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Lend-A-Hand & Trestle Trail | 7/19/22
Now that I’ve done nearly every trail in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, I decided to tie up a couple of loose ends while also doing my...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 20, 20223 min read


Hancock Notch Trail | 7/12/22
Impending thunderstorms, less than 1000 feet of elevation gain, and something to occupy our full afternoon. With this criterion at hand,...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 14, 20222 min read


Little Objectives Around North Conway | 7/11/22
Boulder Loop Trail After a shift in Concord, I was able to quickly make my way up to the Kancamangus Highway where I had pre-listed all...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 12, 20223 min read


Mount Katherine: Four Ways
Sandwich Wilderness & The Northern Presidentials are easily the two areas I’ve covered the least ground in. Unfortunately, the Northern...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 8, 20223 min read


Three Ponds Loop | 7/4/22
Twelve days ago, I was tossing the crutches I became too stubborn to use back into the woodshed at camp. Today, a lot has changed in just...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 4, 20222 min read


Basin Trail to Rim Junction | 6/20/22
After a brief but incredibly packed start to prep week at AMC’s Cold River Camp, the Croo and I finally had an opportunity to explore...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 26, 20222 min read


Full Dry River Trail + 1/3 Presidential Traverse + Mt. Clinton Trail | 6/14/22
From the moment I started marking up my map of the White Mountains, there had been a handful of trails whose length and ruggedness...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 15, 20226 min read


Chocorua & A Refusal For an Out and Back
Whenever I go up north to meet Ryan post-climbing, you better believe I’m doing more than just driving up. Originally, I was thinking of...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 13, 20223 min read


Magalloway & Garfield Falls
Needing a quick quarter-day hike on a Colebrook girl's trip, we opted to take advantage of our location and journey another hour north to...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 9, 20222 min read


Mount Eisenhower + A Dry River Expedition
Hopeful to finally get a view from Mount Eisenhower, I had planned an extended version of the trip that would allow us to complete an...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 2, 20223 min read


Welch-Dickey Loop & Fletcher Cascades
With the impending cloud cover, I had chosen Tecumseh via Tripoli Road for today’s hike. I didn’t love the idea, especially because my...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 1, 20222 min read


Smarts Mountain | 5/30/22
With Memorial Day being the first holiday since the beginning of college all of us were home, it was about time for a family hike. Though...
Izzy Risitano
May 31, 20222 min read


The Sleeper Traverse
I had wanted to find out what “The Sleepers” were ever since I connected that there was a trail in between The South Tripyramid Slide and...
Izzy Risitano
May 27, 20223 min read


Cannon & The Cannonballs | 5/25/22
The first time I’d heard of the Cannon Balls was about two years ago on the summit of North Kinsman. My hiking party had ran into a man...
Izzy Risitano
May 27, 20223 min read


Mount Monadnock | 5/16/22
Mount Monadnock has long been the mountain I visit once a year, often up and down the same trails. I started hiking Mount Monadnock with...
Izzy Risitano
May 18, 20223 min read


Around the Lake & Red Bench Trail | 5/8/22
I usually never want to leave the White Mountains when I get there. They're not far, but on a nice day I am always ready to lay down a...
Izzy Risitano
May 10, 20221 min read


Is it Martha, Cherry, or Owl's Head? | 5/8/22
"Is it Martha, Cherry, or Owl's Head?" Ryan and I wondered as we parked alongside Route 115 in a last-minute effort to find a backup...
Izzy Risitano
May 9, 20222 min read


Black Cap Mountain & Ripley Falls
Our alarm rang promptly at 7 AM, something I can't quite say I'm used to for an early-start hiking morning. However, on this sunny Sunday...
Izzy Risitano
Apr 25, 20222 min read


A Half-Marathon to North Conway
With plans to be in North Conway by Saturday evening, I took it upon myself to make my drive over action-packed to break up the back...
Izzy Risitano
Apr 24, 20225 min read
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