Trip Reports
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Backpacking Old Speck Mtn and the West Grafton Loop
Grafton Notch is a magnificent mountain pass in Southwestern Maine, a short drive from Gorham, NH, the last major trail…
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Easy Hikes near Mt Washington in the White Mountains
If you’re visiting the Mt Washington area in the White Mountains and looking for easier hikes or you’re recovering from…
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Hiking Mt Washington Gear List
Mt Washington is a serious mountain with unpredictable weather despite that fact that there’s a weather forecasting station on top.…
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Hiking to the Province Pond Lean-to
Province Pond is an easy hike, close to North Conway, NH and Evans Notch on the east side of the…
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Bread and Butter Hike to Mt Madison
There’s a phrase used by White Mountain hikers, “a Presi Day”, to describe the clear sunny days that are ideal for…
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Hiking the Speckled Mountain and Haystack Notch Loop
This hike started out as a one night backpacking trip climbing up Speckled Mountain and into the heart of the…
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Climbing Mt Meader and the Brickett Falls Trail
Dave said, “Mt Meader Trail is the most boring trail in Evans Notch”, but when I asked him for specifics…
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Backpacking to Unknown Pond
The town of Berlin, pronounced “BURR-ln”, with the accent on the first syllable, has the feeling of a modern frontier…
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Camping Fears: Eastern Black Bears and Safety
Had a reader contact me recently asking me how I managed to get any sleep when backpacking solo. He’d gone…
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Backpacking to Flat Mountain Pond
“I can’t imagine any fisherman hiking five miles to fish here,” said the fisherman I met at Flat Mountain Pond…
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Packrafting the Upper and Lower Greeley Ponds
Upper and Lower Greeley Pond are two backcountry ponds in Mad River Notch, a mountain pass that links the Sandwich…
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Hike to Mt Ingalls and Ray’s Pond
Mt Ingalls (2242′) is a gem of a peak in the southern Mahoosuc Range (in New Hampshire’s White Mountains) with…
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Bushwhacking North and South Huntington
Mount Huntington (North) and its three subpeaks, South, West, and East have a notorious reputation in New Hampshire’s off-trail hiking community (North…
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Hike to Blueberry Mountain, Shell Pond, and the White Cairn Trail
Blueberry Mountain is in the Caribou Speckled Wilderness (of the White Mountain National Forest) in Evans Notch on the border…
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