Outdoors & Misc
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…
The night prior to this hike i stayed at the Top Notch Inn in Gorham. This place seems to have reasonable rates and is always clean. You cant beat being able to just open the door and get to your car & gear in the morning. After heading to the local Cumberland farms for hot…
This hike was started early. The parking lot temperature was 1 degree according to my car though garmin indicated it was -6. I hadnt planned on posting about this hike due to how i felt about it in general. From Duxbury window trail i made an attempt to summit Camel’s Hump via the Long Trail.…
My partner and I stayed at Allegory Inn nearby the night before this hike as the temperature were going to be dropping and the wind speeds increasing throughout the day. We started at 0630. We cruised up to Eisenhower at over 2 mph which is great in winter. Often times trail conditions are such that…
I guess i had forgotten why it is always best to take well traveled trails (not beaver brook for example) when winter conditions exist.It was unseasonably warm, but a beautiful day. I broke trail to just before the junction of beaver brook & benton trails. At the point i decided i was done. The snow-pack…
Two weeks passed from the last late fall hike. Effort felt more than i would have expected. Knowing Franconia ridge & the trails up are generally well traveled & broken out, an unofficial group of us decided to do a loop hike. The low that morning ended up being in the low teens in the…
Started this hike at about 0145 am after becoming aware that the full moon would be at peak around 3am that same morning. I have often attempted full moon summits & have been socked in before so this was rewarding. The temperature was 14 degrees F at the parking lot. The campground side parking was…
Started the hike at 630 am. The temperature in the parking lot was 16 degrees (F). When it is in the teens i start layering. Bottom is thick wool socks, under armor leggings, long johns, rain pants as shell. Top is under armor cold gear base layer, fleece layer, then rain shell jacket. In my…
The hike started at about 0415, & i wore a base layer (UA Coldgear top & bottom), as well as heavier darn tough brand socks. My stiff soled boots were still completely saturated from doing washington on the 17th, so i had to use some trail running shoes i have. I am feeling the pain…
Started this hike around 330am from Ammo parking lot. I can’t recall a time where i had worse visibility due to mist/basically being in a cloud all the way up to 5400 feet. The entire trail was soaked due to said mist & the small amount of rain that had fallen the night before. At…
This was an AMC NH Chapter young member event (20s/30s). The hike up to Carter Notch Hut began at 0800 Saturday morning on 10/14. It was a cool, crisp fall day. Some clouds, but with how wet it has been all summer i will take weekends like this. The group of 12 of us made…