Anyone active on the 3k lists?

[Sherby]

We just finished New Eng. 3k (451) on Twin Peaks in ME and there was very few recent entries in the canister, even by under 3500' ME standards. I know someone at 774/777 who is eager to finish, me and my partner are kinda stuck close to 770 with a few private ones in NY and a trip to PA that we have no real interest to do. Last finisher I heard of was SpencerVT a couple years ago.

 

[Sherby]

Bumping this as we are finally closing in on this ordeal.

 

[TEO]

It would seem from FB that there are a number of people working on some of the lower-elevation NH lists, and I wonder if they're working on them instead of the NE3ks, because of the driving distance to Maine. If you look at Newenglandtrailconditions.com, there are a couple of names that look like they might be working on them or eventually will.

I finished NH a couple of summers ago, and I use the 770 list for ideas for hikes, but I wouldn't say that I'm actively working on any of them. I'd love to one day finish the Fifty Finest, NEP2k, and AdkHH, but the last especially, is a long way off. A friend of mine is very close to finishing Vermont and somewhat close to finishing NH, but he has had few opportunities to hike of late.

 

[Sherby]

Yeah lot of bushwhack happening in NH, pretty sure many HH have a herd-path now. We have no plan to attack the NH500 list, but we'll try to keep bushwhacking occasionally. NY has some of the most nasty stuff and a lot more private properties, so obviously less popular / talked about.

 

[Dennis C.]

We just finished New Eng. 3k (451) on Twin Peaks in ME and there was very few recent entries in the canister, even by under 3500' ME standards. I know someone at 774/777 who is eager to finish, me and my partner are kinda stuck close to 770 with a few private ones in NY and a trip to PA that we have no real interest to do. Last finisher I heard of was SpencerVT a couple years ago.

Interesting opinion on the PA 3Ks, Sherby. Can't disagree with you. John Swanson and I actually saved them to finish on in 1997 (It actually was a fun trip). The late Gene Daniell refused to recognize them (PA) as part of the Northeast. I think the long-distance travel plus excessive access bushwhacking has kept the finisher list to low numbers, currently at 13.

 

[Sherby]

Davis (PA) is certainly the most ridiculous peak of the list, making Utsayantha (NY) feels like an adventure. By tmr, it will be 15

 

[JonfromtheNE]

This list has always intrigued me. I have bunches of it done and maybe over the next 5-10 years I will work on completing it. To be honest, just figuring out the list for the ADK in particular is the challenge it seems.

 

[peakbagger]

Welcome Jon (to your first post)