Outdoors & Misc
Stayed in Littleton as i was feeling less than motivated. Heading up & staying in the area the night before is a sure way to make sure i fulfill my goal sometimes. It also shaves a great deal of time off of my hike day, is safer driving wise, etc. Started the hike just before…
Started the hike just before 0600 after a 2 hour and change drive. Prior to this hike we had completed acclimating at around 8000 feet by staying three nights in Mammoth Lakes CA. This would prove to have been an excellent choice. We had done hikes before this up to 12400 & 13400 feet &…
I think we started this hike just before 6am. The drive was just under 40 minutes from Mammoth Lakes. We relocated to that area because it sits around 8000 feet (my garmin indicates where we are staying on the mountain is at 8227 feet). This would end up massively helping with the altitude sickness symptoms…
My partner and i started this hike a bit after 530 (dont remember exactly). This hike was right outside of Bishop CA where we stayed. The starting elevation was around 9300 feet. Unlike the hike we did before the trail on this hike was of excellent quality all the way up to the base of…
Left Reno around 530 am to get to Mono Village parking lot with my partner. The drive took about 2.5 hours. This would end up being a very long day. My brain is still a bit fried, but we started at about 0800. The start of the hike was great with easy switchbacks. Eventually we…
Woke up around 3am local to drive the 1.5 hours to the trailhead. Reports were that the forest service road to the trailhead had such a bad road right at the start that only vehicles with great clearance would be able to make it. This was very true. This would be the worst part of…
Woke up just after 0300 & headed to cumberland farms for hot water to prep my tea for the morning. I was staying with friends that were starting a hike later so i left the motel we were staying at with all my crap & got myself ready for the morning in my vehicle. My…
Started from Joe Dodge Lodge parking lot at 0445 after a short drive from Conway. As the sun came up the bugs came out & it became humid. No other people in the ravine aside from two climbers taking a climbing route. At one point the vegetation covered blazes for the ravine trail route. I…
Slept poorly and woke up early enough to leave southern NH around 3am. Arrived and was moving by 0500 at cog hiker parking area. Got up to Jefferson over clay in short order though my calves and achilles began to get pretty tight. Hit some vitamin I & slowed my pace a bit. After tagging…
Woke up after not sleeping well multiple nights in a row, but had all my gear packed & food prepared for my planned effort & already took the day off from work. Unfortnately The whole day i ended up feeling off after not fully recovering from a presidential traverse last weekend (achilles/knees/feet), sleeping poorly, etc.…
Decided to do this hike after waking up & determining i wasnt going to go through with fighting spring-like trail conditions elsewhere. The trail was covered in light snow, under the snow down low was a solid sheet of ice. Above 3200 the trail was a stable monorail. I dont have a lot to say…
This was an official AMC NH chapter winter hike. The hike started at 0700 from the falling waters trailhead. We expected the day to be warm with questionable trail conditions. Winds on Lafayete were expected to be about 15-20mph with gusts up to 30mph. Given that the temperatures were expected to be in the 40s…
My partner & a friend decided to tag Tecumseh on Saturday as the weather at higher summits was expected to be poor that day. I needed this summit for the winter 48 list. The remaining hikes i have to complete the list are mostly undesirables in my opinion. We left Barndoor hostel where I was…
A large group of people set out to do this hike as an unofficial effort. We started with ten people & ended up as three people that would end up doing both Madison & Adams. Per usual the forecast provided to us was overly cautious in my opinion, which is fine as I understand the…