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  • 05-22-2026 MAJ via Airline

    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.…

  • 05-16-2026 Spring Presidential Traverse

    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…

  • 04-25-2026 Cog Washington 2x

    Started this hike at about 730 from the Cog parking lot. They have added an electronic payment kiosk for parking permits. We did not carry snow shoes. Sections of the route that we took (up the cog, down to Lake of the Clouds Hut, & back up) could have benefited from use of snowshoes, but…

  • 03-20-2026 Waumbek

    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…

  • 03-08-2026 AMC NH Franconia Loop Hike

    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…

  • 03-07-2026 Tecumseh (41/48 Winter)

    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…

  • 02-28-2026 Isolation

    The hike started at sunrise. We stayed in Gorham the night before so short drive to Rocky Branch trail head. The trail conditions were such that snowshoes are still the most effective form of traction start to finish. With the warm up coming i doubt this will change. The trail was a side walk, in…

  • 02-21-2026 Mt Liberty (AMC NH Hike)

    Started this day a bit earlier than the group. The hike was originally going to be galehead, which is one of the nine left I need to complete my winter 48. Overnight 6 inches of fresh snow of sand-like quality was dumped. I hiked 2 miles in from the Basin parking lot off i93. This…

  • 02-14-2026 Tripyramids

    A group of us decided to hike the Tripyramids as an unofficial hike via Pine Bend Brook Trail. The friends i went with didnt have the peaks in winter season & i didnt mind this hike in the past. The temperature at sunrise was 5 degrees F. The trail is still in a state where…

  • 01-31-2026 Mount Carrigain

    The night before this hike stayed in North Conway. This made the drive time to Sawyer River Road short. The lot is plowed. The hike started at 0730 & the temperature at that time was -8F. This was an official AMC NH Chapter hike. The snow on the trail was sand quality. Anything but snowshoes…

  • 01-17-2026 Madison Adams

    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…

  • 01-10-2026 Cabot Horn Bulge Loop

    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…

  • 12-21-2025 Eisenhower, Pierce, Jackson Loop (37/48 Winter)

    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…

  • 12-18-2025 Beaver Brook (Moosilauke Attempt)

    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…