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Whiteface and Passaconaway
On September 25, 2013, a day that promised to be cloudy but rain free, Margot, Hunter, and I and Grannies Barbara Duncan and Dan Brand set out from the trailhead parking area at Ferncroft to climb Mts....
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The Carters
Hoping to get above what appeared to be a substantial undercast, Kathy, Lily, Judy, Hunter, Maddie(Judy’s dog), and I headed up the Nineteen Mile Brook Trail on October 13, 2013 to climb Carter Dome...
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Owl’s Head
Owl’s Head lies deep in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, situated between the Bonds on the east and Franconia Ridge on the west. Relatively low in elevation, its summit is only 25 feet above 4000 feet...
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Moriah
My quest to complete the 4000ers begins anew! Memorial Day weekend 2014 is here and I feel the urge to get going. On May 24, a showery and cool day, Betsy and her husband John, Lily and her friend...
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Jackson in the Fog
June 18, 2014, was forecast to be a sunny day after an early morning shower, and, as the sun began to shine in Lyme, the decision to climb Mt. Jackson seemed reasonable to me. The hike up Jackson is...
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The Willey Range
On Sunday, June 22, 2014 Margot, Betsy, Hunter, and I set out to climb the three peaks, Mounts Tom, Willey, and Field, that comprise the Willey Range and form the western flank of Crawford Notch. The...
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Liberty and Flume
As the valley fog burned off on the morning of June 27, 2014, Hunter and I accompanied by Granite Grannies Barbara Duncan, Steve Flanders, Lili, Erland Schulson, and Skip Sturman set out to climb Mts....
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Carrigain
Mt. Carrigain is the highest mountain on the southern periphery of the Pemigewasset Wilderness and commands a wide view from the observation platform on its summit. However, the hike to the summit...
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Washington and Monroe
You have to have some assurance that the weather will be warm, precipitation free, and not too windy to enjoy hiking to the tops of the higher summits of the Presidential Range, especially Mount...
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The Twins and Galehead
On the partly cloudy morning of July 24, 2014, Kathy Maddock, Rob Bradlee, Hunter, and I, joined Granite Grannies Steve Flanders, Lili, and Kathy Richmond, to climb the Twin Mountains via the North...
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