Loop Hikes
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Backpacking Mt Adams and the Airline Trail
Mt Adams is the second-highest peak on the White Mountain 4000 footers list, with an elevation of 5774 feet. The…
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Hiking a Mt Washington Loop via the Nelson Crag Trail
I spent most of this month off-trail down in Boston, helping a family member recuperate from major surgery. It was…
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Backpacking a Boott Spur Loop
Boott Spur is a 5492′ sub-peak of Mt Washington and forms the southern headwall of Tuckerman Ravine. While it lacks…
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Hiking a Mount Lafayette Loop on Less Crowded Trails
Mt Lafayette is the highest peak on Franconia Ridge and the most popular because day hikers and backpackers can stop…
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Hiking a Blueberry Mountain Loop
Blueberry Mountain is a small mountain in Evans Notch that has an easily accessible alpine zone and great views without…
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Hiking a West Royce Mountain Loop
West Royce Mountain is the site of an old fire tower that overlooks Evans Notch near the New Hampshire/Maine border.…
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Climbing The Imp and North Carter Mountain in Winter Conditions
The Imp and North Carter Mountain are in Pinkham Notch across from Mt Washington and the Great Gulf. The Imp,…
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Backpacking a Gentian Pond Loop
Gentian Pond is in the Mahoosuc Range, one of the hardest sections of the Appalachian Trail. I hiked a one-night…
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Backpacking a Speckled Mountain – Haystack Notch Loop
Most of my backpacking trips this year have turned into guidebook chapters for Backpacking the White Mountain 4000 footers, instead…
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Climbing Mts Pierce and Jackson in February
“These aren’t 20 mile per hour winds,” I told Eliot, as we started climbing the Crawford Path up to the…
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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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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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