2013 Hiking Log
This year's distance hiked: 316.60 miles (9.59 miles average)
This year's elevation gained: 87536.00 feet (2652.61 feet average)
Dec 27, 2013 : Mt. Pierce and Eisenhower
| Major peaks: | Pierce, Eisenhower |
| Trails: | Crawford Path, Webster Cliff, Crawford Path, Mt. Eisenhower Loop |
| Distance: | 9.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3250 feet |
| People: | Rik |
Lots of wind and blown snow on the summit of Eisenhower, with limited visibility
Dec 08, 2013 : Mt. Passaconaway
| Major peaks: | Passaconaway |
| Trails: | Old Mast Road, Wonalancet Range, Cutoff, Wonalancet Range, Walden, Dicey's Mill |
| Distance: | 9.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3300 feet |
Saw a moose with calf on the lower part of Dicey’s Mill. Lots of ice along the ridge.
| Major peaks: | West Rattlesnake, East Rattlesnake |
| Trails: | Old Bridle Path, Ridge, Col, Ridge, East Rattlesnake |
| Distance: | 4.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1000 feet |
I accidentally took Sarah’s insulated boots instead of mine (they look the same) so I hiked the whole time with way too small boots. Because of this, I had to cut my Rattlesnake redlining very short. This was really unpleasant.
| Major peaks: | Middle Carter, North Carter |
| Trails: | Imp, North Carter, Carter-Moriah, North Carter, Imp |
| Distance: | 10.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3600 feet |
| People: | Rik |
Oct 19, 2013 - Oct 20, 2013 : Flat Mountain Pond
| Trails: | Flat Mountain Pond |
| Distance: | 10.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1250 feet |
| People: | Alex, James, Katie, Linda, Lon, Rae, Sarah |
Backpack to Flat Mountain Pond Shelter. Saw a bear along Flat Mountain Pond Trail.
| Major peaks: | Stratton |
| Trails: | Long Trail |
| Distance: | 7.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1706 feet |
| Trails: | Three Ponds, Mount Kineo, Donkey Hill Cutoff, Three Ponds |
| Distance: | 5.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 600 feet |
| People: | Sarah, Sarah's mom |
| Major peaks: | Moriah, Shelburne Moriah |
| Trails: | Rattle River, Kenduskeag, Carter-Moriah, Kenduskeag, Rattle River |
| Distance: | 13.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4200 feet |
There are a ton of bog bridges along the Kenduskeag trail. Shelburne Moriah might just be the finest summit on the entire ridge, but it’s out of the way so not many people go there.
| Major peaks: | Monadnock |
| Trails: | White Dot, Cascade Link, Spellman, Pumpelly, Smith Summit, Amphitheater, Smith Connecting, Lost Farm, Parker |
| Distance: | 5.8 miles |
Sep 04, 2013 - Sep 06, 2013 : Grand Teton
| Major peaks: | Grand Teton |
| Trails: | Amphitheater Lake, Garnet Canyon, herd paths |
| Distance: | 10.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 7030 feet |
| People: | Lon |
Lupine Meadows to the Meadows on day 1, to the Moraine on day 2, to the summit and back via Owen-Spaulding on day 3. O-S climbing is not very exciting, but the location and exposure is fantastic. The approach to the upper saddle was also interesting. Lots of scrambling.
Aug 29, 2013 - Sep 01, 2013 : Bechler River Backpack
| Trails: | Lone Star, Shoshone Lake, Bechler River, Bechler Meadows |
| Distance: | 34.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2050 feet |
| People: | Linda, Lon, Sarah |
Backpack from OK1 to 9K1 in Yellowstone, with stops at Lone Star Geyser and Shoshone Geyser Basin.
Aug 26, 2013 : Drinking Horse Mountain
| Major peaks: | Drinking Horse Mountain |
| Trails: | Drinking Horse |
| Distance: | 2.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 640 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Good, short acclimation hike with a nice view at the top.
| Major peaks: | Jefferson |
| Trails: | Caps Ridge, The Cornice, Gulfside, Jefferson Loop, Six Husbands, Gulfside, Six Husbands, Edmands Cutoff, Randolph Path, Gulfside, Israel Ridge, Randolph Path, The Cornice, Caps Ridge |
| Distance: | 7.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3300 feet |
Lots of Mt. Jefferson redlining today. The Cornice between Caps Ridge and the Gulfside is very nice, and the Edmands Cutoff is a very wild trail. The Cornice between Randolph Path and Caps Ridge is an awful trail that I never need to hike again and seems to go on forever.
Jul 31, 2013 - Aug 01, 2013 : Great Gulf
| Major peaks: | Washington |
| Trails: | Great Gulf, Gulfside, Trinity Heights Connector, Crawford Path, Westside, Gulfside, Sphinx, Great Gulf |
| Distance: | 17.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 5300 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
This has been on the todo list for an awful long time. We camped at Clam Rock and the next day, I went to the summit and came back down the Sphinx Trail to meet Sarah. This is one of the best loops I’ve ever done in the Whites. I was also able to get a little redlining on the Westside Trail done due to getting such an early start.
Jul 28, 2013 : Pack Monadnocks
| Major peaks: | North Pack Monadnock, Pack Monadnock |
| Trails: | Wapack, Cliff, Wapack |
| Distance: | 8.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2250 feet |
| Major peaks: | Liberty |
| Trails: | Liberty Spring, Franconia Ridge |
| Distance: | 9.86 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3700 feet |
Brushed out the first mile of FRT north of Liberty Spring junction.
Jun 22, 2013 - Jun 23, 2013 : Sawyer Pond
| Trails: | Sawyer River, Sawyer Pond |
| Distance: | 10.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1043 feet |
| People: | Alex, Linda, Lon |
We meant to hike a loop out to the other end of Sawyer Pond, but Lon and I screwed up the key exchange so we had to do this as an out and back. It absolutely poured most of the trip despite the forecast.
| Major peaks: | Tecumseh |
| Trails: | Mt. Tecumseh, Sosman, Mt. Tecumseh |
| Distance: | 6.03 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2453 feet |
I felt like hiking a 4k but not like driving very far, so I just packed up in the late morning and ran up to Tecumseh.
Jun 01, 2013 : Coppermine Falls
| Trails: | Coppermine Trail |
| Distance: | 5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 957 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
| Trails: | Pemi, Basin-Cascades, Cascade Brook, Fishin' Jimmy, Cascade Brook, Lonesome Lake, Pemi |
| Distance: | 5.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1369 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Sarah really enjoyed all the waterfalls on Basin-Cascades and Cascade Brook. Taking the Pemi trail back instead of getting a ride was her idea.
| Major peaks: | Black Cap |
| Trails: | Black Cap, Black Cap Connector, Black Cap |
| Distance: | 2.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 721 feet |
| People: | Lon, Sarah |
Nice little mountain. This was a backup plan for Acadia, due to weather.
| Trails: | Old Mast Road, Lawrence, Old Paugus, Bee Line, Bee Line Cutoff, Bolles, Bickford |
| Distance: | 9.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3213 feet |
Apr 28, 2013 : Welch and Dickey
| Major peaks: | Welch, Dickey |
| Trails: | Welch-Dickey Loop |
| Distance: | 4.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1900 feet |
| People: | Aiyana, Erik, Jay, Lise, Lon |
| Major peaks: | Pack Monadnock |
| Trails: | Wapack, Marion Davis |
| Distance: | 2.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 900 feet |
| People: | Aiyana, Catherine, Erik, Linda, Lon |
| Major peaks: | Camel's Hump |
| Trails: | Monroe, Long Trail |
| Distance: | 7.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2500 feet |
| People: | Aiyana, Erik, Rik |
This finishes up the VT 4ks. View extended to Mt. Marcy and all the highest Whites.
| Major peaks: | Carrigain |
| Trails: | Signal Ridge |
| Distance: | 14 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3900 feet |
| People: | Rik |
Hundred mile views to VT, Ragged, etc. This is the last of the winter NH 4ks.
Mar 09, 2013 - Mar 10, 2013 : Zealand and Bonds
| Major peaks: | Zealand, Guyot, West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff |
| Trails: | Zealand, Twinway, Zealand spur, Twinway, Bondcliff, West Bond Spur, Bondcliff, Lincoln Woods |
| Distance: | 23.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 5133 feet |
| People: | Rik, Sarah |
Stayed overnight at Zealand Falls. Sarah hiked back out to the car and met us at Lincoln Woods.
Mar 02, 2013 : Mt. Carrigain Attempt
| Trails: | Signal Ridge |
| Distance: | 12 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3150 feet |
| People: | Rik |
Did not summit due to too much trail breaking and too slow a pace, despite meeting with a large group.
| Major peaks: | Hale |
| Trails: | North Twin, Firewarden's |
| Distance: | 9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2550 feet |
| People: | Rik |
Feb 10, 2013 : Welch and Dickey
| Major peaks: | Welch, Dickey |
| Trails: | Welch-Dickey Loop |
| Distance: | 4.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1900 feet |
| People: | Tim |
| Major peaks: | Cabot |
| Trails: | York Pond, Bunnell Notch, Kilkenny Ridge |
| Distance: | 9.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3082 feet |
Jan 13, 2013 : Mt. Madison and Adams
| Major peaks: | Madison, Adams |
| Trails: | Valley Way, Osgood, Gulfside, Air Line |
| Distance: | 10.46 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 5244 feet |
| People: | Tim |
This hike felt really good, especially coming down the snowfields on Adams back to the Air Line. Taking that trail all the way back was pretty tedious though.
| Major peaks: | North Kinsman, South Kinsman, NE Cannonball |
| Trails: | Lonesome Lake, Cascade Brook, Fishin' Jimmy, Kinsman Ridge, Lonesome Lake |
| Distance: | 11.15 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4345 feet |
| People: | Tim |
I finally got the Kinsmans in the winter after years of hitting them just outside the season.