4000 Footers
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Winter’s End: Isolation, Cabot, and Moriah
One of the sure signs of spring in the White Mountains is when the snow bridges over the streams collapse…
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Blue Bird Weekend in the Presidential Range
We made it to the Applachia trail head at the base of Mount Madison about 6 hours behind schedule on…
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Breaking Triail to Mount Carrigan
Climbing Mount Carrigan (4700′) in winter is an ambitious quest requiring 14 miles of hiking or snowshoeing and 3900 feet…
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Mount Osceola and East Osceola in February
Mount Osceola (4340′) and its subordinate peak East Osceola (4156′) are always a challenging climb in winter. Scarred by avalanche…
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Mount Monroe and Mount Washington in February
I have always admired the long sweeping ridge between Mount Washington (6288′) and Mount Monroe (5372′) and wondered what it…
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Mount Field and Mount Willey in February
My friend David and I popped up to New Hampshire mid-week to hike two winter 4,000 footers, Mount Field (4340′)…
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Mount Garfield in February
The anvil-shaped spire of Mount Garfield stands an isolated sentinel at the north-western end of the Pemigewasset Wilderness with excellent…
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North and South Kinsman Mountains in January
Try as I might, I can’t put my finger on the one reason I enjoy winter hiking and mountaineering so…
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Owl’s Head Mountain in December
The two most difficult winter 4,000 footer hikes in the White Mountains are Owl’s Head Mountain and the Bonds, consisting…
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The Tripyramids in Autumn
The Tripyramids are three peaks in the Sandwich Range of the White Mountains, North (4180′), Middle (4140′), and South (4090′),…
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Climbing Mount Moosilauke and Mount Blue
Mount Moosilauke (4802) is one of the great peaks of the White Mountains with a substantial amount of picturesque above-treeline…
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Backpacking Kinsman and The Cannon Balls
My friend Yorghos and I co-led an Appalachian Mountain Club backpacking trip up to Kinsman ridge last weekend just before…
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Hiking Wildcat Mountain in Autumn
Autumn has arrived in the White Mountains and with it a flurry of hiking before the need to gear up…
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Adams and Jefferson in High Wind and Freezing Rain
I went on a challenging day hike on Saturday climbing Mount Adams and Jefferson, the second and third highest 4,000…
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