2023 Hiking Log
This year's distance hiked: 274.34 miles (5.84 miles average)
This year's elevation gained: 77302.00 feet (1644.72 feet average)
Dec 31 : Whitehorse
| Major peaks: | Whitehorse |
| Trails: | Yellow, Bryce Path Link, Bryce Path, White Horse Ledge |
| Distance: | 3.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 975 feet |
| People: | Lon |
This was supposed to be a hike of Old Speck, but the road was closed. Then I tried to hike Pine Mountain in Gorham, but couldn’t find where to park. I fell back on White Horse and
got my 52nd SOTA activation of the year.
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Dec 24 : Stinson
| Major peaks: | Stinson |
| Trails: | Stinson Mountain, snowmobile trail, Stinson Mountain |
| Distance: | 4.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1206 feet |
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Dec 20 : Temple
| Major peaks: | Temple |
| Trails: | Beebe, Wapack |
| Distance: | 4.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 773 feet |
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Dec 16 : Black Mountain
| Major peaks: | Black |
| Trails: | Black Mountain |
| Distance: | 4.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1272 feet |
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Dec 1 : Israel
| Major peaks: | Israel |
| Trails: | Wentworth |
| Distance: | 4.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1781 feet |
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Nov 26 : Parker
| Major peaks: | Parker |
| Trails: | Spencer Smith |
| Distance: | 2.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 545 feet |
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Nov 26 : Blue Job
| Major peaks: | Blue Job |
| Trails: | Fire tower loop |
| Distance: | 1.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 359 feet |
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Nov 26 : Copple Crown
| Major peaks: | Copple Crown |
| Trails: | Herd path, Copple Crown |
| Distance: | 0.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 375 feet |
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Nov 23 : Mount Prospect
| Major peaks: | Mount Prospect |
| Trails: | Mount Prospect |
| Distance: | 3.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1009 feet |
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Nov 19 : Ossipee Hill
| Major peaks: | Ossipee Hill |
| Trails: | Roads |
| Distance: | 3.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 670 feet |
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Nov 19 : Fort Ridge
| Major peaks: | Fort Ridge |
| Trails: | Unnamed trails |
| Distance: | 1.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 279 feet |
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Nov 11 : Frissell
| Major peaks: | Round Mountain, Mount Frissell |
| Trails: | Mount Frissell |
| Distance: | 2.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 851 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
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Nov 5 : Royces
| Major peaks: | East Royce, West Royce |
| Trails: | Burnt Mill Brook, Royce, Royce Connector, East Royce, Royce Connector, Royce, Basin Rim, Basin, Basin Spur, Basin |
| Distance: | 11.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3156 feet |
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Oct 28 : Lovewell
| Major peaks: | Lovewell |
| Trails: | Roads, Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, Roads |
| Distance: | 4.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1053 feet |
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Oct 22 : Amherst
| Trails: | Bicentennial, Arnold Loop, Arnold, Lorden, Hemlock |
| Distance: | 5.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 593 feet |
Oct 13 : Bristlecones
| Trails: | Bristlecone and Glacier, Alpine Lakes Loop, Bristlecone and Glacier |
| Distance: | 3.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 683 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Hiked to see the bristlecone pine grove and Teresa Lake in Great Basin NP.
Oct 4 : Rim to river
| Trails: | Bright Angel |
| Distance: | 16.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4468 feet |
| People: | Lon, Christina |
Hike from the south rim of the Grand Canyon to the Colorado River and back in about 7.5 hours. We were supposed to do rim to rim, but the logistics were annoying so we just decided to
to the big out and back hike instead.
Oct 1 : Summit
| Major peaks: | Summt Mountain |
| Trails: | Road |
| Distance: | 3.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 530 feet |
I thought this was a drive up SOTA peak, but the road was in poor shape so I ended up hiking it.
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Sep 23 : Rose
| Major peaks: | Rose |
| Trails: | Helen's, snowmobile paths |
| Distance: | 4.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 666 feet |
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Sep 21 : Monadnock
| Major peaks: | Monadnock |
| Trails: | White Dot, White Cross, White Dot |
| Distance: | 4.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1760 feet |
| People: | Lon |
After work hike to Monadnock, with headlamps the whole way down.
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Sep 2 : Temple
| Major peaks: | Temple |
| Trails: | Berry Pasture, Wapack |
| Distance: | 4.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1135 feet |
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Aug 19 : Whiteface & Passaconaway
| Major peaks: | Whiteface, Passaconaway |
| Trails: | Blueberry Ledge, Blueberry Ledge Cutoff, Blueberry Ledge, Rollins, Walden, Wonalancet Range, Shortcut, Wonalancet Range |
| Distance: | 12.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4096 feet |
Wet, cold, and muddy up high, warm and sunny off the summits. Kind of a miserable hike, really.
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Aug 6 : Kearsarge
| Major peaks: | Kearsarge |
| Trails: | Rollins |
| Distance: | 1.04 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 346 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Hike up Kearsarge to do a 23cm-only activation for SOTA at the same time as a contest.
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Jul 30 : Sandwich Dome
| Major peaks: | Sandwich Dome |
| Trails: | Algonquin |
| Distance: | 8.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2919 feet |
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Jul 20 : Mount Adams
| Major peaks: | Adams |
| Trails: | Brookbank, Valley Way, Brookside, Inlook, Kelton, Brookside, Watson Path, Lower Bruin, Valley Way, Star Lake, Israel Ridge, Randolph Path, Cliffway, Monaway, Amphibrach, The Link, Air Line |
| Distance: | 12.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4615 feet |
A long, big hike on a lot of lesser known trails on Mt. Adams. Weather was all over the place.
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Jul 1 : Mount Shaw
| Major peaks: | Tate, Black Snout, Mount Shaw |
| Trails: | Mount Shaw, Italian, Black Snout, High Ridge, Black Snout, Mount Shaw |
| Distance: | 8.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2539 feet |
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Jun 4 : Mount Hale
| Major peaks: | Mount Hale |
| Trails: | Hale Brook |
| Distance: | 4.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2244 feet |
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Jun 3 : Cole Hill
| Major peaks: | Cole Hill |
| Trails: | Blue, Red, Cole Hill Summit, Blue |
| Distance: | 4.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1164 feet |
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May 27 : Putnam
| Major peaks: | Mount Putnam, Stowe Pinnacle |
| Trails: | Stowe Pinnacle, Hogback |
| Distance: | 6.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2668 feet |
Finally got to P200 on this hike. Surprisingly steep.
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May 21 : Twin & Sugarloaf
| Major peaks: | Twin, Sugarloaf |
| Trails: | Pecoy Notch, Devil's Path |
| Distance: | 7.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2770 feet |
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May 20 : West Kill
| Major peaks: | West Kill |
| Trails: | Diamond Notch, Devil's Path |
| Distance: | 6.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1950 feet |
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May 14 : Mount Snow
| Major peaks: | Mount Snow |
| Trails: | Haystack Mountain, Deerfield Ridge |
| Distance: | 11.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2088 feet |
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May 9 : Graham
| Major peaks: | Graham |
| Trails: | Road |
| Distance: | 9.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1600 feet |
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May 8 : Chiricahua
| Major peaks: | Chiricahua |
| Trails: | Road, Long Park, Crest, Chiricahua Peak |
| Distance: | 11.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1779 feet |
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May 7 : Miller
| Major peaks: | Miller, Carr |
| Trails: | Carr Peak, Crest, Miller Peak, Crest, Carr Peak, Carr Peak Spur, Carr Peak |
| Distance: | 12.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3292 feet |
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Apr 29 : Sunapee
| Major peaks: | Sunapee |
| Trails: | Summit |
| Distance: | 5.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1456 feet |
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Apr 22 : North Pack & Pack Monadnock
| Major peaks: | North Pack Monadnock, Pack Monadnock |
| Trails: | Wapack, Red Spot, Wapack, Cliff, Wapack |
| Distance: | 8.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2190 feet |
Apr 2 : Fort
| Major peaks: | Fort |
| Trails: | Road |
| Distance: | 2.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 624 feet |
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Apr 2 : Pawtuckaway
| Major peaks: | Pawtuckaway |
| Trails: | North Mountain |
| Distance: | 3.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 594 feet |
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Mar 19 : Joe English Hill
| Major peaks: | Joe English Hill |
| Trails: | Roads |
| Distance: | 1.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 451 feet |
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Mar 19 : North Uncanoonuc
| Major peaks: | North Uncanoonuc |
| Trails: | Class 6 road, Blue |
| Distance: | 1.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 444 feet |
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Mar 11 : Mansfield
| Major peaks: | Mansfield |
| Trails: | Butler Lodge, Wampahoofus, Maple Ridge, Long Trail, Sunset Ridge |
| Distance: | 8.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3116 feet |
| People: | Lon |
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Feb 19 : Camels Hump
| Major peaks: | Camels Hump |
| Trails: | Burrows, Long Trail |
| Distance: | 4.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2270 feet |
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Feb 12 : Welch & Dickey
| Major peaks: | Welch, Dickey |
| Trails: | Welch-Dickey Loop |
| Distance: | 4.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1776 feet |
| People: | Lon |
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Feb 5 : Killington
| Major peaks: | Killington |
| Trails: | Bucklin, Long Trail, Killington spur |
| Distance: | 8.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2628 feet |
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Jan 14 : Pack Monadnock
| Major peaks: | Pack Monadnock |
| Trails: | Raymond |
| Distance: | 3.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 954 feet |
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Jan 8 : Mount Ellen
| Major peaks: | Ellen |
| Trails: | Jerusalem, Long Trail |
| Distance: | 8.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2590 feet |
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