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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” &...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 17, 20233 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 16, 20233 min read


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,...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 10, 20235 min read


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....
Izzy Risitano
Aug 3, 20235 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 25, 20234 min read


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,...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 23, 202310 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
May 31, 20233 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
May 27, 202311 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
May 23, 20232 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Apr 22, 20232 min read


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...
Izzy Risitano
Feb 6, 20234 min read


Moriah via Stony Brook & Carter-Moriah | 1/28/23
I feel as though I rarely write a trail report out of order, but today I choose to start with brief conditions and three lessons we...
Izzy Risitano
Jan 29, 20234 min read


From Across The Pond - Red Hill & Mt. Rowe | 1/10/23
Last night I faced the problem that we all do after coming back from a 4-hour round trip drive to a hike, “do I seriously have to do this...
Izzy Risitano
Jan 10, 20233 min read


Cobble Hill & Cooley Jericho Road Trails | 1/9/23
Today’s hike was more of a necessity than a pleasure, which is something I think I have yet to say along a whole 35% of all the trails in...
Izzy Risitano
Jan 9, 20233 min read


Kinsmans, Bald Mountain, Kinsman Flume | 12/22/22
Last May, when I went after the Cannon Balls, I ran into a colorfully dressed woman with a great attitude. For anyone who regularly does...
Izzy Risitano
Dec 24, 20223 min read


Waterville Valley. Tri-Town - Yellow Jacket Snow's Mountain (attempt) | 12/20/22
Still frazzled after going from the most stressful week of the year to a standstill as the semester came to a close, I knew I needed to...
Izzy Risitano
Dec 21, 20224 min read


Smarts via Daniel Doan & J Trail
After not being able to get out together over my thanksgiving break, Liz and I made it a priority to get out on the first weekend of...
Izzy Risitano
Dec 4, 20222 min read


South & Middle Moat | 11/6/22
A couple of weeks ago my friend and co-instructor Maeve had reached out about a camping trip and as interested as I was, I knew it was...
Izzy Risitano
Nov 6, 20223 min read


Mount Mansfield & Rodger's Ledge | Halloweekend 2022!
Despite committing to a series of post-bedtime events on Halloweekend, I had still planned on hiking Saturday and Sunday because I knew...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 31, 20224 min read


Square Ledge & Passaconaway | 10/16/22
After breakfast at the Miss Lyndonville Diner, Michelle went back to Boston, and Ryan and I made our way to the 112. Though we ached to...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 17, 20223 min read
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