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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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- Nov 25
- 2 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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- Nov 17
- 4 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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- Oct 23
- 5 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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- Sep 24
- 3 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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- Sep 20
- 4 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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- Sep 15
- 3 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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- Aug 17
- 3 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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- Aug 16
- 3 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
- 5 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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- Aug 3
- 5 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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- Jun 25
- 4 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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- Jun 23
- 10 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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- May 31
- 3 min
The Rattlesnakes, Beede Falls, Old Mountain Highway | 5/30/23
I didn’t make a plan today. I was hoping to get called into work, didn’t, and then decided to shoot for my closest trailhead to do the...
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- May 27
- 11 min
40 Miles of the NH Appalachian Trail | 5/26/23
Long before my semester got out, Liz and I knew we wanted to accomplish a backpacking trip of somewhat significant mileage. While we’ve...
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- May 23
- 2 min
Flat Mountain Pond Trail & Gleason Trail | 5/22/23
Flat Mountain Pond trail combined the ease of Franconia Brook Trail with the feel of the Dry River Wildness in a way I did not expect...
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- Apr 22
- 2 min
Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge | 4/21/23
About when my “test review” for macroeconomics began, I was driving west over Route 2 towards Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge. Though Ryan...
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- Mar 13
- 2 min
Skatutakee & Thumb Mountain | 3/13/23
Today I did not hike for a list, a challenge, or a view. I went because I thought the name of the mountain was funny. Ever since one of...
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- Feb 6
- 4 min
Hedgehog, Middle Mountain, and Peaked Mountain | 2/5/22
This weekend, I spent a while parsing through the note in my phone listing all the hikes that make sense for winter according to tracing...
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