Lafayette 5,260′ , Lincoln 5,089′ , Little Haystack 4,760′ , Flume 4,327′, Liberty 4,459′ Old Bridal, Franconia Ridge, Liberty Springs This week I was able to bring out Lucy on a single day adventure. The origional plan was to hike Liberty and Flume to finish out the section. Last moment I get a message from…
West Peak 4,145′, Avery Peak 4,086′ Road walk, Firewardens trail, AT (Out&Back) Saturday was no picnic, in fact is was a downright nasty day of freezing rain and snow. Sunday was shaping up to be no better.When my hiking partner for the weekend Jason and I started the hike it was snowing and very overcast.…
South Crocker 4,050′, Crocker 4,228′ Caribou Valley Rd, AT (Out&Back) This week I catch back up with Jason as we hike some more Maine mountains. Carpooling in his truck means no dogs this week though. A bitter sweet vacation. The Crockers and Redington where the plan for Saturday. We drove up early. It was raining…
Lafayette 5,260′, Lincoln 5,089′, Little Haystack 4,760′ Old Bridal Path, Franconia Ridge, Falling Waters The morning was a bit chilly. Patton and I started out around 7, but by the time we actually started hiking it was closer to 7:30. Patton was very excited. Right from the start of the hike we were running into…
North Kinsman 4,293′, South Kinsman 4,358′ Lonesome Lake Trail, Fishin Jimmy (Out&Back) Patton and I had a quick lunch after our morning hike of Moosilauke. The weather was starting to break and we got some nice views. Patton did really well for hiking after taking the winter off. The dog has so much energy! On…
Patton on the trails…
03/22/2015 Killington 4,236′ Bucklin Trail 11:00- 2:30 7.3 Miles Our attempts of a single day Vermont 5 were halted by the need to sleep. We woke up Sunday to a busy parking lot. We lost Andrew because he had plans but Jason and I got some breakfast and drove to the Bucklin trailhead. The hike…
03/21/2015 Mount Ellen 4,081′, Mount Abraham 4,016′ Ski trails, Long Trail, Ski slopes 5:00-9:30 8.8 Miles As the slopes were about to close we started hiking up the face of mount Ellen. We followed the main lift all the way to the top. We wore snowshoes the entire hike. As we were closing in on…
03/21/2015 Camel’s Hump 4081′ Burrows Trail 12:30 – 2:30 4.8 Miles A short car ride from Mansfield was the Burrows trail head. In the parking lot i met a woman running with her dogs. I asked her about trail conditions. The pack was so great. We only needed microspikes. This meant we could leave the…
Finishing on a high note…
