Outdoors & Misc
Started at about 0530. The plan was to do Moosilauke & south peak out and back, come to the junction and take the asquam trail out to waternomee. This is a bushwack i have never done before. Because i have been hiking almost every other day during this october vacation i have taken, i was…
Started around 0600. It was fairly warm compared to other time i have been in the cog parking lot. The forcast for the summit was a high of low 40s. I dont remember the low but i recall it being nominal with skin covered. When i do washington, which i do frequently i just make…
Started from Ferncroft at a bit past 0730 with my partner. Started a bit later knowing that there would be precipitation overnight into the early morning, & that the skies were not supposed to clear until around 11am or 12pm. Carried traction as it is now wintery at, above, or around 4000 feet. Going up…
Started this hike around 0545. Wasnt sure about traction so it took a ride. The forcast indicated rain the night before and then a forcast at ~3500ft in the area was 34(F). To me this means ice at high summits. This would end up being correct but not as cut and dry as yes or…
Drove up to the notch early enough to start at 0430. It is not hard for me as i usually go to bed very early for someone my age at this point in my life.It was about 31 (F) in the lot across I93 (not falling waters trailhead). I am not sure how many times…
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…
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…
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…
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…