When the temperatures are so numbingly frigid, what else will ever be memorable about that day? Can there be anything after that?
One wouldn’t think of a desert while trudging through a snowy landscape. But sometimes you get a drought where views are concerned.
Safety isn’t optional, and the drive to and from the mountains should always be included in that equation.
On the last of the year, on a very warm day, what is there on Mt Jackson? A quick jaunt, and a lot to be happy about.
“I can get away with it, right?” OK, so if not, why not?
Sometimes you’re in between booking mileage, and something epic.
You see an easy first couple miles. Then things pitch upward significantly. So what if you add a bitter wind? Can one have fun?
The Twinway heading up from Galehead is one of the steepest trails in the Whites. Is it hard, or just steep?
What kind of a difference can a mile, a week, and half a dozen degrees make? Plenty, of course. But in what way does that matter to a trail?
When you leave unfinished business from the south, why come in from the north? What makes West Bond any more special than the others?
Finding out why the col north of Bondcliff is interesting takes a lot of time and a lot of leg. Why would you want to go there?
Mt Tecumseh (3,997 feet). Thornton, NH. 2021-10-27 (Wednesday.) Via Tecumseh Trail. 5 miles round-trip. 52 dF at the base, winds were mediated by dense tree cover, but making noise at the treetops. Cloudy, with occasional, weak attempts by the sun to break through. The AMC White Mountain Guide says 2 hours 20 to the summit. I took a pretty leisurely walk in getting there, so consider that if you’re comparing […]