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Tremont, Owl's Cliff, Sawyer Pond & Green's Cliff | 8/17/25
Each season seems to hold consistent themes for my hiking adventures. Last summer followed blue and white blazes, while 2025 has been a...
Izzy Risitano
13 minutes ago5 min read


Carrigan via Carrigan Notch, Desolation, and Signal Ridge | 8/10/25
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...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 104 min read


Franconia Cascades, Attitash Trail & Osceolas | 8/5/2025
A weekend to be totally and completely selfish by hiking all three days? Tell me more! Friday: Basin Cascades - Cascade Brook - Pemi...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 55 min read


Mt. Hersey | 7/28/25
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...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 282 min read


South Paugus - Paugus Mill | 7/26/25
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...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 283 min read


Sandwich via Algonquin and Smarts Brook | 7/13/25
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...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 133 min read


Wildcats, Madison, and Adams | 7/4/25
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...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 77 min read


Flagg, Sentinel & Bayle | 3/23/25
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...
Izzy Risitano
Mar 243 min read


Green Mountain (Effingham) | 3/2/2025
Passing up on the opportunity to suffer through -25 windchills further north, Willow & I shifted our hike plans south to Green Mountain...
Izzy Risitano
Mar 22 min read


Extended Bald Knob & Turtleback Loop | 1/5/25
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...
Izzy Risitano
Jan 64 min read


Class of '66 Lodge & Moose Mtn. South | 11/29/24
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...
Izzy Risitano
Nov 29, 20243 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Sep 8, 20243 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 21, 20243 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...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 11, 20242 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 23, 20243 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Jan 12, 20242 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Dec 23, 20234 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Dec 4, 20233 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Nov 25, 20232 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Nov 17, 20234 min read
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