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The COOLEST Cave in VT - Lake Mansfield & Clara Bow | 11/16/24
I have visited Nebraska Notch 7 times since freshman year, yet I always wondered what "Clara Bow Trail (Rough)" would entail. As I was...
Izzy Risitano
Nov 16, 20244 min read
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Jay Pass - South Gilpin - Domey's Dome - Buchanan - Hazen's Notch | 10/5 - 10/6/24
Since I've had my Long Trail map, I've gotten a chuckle from a northern peak called "Domey's Dome." Just a stone's throw from Canada,...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 7, 20244 min read
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Mount Belvidere via Forester's & Frank Post Trail | 9/29/24
Mount Belvidere has recently become my favorite peak in Vermont. Since hiking the 3300-footer twice this week, most recently the...
Izzy Risitano
Sep 29, 20244 min read
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Skylight Pond Photo Journal
For this year's Mountain Leader Course trainings, I again returned to Skylight Pond trail with the 2023 group. To get a better hold on...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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Round Top Shelter: Part Two
Many months ago, I sat down for a meeting to coordinate the 2023 Mountain Leader Course for the Adventure Sports Center at Saint Mike’s....
Izzy Risitano
Aug 30, 20233 min read
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Mt. Pisgah Mini Report | 3/24/23
I have attempted to visit Lake Willoughby on a clear day four times now. The first, in a rain storm, the second a low cloud ceiling, then...
Izzy Risitano
Mar 24, 20232 min read
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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
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The Best Way to do Wilson and Breadloaf | 10/8/22 - 10/9/22
I had committed to leading a handful of Mountain Leader Course trips for my college this fall and some of those happened to be...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 10, 20225 min read
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Mendon Peak (Bushwhack) | 9/5/22
Rounding the corner on sixty-something of my Hundred Highest, I still wasn’t any less scared of bushwhacks than I was when I decided to...
Izzy Risitano
Sep 5, 20224 min read
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Sterling Pond & Spruce Peak | 9/3/22
Today was a rare hike. Not because of the terrain or the company, but because I walked more miles last night when I went out with...
Izzy Risitano
Sep 3, 20223 min read
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Mount Abraham | 5/10/22
In a strong effort to procrastinate studying for finals, I decided it would be a great idea to do a 4K during finals week the day before...
Izzy Risitano
May 23, 20222 min read
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Round Top Shelter via the Long Trail
With the end of my first year of college approaching far more rapidly than I would like, I had been sure to make note of bucket list...
Izzy Risitano
May 1, 20223 min read
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