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Izzy Risitano
Aug 11, 20242 min read
Noon & Jennings | 8/11/24
I started this morning with a laugh as I queued up the directions on AllTrails. The most recent review for Sandwich Mountain Trail, which...
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Izzy Risitano
Oct 23, 20235 min read
October Break | Colonel Whipple, Cherry Mtn, Tom-Field-Willey & Arethusa Falls.
At a remarkable ten days late, I have finally written about my lovely long weekend back in New Hampshire. This was my third of four...
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Izzy Risitano
Sep 15, 20233 min read
The Weeks via Starr King & Kilkenny Ridge | 9/15/23
In the early days of summer, Liz and I were plotting how to make the Weeks traverse more tolerable given its grand exposure, low water,...
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Izzy Risitano
Jul 19, 20236 min read
East Kennebago & Mt. Abraham (ME) | 7/18/23
Day One: East Kennebago If completing the New Hampshire Four Thousand Footers is like having access to the entire internet and every...
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Izzy Risitano
Jun 25, 20234 min read
Tripyramids via N. Livermore, Scaur, and Pine Bend | 6/19/23
At 6 days post hike, this report has taken the prize for longest hike-to-post turnaround. While I was busy in Evan’s Notch last week, the...
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Izzy Risitano
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Saddleback and The Horn | 6/5/23
How often do you finish a hike and have to Google what the view looks like afterward? Lately, for me, far too often. I’d planned an...
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Izzy Risitano
Jan 29, 20234 min read
Moriah via Stony Brook & Carter-Moriah | 1/28/23
I feel as though I rarely write a trail report out of order, but today I choose to start with brief conditions and three lessons we...
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Izzy Risitano
Dec 24, 20223 min read
Kinsmans, Bald Mountain, Kinsman Flume | 12/22/22
Last May, when I went after the Cannon Balls, I ran into a colorfully dressed woman with a great attitude. For anyone who regularly does...
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Izzy Risitano
Oct 31, 20224 min read
Mount Mansfield & Rodger's Ledge | Halloweekend 2022!
Despite committing to a series of post-bedtime events on Halloweekend, I had still planned on hiking Saturday and Sunday because I knew...
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Izzy Risitano
Oct 17, 20223 min read
Square Ledge & Passaconaway | 10/16/22
After breakfast at the Miss Lyndonville Diner, Michelle went back to Boston, and Ryan and I made our way to the 112. Though we ached to...
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Izzy Risitano
Oct 16, 20226 min read
The Terraces, Cabot, the Bulge, and the Horn | 10/15/22
“For the love of God, everyone please just stay home tomorrow!” Well, shit, I was both relieved and upset I had decided to open Facebook...
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Izzy Risitano
Oct 14, 20223 min read
Peak Above The Nubble, a "Bushwhack" | 10/13/22
The instant my semester began, I knew I’d be spending October break in Lyndon with Ryan so that we could get in some hikes just the two...
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Izzy Risitano
Oct 10, 20225 min read
The Best Way to do Wilson and Breadloaf | 10/8/22 - 10/9/22
I had committed to leading a handful of Mountain Leader Course trips for my college this fall and some of those happened to be...
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Izzy Risitano
Oct 2, 20223 min read
Moosilauke via Glencliff, Benton, and Tunnel Brook | 10/1/22
The changing seasons have made me think about my trace a lot in the last few weeks. I started putting together a database of my journeys...
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Izzy Risitano
Sep 12, 20228 min read
Old Speck. Baldpate. Goose Eye. 30 Hours, 3 HH Peaks, 3 hikes. | 9/10-11/22
September is my perfect month. The temps go down, no leaves to slip on, and the trails are quieter because everyone went back to school....
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Izzy Risitano
Sep 5, 20224 min read
Mendon Peak (Bushwhack) | 9/5/22
Rounding the corner on sixty-something of my Hundred Highest, I still wasn’t any less scared of bushwhacks than I was when I decided to...
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Izzy Risitano
Aug 20, 202216 min read
Stranded on Dry Land: A Story Told Over 47 Miles in Baxter State Park
At long last, the trip was happening. Many weeks earlier in the summer, Ryan and I designed a backpacking trip around the concept of...
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Izzy Risitano
Aug 9, 20225 min read
Mt. Nancy & The Diameter of the Pemigewasset Wilderness
If there’s anything that gets Ryan and I going, it’s a trail that takes you deep into the middle of nowhere while accumulating high...
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Izzy Risitano
Jul 23, 20222 min read
Bennett Street, Algonquin, Black Mountain Pond, Mary Cary, and Guinea Pond | 7/22/22
Wherever the Wonalancet Outdoors Club is involved, there are a lot of trails. Sandwich Dome is no exception, as looking over my map has...
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Izzy Risitano
Jul 20, 20223 min read
Lend-A-Hand & Trestle Trail | 7/19/22
Now that I’ve done nearly every trail in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, I decided to tie up a couple of loose ends while also doing my...
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