by a late night headache/stomach issue. Despite that, it was great to get back out into it. I met the guys at the Sawyer River Road Trailhead around 7:30 AM on a cold Sunday morn. A...

Me and the guys did an overnight trip on Mt. Carrigain last Sunday. I drove up on Saturday to get an easy first hike under my belt. I always tell myself that I'll leave super early in the morning but chores and last minute packing always put the kibosh on that plan. I got out the door at 8:30...

Here's a southern New England trip report for ya. I'm competing in a trail running winter challenge along the CT/RI border - 18 courses to complete over calendar winter. You upload your times and get ranked/scored accordingly. It's a fun competition that provides motivation to keep running...

Following the Bond/Zealand traverse the previous day, I wanted to get in one more hike before heading back to Rhode Island. Our motel was on Route 3 just south of the Flume visitor center and I decided to get an early start on the day and hike Liberty and Flume solo. Flume was the peak I...

I accompanied my friend Chris on a Bond/Zealand traverse last week to complete his Winter 48. Temps were warm throughout (though it dropped into the teens on Guyot). Spikes served us well from Lincoln Woods until about a mile from the Bondcliff summit and after that we relied on snowshoes...

Before my backpacking journey in the Pemi, I drove up the day prior to get in a shorter hike. I was waffling between Tecumseh and the Hancocks. I was meeting a friend at the motel at 5 PM so I wasn't sure if I'd finish the Hancocks in time. But I opted to hike them anyway and indeed it took...