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Shoal Pond, with a view of Zealand Notch. Pemigewasset Wilderness, east side, White Mountains, New Hampshire.

Trip Report: Wild in the Wilderness

Sometimes you need to step away from the familiar to realize what you have, and what ...

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Trip Report: Getting out to Guyot

My legs were at once on fire, numb to the pain, still feeling the crush of every ...

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Trip Report: Halfway, or all the way on Monadnock?

A dash out in desperation, a marvelous odyssey, a Black Precipice, and a run-in with ...

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Trip Report: Thankfully no hail on Hale

Of the weather, I can only say this: it wasn’t dry. Everything else? Up for grabs. ...

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Shoal Pond, with a view of Zealand Notch. Pemigewasset Wilderness, east side, White Mountains, New Hampshire.
Backpacking Hiking New Hampshire Pemigewasset Wilderness Redlining Water Crossings White Mountains

Trip Report: Wild in the Wilderness

Sometimes you need to step away from the familiar to realize what you have, and what you don’t. Sometimes you really need the not-having. And that’s OK.

  • Appalachian Trail
  • Hiking
  • Pemigewasset Wilderness
  • Summer hiking
  • White Mountains
  • Wildflowers
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-08-24
Updated 2023-08-24
Backpacking Bondcliff Hiking Mt Bond New Hampshire Summer Hiking The 48 West Bond White Mountains

Trip Report: Getting out to Guyot

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My legs were at once on fire, numb to the pain, still feeling the crush of every step. But I was in the mountains again, after a far too long hiatus.

  • 4000 footers
  • Hiking
  • Summer hiking
  • White Mountains
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-08-17
Updated 2023-08-17
Family Friendly Hiking Local hiking Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Mt Monadnock New Hampshire NH State Park Spring Hiking

Trip Report: Halfway, or all the way on Monadnock?

A dash out in desperation, a marvelous odyssey, a Black Precipice, and a run-in with a porcupine. What more could happen?

  • Hiking
  • Local Hiking
  • Monadnock
  • Monadnock Region
  • Spring Hiking
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-06-20
Updated 2023-06-20
Hiking Mt Hale Nature The 48 The Grid Water Crossings White Mountains

Trip Report: Thankfully no hail on Hale

Of the weather, I can only say this: it wasn’t dry. Everything else? Up for grabs.

  • 4000 footers
  • Hiking
  • Spring Hiking
  • White Mountains
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-06-06
Updated 2023-06-11
Appalachian Trail Carter Range Hiking Middle Carter South Carter Spring Hiking The 48 The Grid Water Crossings White Mountains

Trip Report: May Mud and Melting Monorail on Carter

Sometimes a hike is a challenge, sometimes a slog. Keep it all in mind that in a couple weeks, the worst will melt away and run down the mountain.

  • 4000 footers
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Carter Range
  • Hiking
  • Imp Face
  • Middle Carter Mountain
  • South Carter
  • Spring Hiking
  • White Mountains
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-05-23
Updated 2023-06-26
Hiking Mt Passaconaway Mt Whiteface Sandwich Range Spring Hiking The 48 The Grid Water Crossings White Mountains

Trip Report: Whiteface and Passaconaway, a sub-alpine sandwich

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The loop over the two peaks is as strenuous as ever. But with a bit of trailside color, every steep section is eased.

  • 4000 footers
  • Hiking
  • Passaconaway
  • Sandwich Range
  • Sandwich Wilderness
  • Spring Hiking
  • Water Crossings
  • White Mountains
  • Whiteface
  • Wildflowers
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-05-18
Updated 2023-05-18
Hiking Mt Tripyramid New Hampshire Sandwich Range Spring Hiking The 48 The Grid Water Crossings White Mountains

Trip Report: Mangy miles on Tripyramid

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Spring hiking is mud season, and you need a certain resilience. But what about the trail that brings us back? Where’s the magic in the mud?

  • 4000 footers
  • Hiking
  • Sandwich Range
  • Sandwich Wilderness
  • Spring Hiking
  • Tripyramid
  • White Mountains
  • Wildflowers
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-05-14
Updated 2023-05-14
Appalachian Trail Hiking New Hampshire Spring Hiking The 48 The Grid Water Crossings White Mountains

Trip Report: Snow, Ice, and Spring on Moosilauke

Icy conditions on Mt Moosilauke during the first week of May? Call it “A test of snow and flowers.”

  • 4000 footers
  • Hiking
  • Mt Moosilauke
  • Spring Hiking
  • White Mountains
  • Wildflowers
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-05-03
Updated 2023-05-03
Hiking New Hampshire Spring Hiking The 48 The Grid White Mountains

Trip Report: Cloud Cover on Cannon

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There was delicious coffee. Some pondering. Some hiking. A lot of ice, and some nearly fell on my head. Cannon can be strange sometimes.

  • 4000 footers
  • Cannon Mountain
  • Hiking
  • Spring Hiking
  • White Mountains
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-04-25
Updated 2023-04-25
Hiking New Hampshire Spring Hiking The 48 White Mountains

Waking up, walking up Waumbek

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The weather is weirdly warm. When everywhere else is crummy posthole-ridden trail muck, Waumbek delivers. Why not?

  • 4000 footers
  • Hiking
  • Mt Starr-King
  • Mt Waumbek
  • Spring Hiking
  • White Mountains
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-04-17
Updated 2023-04-17
Appalachian Trail Hiking New Hampshire Spring Hiking The 48 The Grid White Mountains

Trip Report: Airy Aerie on Adams

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You’re not sure what to do. Your calendar suggests one thing. Your heart another. The mountains, yet a third… Get ready, here it comes!

  • 4000 footers
  • Hiking
  • Mt Adams
  • Spring Hiking
  • White Mountains
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-04-10
Updated 2023-04-10
Hiking New Hampshire Spring Hiking The 48 The Grid White Mountains

Trip Report: Hot-cha Mount Tecumseh! 

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Tecumseh is the worn flannel shirt, of hiking in New Hampshire. Not at all glamorous. But a perfect lazy afternoon outing.

  • 4000 footers
  • Hiking
  • Mt Tecumseh
  • Spring Hiking
  • White Mountains
by proteanwanderer_zznzkw
Published 2023-04-04
Updated 2023-04-04
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