Izzy Risitano
Lookout Ledge, Mt. Crescent & Mt. Randolph | 9/8/24
The Randolph Community Forest trails have haunted me since I began my trace, but for what? With a bit of route pre-planning, the RCF...
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Izzy Risitano
Aug 213 min
Giant Falls, Dream Lake, and Dryad Falls via Peabody Brook, Dryad Falls, Austin Brook, and Gates Brook | 8/20/24
The great irony of today is that we traded one logging cut for another. Before the rain came in, we had planned to travel to Maine and...
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Izzy Risitano
Aug 112 min
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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Jul 233 min
Mt. Jefferson & Mountain Pond Trail | 7/19/24
I. Mount Jefferson via Caps Ridge, Gulfside, Jewell, Boundary Line, and Jefferson Notch Road Against all good logic, Mt. Jefferson was my...
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Izzy Risitano
Jan 122 min
Pemigewasset & Whitehouse | 1/12/23
Oddly enough, my Franconia-focused day began on the far side of Route 49. I had hoped and planned to ascend Sandwich via Drake’s and...
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Izzy Risitano
Dec 23, 20234 min
Kittredge Hill, Lucia's Lookout Northeast, Gove Northeast, Gove, and Bryant | 12/20/23
I was widely unsure whether it was worth writing a trip report for a hike I didn’t plan, particularly when I SHOULD be spending my time...
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Dec 4, 20233 min
Al Merrill Loop | 12/1/23
Further closing the gap on the Moosilauke tab, Liz & I finally got to explore the Al Merrill trail on the east side of Moosilauke. The...
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Izzy Risitano
Nov 25, 20232 min
Goodrich Rock Trail | 11/24/23
Shoulder season is the ideal time to work on “flat-ish” sections of the trail with the family. Making use of our bonus shared day off, we...
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Izzy Risitano
Nov 17, 20234 min
Lone Oak, Blueberry Mtn, Wachipauka Pond | 11/17/23
For the first time in recent history, my drive home from school and a pleasant weather window landed on the same day. With a high of 55...
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Izzy Risitano
Oct 23, 20235 min
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 24, 20233 min
Mt. Blue via Beaver Brook, Benton, and Tunnel Brook
Since being at school lends me the easiest access to Western New Hampshire, today became yet another tick in the Moosilauke tab. Though I...
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Izzy Risitano
Sep 20, 20234 min
Westside, Kedron Flume, Arethusa-Ripley, Frankenstein & Falcon Cliff | 9/17/23
Over dinner at Kingdom Tap and Table, an idea finally came to us after hours of deliberation for our last hike of the long weekend....
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Izzy Risitano
Sep 15, 20233 min
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
Aug 17, 20233 min
Pond of Safety via Four Soldiers & Underhill Path | 8/17/23
Don’t fear folks- after Monday’s overly-typical hike, Liz and I got back to our regularly scheduled programming of “Is this the trail” &...
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Izzy Risitano
Aug 16, 20233 min
Imp Face & Mount Lethe | 8/14/23
Despite crossing off two peaks from two lists, the purpose of Monday’s hike was far more significant than hitting another 52WAV or...
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Aug 10, 20235 min
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest | 8/9/23
“How would you feel about the alleged suffer fest that makes up Three Ponds, Hubbard Brook, and Mt. Kineo trail?” Liz and I, yet again,...
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Izzy Risitano
Aug 3, 20235 min
Waterville Grand Tour | 8/2/23
The Blueprint: I’ve had this route on my radar for a while, but have consistently held it off because I knew I wanted to do it solo....
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Izzy Risitano
Jun 25, 20234 min
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 23, 202310 min
West-Skyline Traverse: Baldfaces, Eagle Crag, Meader, W. Royce | 6/22/23
Last summer, I had the privilege of meeting the 2022 Cold River Camp Croo. The bunch, a cheerful, and hard-working group of individuals,...
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