Thanks to my newfound interest in trail running, I'd spent much of my days at work fantasizing about a Thursday off to put up a big...

After a delightful summer on the high peaks, I've decided it's time to sink into fall before microspikes become a necessity. Autumn has...

The North Country has been one of my favorite coming-of-age stories. Starting back in high school, my best friend and I visited her Uncle...

Lowell & Anderson, as seen from Signal Ridge As Michelle prepares to move to the big city, I was thrilled to get out for one of her...

A weekend to be totally and completely selfish by hiking all three days? Tell me more! Friday: Basin Cascades - Cascade Brook - Pemi...

Sandwich Mountain has somehow seen me three times in the last three years. I don't hold disdain for the peak, but it's rarely the...

After the spring we've had, it was nothing short of a miracle that our camping trip was both sunny and relatively crowd-free. Since my...

I started this morning with a laugh as I queued up the directions on AllTrails. The most recent review for Sandwich Mountain Trail, which...

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...

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,...

Day One: East Kennebago If completing the New Hampshire Four Thousand Footers is like having access to the entire internet and every...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Despite committing to a series of post-bedtime events on Halloweekend, I had still planned on hiking Saturday and Sunday because I knew...

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...

“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...

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...

I had committed to leading a handful of Mountain Leader Course trips for my college this fall and some of those happened to be...