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On & Off the Jewell Trail: 7/12/23
On yet another hazy, humid day I combined a hike up the Jewell Trail to the great viewpoint right at treeline with a bushwhack down to the upper part of a 2017 slide at the headwaters of Jefferson...
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Kettles Path: 7/17/23
Given the monsoon-like summer we've experienced so far, I wanted to see how my adopted Kettles Path in Waterville Valley was faring. I was not surprised to see that a brook was running down the first...
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Cascade Ravine Slides & Emerald Bluff: 7/20
Taking advantage of a rare partly sunny day with low humidity, I enjoyed an 8 1/2 mile loop on the slopes of Mount Adams, using portions of six trails. Along the way I visited two 1927-vintage slides...
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Castle Ravine Ramble: 7/24/23
I spent a fine summer day wandering around the woods of Castle Ravine, the striking glacial cirque enclosed between high northern ridges of Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Adams. In addition to enjoying the...
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Peak Above the Nubble: 7/28/23
When the AMC Four Thousand Footer Club created the New England Hundred Highest list of peaks in 1967, the Peak Above the Nubble (3813 ft., a northern spur of North Twin) was a fairly difficult...
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Mount Lafayette Traverse: 8/1/23
This 15-mile trek was two hikes in one. First a climb of Mount Lafayette via the quiet, wooded Skookumchuck Trail and the spectacular alpine section of Garfield Ridge Trail that runs over the North...
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Early August Morning Hikes
During the busy summer I try to get out a few times for a morning hike in addition to a weekly full-day trek. During the first week of August I returned to two local favorites.GREELEY PONDS: 8/3/23A...
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Durand Ridge Loop: 8/10/23
I returned to the Northern Presidentials for a loop hike over Durand Ridge on Mt. Adams. The upper "Knife Edge" section of that ridge is one of the more spectacular walks in the Whites, with dramatic...
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Big Coolidge Slide: 8/14/23
A close-to-home, half-day bushwhack to a familiar slide on the east side of Big Coolidge Mountain, the southernmost major peak of the Franconia Range. On this, perhaps my sixth visit, I continued...
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Wet Wander in Carter Notch: 8/18/23
The forecasts at various weather sites were varied, but some gave hope of partly sunny skies with just a few isolated showers. With that in mind, I drove over to the Pinkham Notch area, passing through...
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The Hancocks: 8/22/23
On one of the few really fine days we've had this summer - sunshine with puffy clouds and low humidity, plus a refreshing breeze - I enjoyed a leisurely tour over North and South Hancock, with a side...
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Morning in Tunnel Brook Notch: 8/24/23
Spent a beautiful sunny morning visiting Tunnel Brook Notch, the deep gap between Mt. Moosilauke and Mt. Clough. The scenery in this longtime favorite locale is a unique combination of beaver ponds and...
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Captain Valley: 8/28/23
It seemed fitting to climb a slide on the date that was both the 197th anniversary of the famous Willey Slide and the 12th anniversary of the slide-maker known as Tropical Storm Irene. For the...
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The Scenic Route to Carter Dome: 8/31/23
On a gorgeous cool, sunny late summer day, two old goats teamed up for a bushwhack ascent of Carter Dome, the highest peak in the Carter Range. Thom Davis and IÂ - who have more than 140 years between...
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Abenaki Ravine: 9/5/23
Undertaking a long bushwhack on a steamy day with temps pushing 90 in the valleys was probably not the smartest choice, but at least it was dry. I had been wanting to explore the 1995-vintage slide in...
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Downes Brook Wander: 9/7/23
On another steamy day I headed into the quiet Downes Brook valley for an ostensibly lazy day lounging on the gentle lower slabs of the Downes Brook (Passaconaway) Slide, a favorite spot where there...
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A Wet Day Out Tripyramid Way: 9/12/23
Today was a "lemonade out of a lemon" kind of hike. The forecast for "light passing showers" turned out to be more like "prolonged downpours," but the rain did relent later in the afternoon and I was...
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Whiteface Bowl Slides: 9/14/23
On a sunny, cool, almost fall-like day, I went on a long slide-hunting bushwhack in The Bowl, the deep, bowl-shaped glacial cirque enclosed by Mt. Whiteface, Mt. Passaconaway and the Wonalancet Range....
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Tripyramids: 9/20/23
On a cool, partly sunny day I headed out to do some wandering below and around the South Slides of Mount Tripyramid, and ended up doing the loop over the three summits and down the Scaur Ridge Trail....
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Moosilauke's Slide Ravine: 9/22/23
On a cool, sunny last day of summer I returned for a sixth bushwhack visit to Slide Ravine, the sharply cut basin on the SW side of Mount Moosilauke that is scarred by a number of landslides. Most of...
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