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Over Memorial Day weekend a group of us did an extended Pemi Loop, including Owlshead (but not Zealand). This was a Connecticut Section of the GMC hike. I was officially a coleader with Moose Hunter, but in reality Moose Hunter was our leader and I assisted her with my knowledge of the area...

Last weekend I did some trailwork with the Connecticut Section of the Green Mountain Club. On Sunday before heading home I hiked the northernmost section of the West River Trail. Seven of us from Connecticut, and one Bennington Section member, spent Saturday (and Friday for some) doing the...

I hesitate to answer, because I've recommended easy hikes only later to say, "Oh, yeah, I forgot about that part", but I think the trails around the Basin in Franconia Notch might be good. Plus the Basin's cool. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 33/115...

I finished the NH4K on Moosilauke with a lot of friends and family. I finished the NE4K on Bigelow-Avery with a through hiker who happened to be taking a break there. I finished the ADK46 and NE111 on Whiteface with a few friends and family. I finished the NEFF on Gore alone. I finished the...

This hike actually happened eight days ago, on the 20th. Six members of the Conn. Section of the GMC hiked around Chatfield Hollow State Park. Besides my self, we were Moose Hunter (our fearless leader), Sarah, Don, and two Jims. We crossed a long boardwalk and then basically circled the park...

Last weekend I joined an AMC group for a weekend in northern Vermont. On Saturday we hiked the Monroe Skyline from Ellen to Abraham, and on Sunday we climbed to the top of Vermont on the Mansfield Chin. This was the weekend after the one I spent in the Catskills with a GMC group. My...

I went up to the Whites for the ends of the years to add some peaks to my winter NH4K list. I stayed at the White Mountain Hostel in Conway. There were stratus clouds and occasional flurries all three days, but it never got very cold. Wednesday, 30 Dec. 2015 - Garfield On Wednesday I did...

Today my friend Karen and I did a loop across Talcott Mountain starting and ending in her front yard. Karen lives in Bloomfield and when we were last planning hikes she said that she had been told that it was possible to bushwhack to the reservoir near Talcott from her new place. I did some...

I know I found the ManBearPig in several of them. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 24/115 (19/67, 5/46, 0/2) NEFF: 50/50; Cat35: 36/39; WNH4K: 36/48; NEHH 81/100 LT NB 2009 "I don't much care where [I get to] --" said Alice, "-- so long as I get...

Done. See Gore in Trip Reports. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 24/115 (19/67, 5/46, 0/2) NEFF: 50/50; Cat35: 36/39; WNH4K: 36/48; NEHH 81/100 LT NB 2009 "I don't much care where [I get to] --" said Alice, "-- so long as I get somewhere," ... "Oh...

On Saturday the Third I finished the New England Fifty Finest list on Gore, in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. The day started out with stratus clouds, but was completely cloudless by the time I got to the summit. It was chilly enough to wear a jacket, and, for a little while when the breeze...

After Flags on the 48 I stayed in the Whites and hiked the Hancocks the next day. It rained overnight, and was raining on and off throughout the hike. There were no real views to be had at all, but it wasn't as bad as that might sound; it wasn't ever pouring, and it wasn't cold at all unless I...

I'm getting behind on my trip reports. This is for Saturday the 12th. For seven years running now I have raised a flag on Middle Tripyramid for Flags on the 48. This time one other hiker signed up for MT, a guy named Bob whom I first met at the trailhead, but who lives less than 20 miles from...

I usually only consider hikes starting in 2004 when calculating list data, because that's when I started getting serious enough to keep records, but I first climbed Mt. Washington in 1964, when I was 10 years old. So you could say it took 44 years to complete the NH4Ks, 46 years to complete the...

I took a zero day on Wednesday because it was supposed to rain. It didn't, as it turned out, so I spent my time sitting by a pond reading a book and listening to the loons. On Thursday, though, I climbed Katahdin with Trail Trotter and her boyfriend Doug. We went up and down Hunt Trail, which...

On Tuesday during my stay at the Baxter Bash I climbed Doubletop solo. Unlike my other hikes during the bash for that one I was under, or in, stratus clouds the whole time. Lori was nice enough to help with the car spot, driving to Nesowadnehunk Field, where I parked my car, and then driving...

On Monday six of us, originally five, did the Travelers Loop in the northern part of Baxter State Park. We did the loop clockwise, summiting North Traveler, the Traveler, and Peak of the Ridges in that order. The day was partly cloudy, with altocumulus and cirrus above us, but nothing to block...

I attended Baxter Bash IX this year. It was my second bash; the first was in 2009. On the way up on Sunday I climbed Saddleback, not the 4K in Franklin Co. but the 2998' one near Katahdin Iron Works in Piscataquis Co., which you've probably never heard of unless you've at least considered the...

Almost. I'm at 49. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my 60s: 22/115 (17/67, 5/46, 0/2) NEFF: 49/50; Cat35: 36/39; WNH4K: 36/48; NEHH 81/100 LT NB 2009 "I don't much care where [I get to] --" said Alice, "-- so long as I get somewhere," ... "Oh, you're sure...

Since I stopped at Riga Junction I didn't go past the blueberry patches. Yesterday, though, I hiked in Glastonbury and ate some. They're just started to get ripe. It doesn't seem to be a particularly good year, though. -- Cumulus NE111 in my 50s: 115/115 (67/67, 46/46, 2/2) NE111 in my...