It was windy, almost autumnal, but a fine two day traverse. When you can’t see much through the clouds, what makes it special?
Water Crossings
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Why suffer the hardship, the pain, the miles of the Pemi Loop? What’s there? Oh wow, lots.
Whiteface Mountain (4,020 feet). Sandwich, NH. 2022-06-07 (Tuesday.) Via Flat Mountain Pond, McCrillis, and Rollins trails. 12 miles round-trip. (Includes a “quick” jaunt down Kate Sleeper trail to Downes Brook trail as an add-on.) Approx 3,200 feet elevation gain, not including the 600-odd feet on Kate Sleeper. Temps were warm, in the mid-70s. Winds were noticeable in the trees at about halfway up, a refreshing light breeze on the exposed […]
Sometimes you endure pain and steep terrain for not a lot of expansive views. But sometimes you find something more fulfilling in those moments.
Sometimes you look up and see clouds. You hike up, and see something more.
Owl’s Head isn’t at the pinnacle of the 48 four thousand footer list, but it’s at the pinnacle of the sublime. But why?
Alone on the summit of Isolation… does that mean solitude? And if not, why?
You see an easy first couple miles. Then things pitch upward significantly. So what if you add a bitter wind? Can one have fun?
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?
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 […]
There was a trail not fully formed, a way that needed to be found, a path through the woods that wanted wear. What would I find?