Outdoor Excursions & Topics Worth the Time to Post
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…
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…
Hike started at 0310 hours, in the northbound Basin Parking lot i was the only person there on a Tuesday morning. It was in the low 40s, perfect for my tastes. My intentions were to get a sunrise hike. The summit forecast was clear right in the morning then cloudy which ended up being true.…
Started the hike at 245am from Glencliff parking lot (solo hike), was hoping to see the full moon & get some pictures. The forecast was some clouds (summit), ended up being that the summit was socked in with slight wind maybe 5-10mph. Not many maples down the backside going through tunnel brook & a bit…
The amount of new work that has been done near the first mile in on the bridal path is pretty profound. They have basically made it into a legit walking path.Started at about 0730, the notch was low 40s to start & felt like we are getting to fall finally, though i imagine we will…
Started the hike at 0800 from lafayette campground going up past lonesome lake & out to south kinsman, came back over the cannon balls & ended tagging cannon & decending down the high cannon trail. The entire trail was running water except for the swampy lowland sections of the trail (cannon balls). At some point…
This was an official AMC hike for young members (NH Chapter). The weather was ideal for the most part & considering how many of the weekends have been stormed out I glad.Start time was 0700 & temperature was 58 degrees (F). As the day went on it became more hot & humid as it is…
It had been two weeks since my last hike. The last few years i have gotten out hiking usually atleast once on the weekend. More recently a nagging injury I have has kept me from going out as much though the weather has played a factor….Start time 0445. 70 degrees before the sun came up…