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 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…
Friday night stayed in Gorham at Top Notch Inn. Made the reservation Wednesday night after watching the weather forecast stabilize a bit. Even the morning of the traverse the winds were predicted by MWOBS/NOAA to be 45 MPH sustained on Washington with gusts up to 55 MPH. This was wrong, i dont know what the…
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…
Stayed at LoTC hut Saturday night after coming up the Ammo trail in much rain (I am an AMC NH leader). The next morning decided to do a sunrise hike of Washington with optional Jefferson depending on how much I wanted to bite off. The Thursday before we went up reports were that 5 inches…