This trip has it all: great views, an epic ridge walk, a fire tower, two alpine lakes, moose habitat, waterfalls, and cascades. Mt Carrigain is at the geographic center of the White Mountains and on a clear day you can see over 30 …
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How to Pack a Wet Tent
Rain happens. Your tent is soaking wet in the morning, but you have many miles to hike before your sleep. How do you pack it up so it doesn’t get wetter, making it unusable that same night? How do you pack it …
Read More »Can You Use a High R-Value Sleeping Pad in Summer?
Camping and backpacking sleeping pads have R-values that measure how much insulation they provide against the cold ground. Sleeping pads designed for cold weather use have high R-values while ones designed for warmer weather have low ones. This is illustrated in this …
Read More »The Desolation Loop Trip Plan: Backpacking the White Mountains 4000 Footers Guidebook
The Desolation Loop is a moderately strenuous 41 mile backpack through the eastern half of the White Mountain’s Pemigewasset Wilderness, bounded by the Bonds, Ethan Ridge, Carrigan Notch, and Hancock Notch. There are many excellent swimming holes and wilderness campsites along the route, which will …
Read More »A Mt Isolation Loop Trip Plan: Backpacking the White Mountain 4000 Footers Guidebook
Mt Isolation is a remote 4000 footer located south of Mt Washington with impressive views of the Southern Presidentials and the “rock pile”, as Washington is often referred to locally. This 2-3 day route follows trails seldom hiked by day hikers and …
Read More »A Moriah Loop Trip Plan: Backpacking the White Mountain 4000 Footers Guidebook
The Moriah Loop is a 2-3 day, 24 mile backpacking route that climbs Mount Moriah and its graceful sister peak, Shelburne Moriah, before dropping down to the Wild River. From there, the route loops back through the heart of the Wild River …
Read More »Permethrin Soak Method Guide
Permethrin is an insect repellant and insecticide that bonds to fabric and can be used on your clothes, tent, or hammock to prevent Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, or the Zika Virus by killing ticks, mosquitos, and insects that land on …
Read More »A Bonds Traverse Trip Plan: Backpacking the White Mountain 4000 Footers Guidebook
A Bonds Traverse is a 2 day, 20 mile traverse of Zealand Mountain, West Bond, Mt Bond, and Bondcliff Mountain. Bondcliff is one of the most picturesque mountains on the 4000 footers list and many hikers like to pose for photos on …
Read More »Backpacking a Tunnel Brook Loop Trip Plan: Backpacking the White Mountains 4000 Footers Guidebook
Tunnel Brook is a lush, steep-walled valley on the west side of Mount Moosilauke (4802′). Seldom visited by day hikers, it’s a quiet and secluded place to observe wildlife and witness the avalanche and flash flood damage that Moosilauke and neighboring Mount …
Read More »10 Best Trekking Poles of 2023
Trekking poles provide many benefits to hikers and backpackers from added stability and balance on rough trails to less wear and tear on knees and hips, especially when hiking downhill. The most popular trekking poles used by hikers and backpacks are adjustable …
Read More »The Kate Sleeper Loop Trip Plan: Backpacking the White Mountain 4000 Footers Guidebook
The Kate Sleeper Loop is a 2 day, 20 mile backpacking route that climbs four 4000 footers: North and Middle Tripyramid, Whiteface and Passaconaway. The Tripyramids and Whiteface/Passaconaway are usually climbed on separate days by day hikers, but they’re linked together by …
Read More »Hammock Gear Standard Dyneema Fiber Tarp with Doors
The Hammock Gear Standard Dyneema Fiber Tarp with Doors is Dyneema DCF Tarp that only weighs 7.28 ounces. Many hammock hangers (people who use hammocks) like tarps with doors because they provide more wind and weather and tarps with open ends. For …
Read More »The Cannonball Loop Trip Plan: Backpacking the White Mountain 4000 Footers Guidebook
The Cannonball Loop is an epic 2 day, 15 mile loop hike that climbs THREE 4000 footers, visits three lakes, and provides outstanding views of Cannon Cliff and Franconia Notch. Don’t let the short distance of this loop hike fool you. It …
Read More »Granite Gear Virga3 26L Backpack Review
The new Granite Gear Virga3 26L is a frameless ultralight backpack weighing 1.26 lbs that will appeal to day hikers and backpackers alike. Weighing 20.2 oz (572g), it has an adjustable torso length so you can dial in a personalized fit with …
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