2025 Hiking Log
This year's distance hiked: 262.62 miles (5.25 miles average)
This year's elevation gained: 66570.00 feet (1331.40 feet average)
Nov 23: Green
| Major peaks: | Green |
| Trails: | Deerborn |
| Distance: | 3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1314 feet |
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Nov 16: Crotched
| Major peaks: | Crotched |
| Trails: | Gregg, Shannon's, Lower Link, Summit West, Upper Link, Peak, Orange Dot, Shannon's |
| Distance: | 4.75 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1167 feet |
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Nov 15: Skatutakee
| Major peaks: | Skatutakee, Thumb |
| Trails: | Harriskat, Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down, Harriskat |
| Distance: | 4.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 882 feet |
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Oct 19 : Mount Blue
| Major peaks: | Mount Blue |
| Trails: | Mount Blue |
| Distance: | 3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1760 feet |
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Oct 18 : Kibby
| Major peaks: | Kibby |
| Trails: | Old road |
| Distance: | 5.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1202 feet |
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Oct 17 : Coburn
| Major peaks: | Coburn |
| Trails: | Snowmobile trails |
| Distance: | 3.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1274 feet |
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Oct 16 : Moxie
| Major peaks: | Moxie |
| Trails: | Road, West |
| Distance: | 3.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1623 feet |
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Oct 5 : Prospect
| Major peaks: | Prospect |
| Trails: | Road, Old Carriage Road, Around the Mountain, Davidge, Around the Mountain |
| Distance: | 7.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1438 feet |
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Oct 4 : Garfield Falls
| Trails: | Garfield Falls |
| Distance: | 1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 160 feet |
Oct 4 : Magalloway
| Major peaks: | Magalloway |
| Trails: | Coot, Overlook, Spring, Bobcat |
| Distance: | 2.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 882 feet |
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Oct 3 : Table Rock
| Major peaks: | Table Rock |
| Trails: | Huntingtton Falls, Three Brothers, Table Rock, Road |
| Distance: | 3.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1092 feet |
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Oct 3 : Diamond Peaks
| Major peaks: | Diamond Peaks |
| Trails: | Diamond Peaks |
| Distance: | 2.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 637 feet |
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Sep 7 : Star Peak
| Major peaks: | Star Peak |
| Trails: | Road |
| Distance: | 11.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4105 feet |
A long, full sun, kind of crummy hike up a gravel road to the top of Star Peak, which is the only ultra I managed to plan this year. I parked at the old mine before the road got steep so I ended up with the longest hike possible. I didn’t enjoy it very much.
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Sep 6 : Prometheus
| Major peaks: | Prometheus |
| Trails: | Cross country |
| Distance: | 2.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 514 feet |
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Aug 9 - 10 : Mahoosuc Trail
| Major peaks: | Success |
| Trails: | Scudder, Yellow, Austin Brook, Dryad Falls, Peabody Brook, Bald Ledge Spur, Peabody Brook, Mahoosuc, Austin Brook, roads |
| Distance: | 18.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 4489 feet |
Overnight to Gentian Pond via a pretty indirect route to hit a bunch of new trails. It was very hot and humid which I did not handle well, and all the trails down off the ridge were overgrown and in full sun. Dryad Falls wasn’t much to look at either - it must be seasonal. I probably don’t need to backpack in New England in summer again.
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Jul 26 : Ice Gulch
| Trails: | Ice Gulch Path, Peboamauk Loop, Ice Gulch Path, Cook Path |
| Distance: | 8.6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1519 feet |
Ice Gulch is extremely rough, wild, and remote. It took a long time to get through the gulch itself and there were a lot of places where a mistake would have ended very badly.
Jul 19 : Castle Ravine
| Trails: | Presidential Rail Trail, Lowe's Path, The Link, Castle Ravine, Emerald, Perch Path, Randolph Path, The Cornice, Castle, The Link, Castle Ravine, Castle |
| Distance: | 12.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3906 feet |
I intended to summit Jefferson as well, but I spent so much time covering new trails below treeline and also forgot my hat on a very sunny day that I didn’t feel like it.
Jul 6 : Franconia Notch
| Trails: | Franconia Notch Recreation path |
| Distance: | 7.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 839 feet |
I biked from the Skookumchuck trail to the Basin, then hiked back to get all this new trail. It was surprisingly hilly and very hot.
Jun 29 : Shell Pond
| Trails: | Shell Pond Loop, Shell Pond |
| Distance: | 4.4 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 396 feet |
Jun 29 : West Royce
| Major peaks: | West Royce |
| Trails: | Laughing Lion, Royce |
| Distance: | 6 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2332 feet |
I intended to go to East Royce as well, but the radio was so disappointing that it didn’t seem worth it.
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Jun 15 : Goose Eye
| Major peaks: | Goose Eye |
| Trails: | Wright, Mahoosuc, Goose Eye |
| Distance: | 8.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2879 feet |
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Jun 14 : Pine Mountain
| Major peaks: | Pine Mountain |
| Trails: | Pine Mountain, Chapel Rock, Pine Mountain, Ledges, Pine Mountain Road, Pine Mountain Loop, Pine Mountain Road |
| Distance: | 6.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2174 feet |
Hiked over Pine Mountain from Gorham and then biked back to my car.
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Jun 8 : Dry River
| Trails: | Dry River Connector |
| Distance: | 0.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 73 feet |
Jun 8 : Bemis Falls
| Trails: | Arethusa Falls, Bemis Brook, Arethusa Falls |
| Distance: | 1.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 343 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Sarah has no memory of doing the Bemis Brook Trail, which is surprising because it is very steep and eroded.
Jun 8 : Thompson Falls
| Trails: | Thompson Falls |
| Distance: | 1.3 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 185 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Jun 8 : Rollo Fall
| Trails: | Rollo Fall |
| Distance: | 1.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 89 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Jun 8 : Mud Pond
| Trails: | Mud Pond |
| Distance: | 1.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 72 feet |
| People: | Sarah |
Jun 1 : Randolph
| Trails: | Church |
| Distance: | 0.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 56 feet |
Jun 1 : Randolph
| Trails: | Peek Path, Cook Path, road, Grassy Lane, Pasture, Bee Line, Bluffway, Glenside, Groveway, Burnbrae, Glenside, Burnbrae, Bee Line, Pasture, EZ Way, Wood Path, Pasture, road |
| Distance: | 8.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1704 feet |
Finally finished up all the trails in the main part of the Randolph network - still need to do the things on the sides.
May 25 : Attitash
| Major peaks: | Big Attitash, Table Mountain |
| Trails: | Unnamed, Moat Mountain, Attitash |
| Distance: | 10.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3123 feet |
| People: | Lon |
Dropped van with bikes off at Bear Notch Road, drove around to Lon’s condo, hiked back to bikes, and then biked back Bear Notch Road to 302 to West Side Road.
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May 18 : Panther
| Major peaks: | Panther Mountain |
| Trails: | Phoenicia-East Branch, Giant Ledge-Panther-Fox Hollow |
| Distance: | 6.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1957 feet |
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May 17 : Plateau
| Major peaks: | Plateau Mountain |
| Trails: | Devils Path |
| Distance: | 6.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1980 feet |
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May 16 : Harvey
| Major peaks: | Harvey Mountain |
| Trails: | Road |
| Distance: | 2.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 398 feet |
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May 5 : Uncanoonucs
| Major peaks: | North Uncanoonuc, South Uncanoonuc |
| Trails: | Unnamed, Summit, Link, Unnamed, Blue, Unnamed |
| Distance: | 4.1 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1136 feet |
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Apr 19 - Apr 20 : Tully Trail
| Major peaks: | Tully Mountain, Jacob Hill |
| Trails: | Tully |
| Distance: | 23.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 3474 feet |
First backpacking trip since Glastenbury last year, and I was definitely not in shape for this. I slept very poorly, got some decent blisters, and got really sick in the days after. The Tully Trail is decent, but not especially
exciting. This is a good trip for shoulder seasons but I probably wouldn’t go back.
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Apr 6 : Grater Woods
| Trails: | Red Maple, Gateway, Link, Castor |
| Distance: | 2.7 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 196 feet |
Apr 4 : Horse Hill
| Trails: | Loop |
| Distance: | 4.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 303 feet |
Mar 22 : Rose Mountain
| Major peaks: | Rose, Lyndeborough, Pinnacle |
| Trails: | Unnamed trails |
| Distance: | 5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 840 feet |
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Mar 11 : Tecumseh
| Major peaks: | Tecumseh |
| Trails: | Mount Tecumseh, Sosman |
| Distance: | 3.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 2168 feet |
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Mar 9 : Pack Monadnock
| Major peaks: | Pack Monadnock |
| Trails: | Cranberry Meadow Pond, Raymond |
| Distance: | 8.2 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1713 feet |
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Feb 23 : Temple
| Major peaks: | Temple Mountain |
| Trails: | Wapack |
| Distance: | 3.8 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1044 feet |
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Feb 22 : PMEC
| Trails: | Hammond Brook, Eagle, Timber, Ledge, Bacon, Highland, Pine |
| Distance: | 3.5 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 415 feet |
Feb 15 : North Pack Monadnock
| Major peaks: | North Pack Monadnock |
| Trails: | Ted's, Cliff |
| Distance: | 6.42 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1407 feet |
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Feb 8 : Gunstock
| Major peaks: | Gunstock |
| Trails: | Mount Rowe, Ridge, Belknap Range, Benjamin Weeks, Mount Rowe |
| Distance: | 7.12 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1800 feet |
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Feb 1 : PMEC
| Trails: | Bicentennial, Lorden, Hemlock |
| Distance: | 3.9 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 480 feet |
| People: | Lon |
Jan 26 : Artists Bluff
| Major peaks: | Bald Mountain |
| Trails: | Artists Bluff, Bald Mountain Spur, Artists Bluff, Loop |
| Distance: | 1.68 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 545 feet |
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Jan 26 : Lone Oak
| Trails: | Lone Oak |
| Distance: | 1.72 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 773 feet |
Jan 26 : Artists Bluff
| Major peaks: | Bald Mountain |
| Trails: | Artists Bluff, Bald Mountain Spur, Artists Bluff, Loop |
| Distance: | 1.68 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 545 feet |
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Jan 12 : Blueberry
| Major peaks: | Blueberry |
| Trails: | Blueberry Mountain |
| Distance: | 5.78 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1496 feet |
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Jan 5 : Rattlesnakes
| Major peaks: | Rattlesnake, West Rattlesnake |
| Trails: | Butterworth, Col, Undercut, Ramsey, Ridge, Butterworth |
| Distance: | 4.77 miles |
| Elevation gain: | 1671 feet |
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