2016 Hiking Log
This year's distance hiked: 302.30 miles (6.87 miles average)
This year's elevation gained: 91570.00 feet (2081.14 feet average)
Dec 31, 2016 : Smarts Brook XC
| Trails: | Yellow Jacket, Smarts Brook |
| Distance: | 3.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 383 feet |
| People: | Chris, Kaitlyn |
Dec 21, 2016 : Mt. Pierce
| Major peaks: | Pierce |
| Trails: | Crawford Path, Webster Cliff |
| Distance: | 5.64 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2396 feet |
| People: | Kaitlyn |
Dec 4, 2016 : Mount Cube
| Major peaks: | Cube |
| Trails: | Cross-Rivendell |
| Distance: | 3.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1360 feet |
| People: | Chris, Kaitlyn, Lon |
Nov 23, 2016 : North Uncanoonuc
| Major peaks: | North Uncanoonuc |
| Trails: | Class 6 road, Blue, White Dot, Red Dot, Class 6 Road |
| Distance: | 1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 474 feet |
Nov 19, 2016 : Pack Monadnock
| Major peaks: | Pack Monadnock |
| Trails: | Raymond, Summit Loop |
| Distance: | 3.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 890 feet |
Nov 06, 2016 : Tom
| Major peaks: | Tom |
| Trails: | Monadnock-Metacomet |
| Distance: | 2.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 755 feet |
Tons of radio towers and graffiti on the summit - not a pleasant place to be. I planned on activating it but lost interest when I got up there.
Nov 06, 2016 : Norwottuck
| Major peaks: | Norwottuck |
| Trails: | Monadnock-Metacomet |
| Distance: | 2.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 677 feet |
Nov 05, 2016 : Gunstock and Belknap
| Major peaks: | Gunstock, Belknap |
| Trails: | Brook, Saddle, Blue, East Gilford, Round Pond |
| Distance: | 7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1700 feet |
| People: | Sharon |
Oct 30, 2016 : Little Monadnock
| Major peaks: | Little Monadnock |
| Trails: | Rhododendron Loop, Little Monadnock, Metacomet-Monadnock |
| Distance: | 2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 700 feet |
| People: | Sean |
Excellent first real HF SOTA activation
Oct 16, 2016 : Sugarloaf Range
| Major peaks: | Abraham, Spaulding, Sugarloaf |
| Trails: | Firewarden's, Mt. Abraham, Appalachian Trail, ski trails |
| Distance: | 12.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4611 feet |
| People: | Rik |
This completes the New England 4000ers. From the time the Firewarden’s Trail breaks tree line (very far down) to the summit of Abraham was the highlight of this hike. We also made a bunch of SOTA contacts from each peak including S2S with Mt. Washington.
Oct 8, 2016 : Tecumseh
| Major peaks: | Tecumseh |
| Trails: | Mt. Tecumseh |
| Distance: | 6.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2545 feet |
| People: | Lon |
Very fast hike before lunch.
Sep 24, 2016 - Sep 25, 2016 : Mahoosuc Trail
| Major peaks: | Hayes, Cascade |
| Trails: | Centennial, Mahoosuc, Trident Col Spur, Mahoosuc, Peabody Brook, Giant Falls Spur, Peabody Brook |
| Distance: | 12.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4050 feet |
| People: | Kaitlyn, Lon |
Spent a very cold night at Trident Col tentsite and then hiked out in a hurry on Sunday morning to avoid race traffic.
Aug 26, 2016 : Hat Mountain
| Major peaks: | Hat Mountain |
| Trails: | Echo Lake/Twin Lakes, Bear Lakes, bushwhack |
| Distance: | 6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1086 feet |
First SOTA activation of this cinder cone just a little ways off the trail. It was very steep at the end. I talked mostly to people doing NPOTA from Summit Lake Campground just below me.
Aug 25, 2016 : Bumpass Hell
| Trails: | Bumpass Hell |
| Distance: | 2.97 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 735 feet |
| People: | Linda, Lon, Sarah |
Photo album
Aug 25, 2016 : Lassen Peak
| Major peaks: | Lassen |
| Trails: | Lassen Peak |
| Distance: | 4.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2065 feet |
| People: | Lon |
Photo album
Aug 21, 2016 - Aug 23, 2016 : Lassen NP
| Major peaks: | Crater Butte, Cinder Cone |
| Trails: | Echo Lake-Twin Lakes, Summit Lake to Corral Meadow, Kings Creek, Grassy Swale, PCT, Rainbow Lake to Nobles, Rainbow Lake, Butte Lake to Snag Lake, Cinder Cone, Butte Lake to Snag Lake |
| Distance: | 18.85 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3228 feet |
| People: | Lon, Sarah |
Backpack from Summit Lake to Butte Lake with camping at Swan Lake and Snag Lake, and a SOTA activation of Crater Butte.
Photo album
Aug 7, 2016 : Tripyramids and Sleepers
| Major peaks: | North Tripyramid, Middle Tripyramid, South Tripyramid, West Sleeper, East Sleeper |
| Trails: | Sabbaday Brook, Mt. Tripyramid, Kate Sleeper, Downes Brook |
| Distance: | 14.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3800 feet |
Some idiot has painted mile markers on rocks all the way up Sabbaday Brook. Kate Sleeper is an interesting trail with huge blowdown patches east of East Sleeper. Downes Brook is very rocky and annoying up top, and then flat and boring at the bottom with lots of river crossings.
Jul 30, 2016 : Brothers
| Major peaks: | Coe, South Brother, North Brother, Fort |
| Trails: | Marston, South Brother, Marston, North Brother, bushwhack, North Brother, Marston |
| Distance: | 11.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4540 feet |
| People: | Rik |
We did the loop counterclockwise going up the Coe slide, over the Brothers, and bushwhacking out to Fort. The bushwhack had a well defined herd path all the way except for the deepest part of the col, but it was still very slow going. Great views from all summits and from the slide.
Photo album
Jul 24, 2016 : Temple Blueberries
| Trails: | Beebe, Wapack |
| Distance: | 2.75 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 732 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Hike to the stone furniture to pick blueberries
Jul 16, 2016 : Carter Dome
| Major peaks: | Carter Dome |
| Trails: | Bog Brook, Wild River, Rainbow, Carter-Moriah, Nineteen Mile Brook, Wildcat River, Bog Brook |
| Distance: | 11.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3274 feet |
| People: | Rik |
Jun 25, 2016 - Jun 26, 2016 : 13 Falls
| Trails: | Lincoln Woods, Franconia Brook, Garfield Ridge, Twin Brook, Franconia Brook, Lincoln Woods |
| Distance: | 23 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3200 feet |
| People: | Rik, Sarah |
Sarah and I backpacked to 13 Falls, Rik went over Garfield to his car. The next day, I did a loop around Garfield Ridge.
Jun 18, 2016 : Crockers and Redington
| Major peaks: | South Crocker, North Crocker, South Crocker, Redington |
| Trails: | AT, bushwhack, logging roads |
| Distance: | 10.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3500 feet |
The bushwhack to and from Redington is very well marked with tape, and is very worn anyway. It would be hard to lose.
Jun 07, 2016 : Watatic
| Major peaks: | Watatic |
| Trails: | Wapack |
| Distance: | 2.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 600 feet |
| People: | Sean |
May 31, 2016 : Bigelows
| Major peaks: | Avery, West Bigelow, South Horn |
| Trails: | Firewarden, AT, Horns Pond, Firewarden |
| Distance: | 12.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3833 feet |
Photo album
May 26, 2016 : Cannon
| Major peaks: | Cannon |
| Trails: | Kinsman Ridge |
| Distance: | 4.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2100 feet |
| People: | Rik, Sarah Burke |
May 14, 2016 : Cardigan
| Major peaks: | Firescrew, Cardigan |
| Trails: | Manning, Mowglis, Clark, Holt-Clark Cutoff, Holt, Manning |
| Distance: | 5.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1900 feet |
| People: | Jay, Sean, etc. |
Bugs are now out in force
May 14, 2016 : Mt. Cilley
| Major peaks: | Cilley |
| Trails: | Snowmobile path, bushwhack |
| Distance: | 3.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 890 feet |
| People: | Sean |
First activation of this peak, though it took forever
Apr 24, 2016 : Waterville Valley
| Trails: | Livermore Road, Greely Ponds, Goodrich Rock, Greely Ponds, Timber Camp, Greely Ponds, Livermore Road |
| Distance: | 12 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2600 feet |
Lots of cool stuff on this hike - Goodrick Rock and boulders, the trail work and remoteness on Greely Ponds, and an overlook bench after following an unofficial trail past the highest point on the Timber Camp trail.
Apr 23, 2016 : Mt. Shaw
| Major peaks: | Shaw, Black Snout, Tate |
| Trails: | Shaw, Black Snout, High Ridge, Black Snout, Italian, Shaw |
| Distance: | 7.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2500 feet |
The Shaw trail is really annoying to follow in the first mile and I didn’t really like it at all. The way down was much nicer.
Apr 20, 2016 : Gap Mountain
| Major peaks: | Gap Mountain |
| Trails: | Metacomet-Monadnock |
| Distance: | 3.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 800 feet |
Apr 20, 2016 : Little Monadnock
| Major peaks: | Little Monadnock |
| Trails: | Rhododendron Loop, Little Monadnock, Metacomet-Monadnock |
| Distance: | 2.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 700 feet |
Apr 10, 2016 : Monadnock
| Major peaks: | Monadnock |
| Trails: | White Dot, White Cross, White Dot |
| Distance: | 3.64 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1800 feet |
Mount Washington was easily visible from the summit today.
Apr 09, 2016 : Carr Mountain
| Major peaks: | Carr |
| Trails: | Three Ponds, Carr Mountain, bushwhack, Three Ponds |
| Distance: | 7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2279 feet |
Had to bushwhack to avoid re-crossing the brook on the way out.
Apr 09, 2016 : Stinson
| Major peaks: | Stinson |
| Trails: | Stinson Mountain |
| Distance: | 3.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1387 feet |
Mar 31, 2016 : North Pack Monadnock
| Major peaks: | North Pack Monadnock |
| Trails: | Wapack |
| Distance: | 3.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 950 feet |
Successful test of portable HF gear for SOTA
Mar 26, 2016 : Chocorua
| Major peaks: | Bald Mountain, Chocorua |
| Trails: | Hammond, Liberty, Piper |
| Distance: | 8.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3178 feet |
Mar 20, 2016 : Mt. Clough
| Major peaks: | Clough |
| Distance: | 6.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2200 feet |
| People: | Tim |
Bushwhack from Long Pond Road, first SOTA activation of this peak
Mar 05, 2016 : Mt. Flume and Liberty
| Major peaks: | Flume, Liberty |
| Trails: | Lincoln Woods, Osseo, Franconia Ridge, Liberty Spring, Whitehouse |
| Distance: | 10.63 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3973 feet |
| People: | Sharon |
Feb 28, 2016 : Mt. Moriah
| Major peaks: | Moriah |
| Trails: | Stony Brook, Carter-Moriah |
| Distance: | 9.07 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3451 feet |
| People: | Rik, Tim |
Trails were even icier than yesterday. Crampons were required for the way down.
Feb 27, 2016 : Boulder Loop
| Trails: | Boulder Loop |
| Distance: | 2.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1048 feet |
Trail was entirely ice. There’s very little snow cover anywhere.
Feb 21, 2016 : Mt. Israel
| Major peaks: | Israel |
| Trails: | Wentworth |
| Distance: | 4.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1879 feet |
| People: | Sean |
Feb 06, 2016 : Willey Range
| Major peaks: | Avalon, Field, Tom |
| Trails: | Avalon, Willey Range, Tom Spur, A-Z, Avalon |
| Distance: | 7.45 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3019 feet |
| People: | Kaitlyn |
Jan 21, 2016 : Mt. Cabot
| Major peaks: | Cabot |
| Trails: | York Pond, Bunnell Notch, Kilkenny Ridge |
| Distance: | 9.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3082 feet |
| People: | Rik |
This was the only hike I used snowshoes on this winter.
Jan 17, 2016 : Temple
| Major peaks: | Temple |
| Trails: | Wapack, Beebe |
| Distance: | 3.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 700 feet |
| People: | Sean |