Bushwhacks
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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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Bushwhacking Cape Horn
Cape Horn is an unusual geologic feature in New Hampshire’s north country called a ring dike. Two thousand feet in…
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Acteon Ridge Traverse
The Acteon Ridge is a sequence of trail-less peaks in the Sandwich Range Wilderness of the White Mountains. I climbed one…
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Bushwhacking Fisher Mountain in Winter
“Fisher Mountain is the best little peak that no one’s ever heard of” said my friend Ken. West of famous…
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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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Bushwhacking Mt Paugus in Winter
Mt Paugus is a 3000 footer in the Sandwich Range, adjacent to famous Mt Chocorua. Known as Old Shag for…
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Bushwhacking Mt Bemis
Mt Bemis is a 3725′ mountain located in the White Mountain’s Crawford Notch, named for Dr Samuel Bemis, who built…
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Bushwhacking Sable and Chandler
“We have to climb 500 more feet in the next quarter mile”, said Kris, as we scrambled up the southeast face…
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Bushwhacking Middle and East Scar
I was grumpy at the end of our bushwhack up Middle and East Scar. I was soaking wet, my hands…
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Bushwhacking Greens Cliff
“We should have brought our crampons” said Kris, my frequent bushwhacking partner. “Even without snow,” I replied, as we clawed…
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Bushwacking Mt Black (Jackson)
Dave turned to me and said “I love this!” as we passed a steaming pile of bear poop after a…
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Sachem Peak and the Smarts Brook Trail
Sachem Peak is a trailless mountain near Sandwich Dome noted for its rocky visage and open summit ledges. Located on…
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Four North Country Bushwhacks: Stub Hill and North Stub Hill, Diamond Ridge, and Salmon Mountain
My friend Kris and I headed into Northern New Hampshire to bushwhack some mountains on the New Hampshire 200 highest…
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Bushwhackos on Mt Deception
I’ve fallen in with a delightful group of bushwhackers who enjoy hiking up trailless peaks as much as I do.…
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