Trip Reports
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Heavy Lifting on Mt Liberty
What do bowling pins, 15 pound bags of rice and charcoal, cases of beer, TV sets, and water reservoirs have…
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Off Trail Navigation and Compass Practice Hike to Mount Clough
The southwestern region of the White Mountains is one of the most remote and least visited portions of the White…
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Missing Cairns on Mount Moosilauke
Mount Moosilauke is the first big mountain that Appalachian Trail northbounders encounter when they climb through the White Mountains. The 10th…
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Belknap Range Traverse
“That was a much bigger ass-kicking than I expected,” said Trey, describing the hike we did of the Belknap Range…
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Landslides in the White Mountains
Slides, short for landslides, are common landscape features in the White Mountains and Adirondacks. These landslips occur when heavy rainfall…
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Winter’s End: Mount Moosilauke and the Wildcats
When my glasses froze over, I wasn’t sure whether I’d make it up the last 50 yards to the summit…
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The Appalachian Trail Railroad Stop
When Benton Mackaye first proposed the Appalachian Trail (see An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning), he envisioned a…
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Francona Ridge Loop: Mt Lincoln and Mt Lafayette in Winter
By the time you feel a hotspot, it’s often too late to do anything about it. That’s been my experience…
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Wrestling with Wildcats and Finishing the Winter White Mountain 4000 Footer List
“I think we’re headed the wrong way,” said Trey. Yep, we’d turned south instead of north when we got to…
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Stopped in Our Tracks on Wildcat Mountain
Trey and I attempted to climb Wildcat A, B, C, and D on Friday but we were stopped in our…
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The New Hampshire 3000 Footers and the NH 200 Highest
Hiking the New Hampshire 3,000 footers is a quite challenging peakbagging list and there is a very small but tight-knit community…
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A Winter Hike to Mount Garfield
The temperature was in the single digits when I woke on Saturday morning just before dawn. I’d decided to spend…
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A Winter Hiking Trip to North and Middle Tripyramid Mountains
I led an Appalachian Mountain Club hiking trip to North (4180′) and Middle Tripyramid (4140′) Mountains last weekend. These are…
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A Winter Hike to Mt Whiteface and Mt Passaconaway
My friend Trey and I climbed up Mt Whiteface (4060′) and Mt Passaconaway (4043′) on Sunday. We hiked the peaks…
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