4000 Footers
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Thirteen Falls Backpacking Loop Attempt
Late autumn/early winter conditions are notoriously tricky to forecast in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and you need to be willing…
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Hiking a Mt Flume and Mt Liberty Loop
Mt Flume and Mt Liberty are the two southernmost 4000 footers on the southern end of Franconia Ridge. Sometimes called…
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Climbing North and South Twin Mountains
“South Twin must be the most climbed mountain on the 4000 footer list”, said my friend Lisa, “It’s on the…
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Backpacking a Hancock Notch Lollipop
When people visit the White Mountains, the two geographic features they remember the most are the mountains and the notches,…
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Backpacking an Owl’s Head Loop
Owl’s Head Mountain is one of the most remote 4000-footers in the White Mountains, deep in the heart of the…
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Bushwhacking and Hiking a Passaconaway Slide Loop
The Passaconaway Slide Trail is an old “lost” trail that climbs an avalanche path to Mt Passaconaway, a 4000 footer…
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Hiking a Sphinx Col – Six Husbands Loop via the Caps Ridge Trail
Beth and I met at the Caps Ridge Trailhead at 6:00 am. We wanted an early start to hike our…
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Mt Whiteface and the Tom Wiggin/McCrillis Loop
Mt Whiteface is a 4000-footer in the Sandwich Range that’s usually climbed using the Blueberry Ledge Trail, then over to…
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Winter Attempt to Mount Whiteface and East Sleeper
Climbing Mt Whiteface and its neighbor East Sleeper via the Downes Brook Trail is not your typical winter route. Running…
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Hiking the Mt Clinton Trail Loop
Mt Pierce is the second four thousand footer you encounter when hiking north in the Presidential Range of the White…
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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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The Franconia Ridge Loop
I got another very fine above-treeline hike in on Monday, climbing Mount Lafayette (5240′), Mount Lincoln (5089′) and Little Haystack…
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Climbing Mt Moosilauke by the Historic Carriage Road Trail in Winter
Mount Moosilauke is the westernmost 4000 footer in New Hampshire with a bald summit that is greatly exposed to the…
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Black Angel Backpack
The hawk soared effortlessly above Eagle Crag as we labored over the open ridge toward North and South Baldface, the pair…
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