The wannabe Girl Scout strikes again! I tend to find myself in the Ossipees on cold yet sunny days, and today was no different. With a nice solo day to work with, I completed my Ossipee 10 and Lakes Region Conservation Trust patches over a 12-mile day with about 3000 feet of gain. After an early wake-up from the time change, I got right to the Italian Trail for Big Ball Mountain. I had planned to hike the Italian Trail when my dad and I did Black Snout a few years ago (for ob

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...

Each season seems to hold consistent themes for my hiking adventures. Last summer followed blue and white blazes, while 2025 has been a...

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...

Isn't it great when you can combine a real-life event with a hike that's "on the way?" Yesterday I went to a friend's graduation party in...

It's been a long time since I've hiked alone, so it's been even longer since I've gone out to trace foolish things. Today I returned to...

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 watched winter disappear all at once this year. When I toured the base of Monadnock a few weeks ago, the firm and fast glides of...

Passing up on the opportunity to suffer through -25 windchills further north, Willow & I shifted our hike plans south to Green Mountain...

I severely missed my calling to be a Girl Scout. It has been almost two years since I earned my last hiking patch, and among my “just...

I have been putting this route off since I crossed the muddy Harris Trail on an AT-section hike a few years ago. Yet somewhere in the sea...

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...

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...

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

I. Mount Jefferson via Caps Ridge, Gulfside, Jewell, Boundary Line, and Jefferson Notch Road Against all good logic, Mt. Jefferson was my...

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...