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I finally got back to the White Mountains on Sunday after a 4 week hiatus and did a short 2.6 mile hike from Crawford Notch to Ethan Pond. This was a little section of the Appalachian Trail that I had missed and wanted to catch up. It was a surprisingly steep ascent of about 1,500 ft. After that I backtracked a …

The White Mountain 4000 footer list is maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club. It was introduced in 1957 to get climbers to hike some of the more remote peaks in the range and to help disperse the wear and tear being inflicted on Mount Washington and a few other very popular peaks. Hikers who complete the list get to join …

  I own a lot of hiking hats: hats with bills to keep the sun off my head and the rain off my glasses and hats to stay warm at night and that I can draw down over my eyes to keep out the light. Hats are a key components of my thermo-regulation system and I am always putting them …

A few years ago, I went on a Columbus Day Weekend (October) backpacking trip with my friend Christine Benton to the Pharoh Lake Wilderness in the Adirondack region of New York State. Christine is a trip leader for the New York – New Jersey Chapter of the AMC, one of the few remaining chapters that has backpacking trips scheduled for …