After hiking Cannon Mountain earlier in the day and hanging out at Iron Furnace, I finally checked into my hotel and got settled. The resort I was staying at was just down the street from One Love Brewery in Lincoln, NH, so naturally...
This past weekend I woke up way too early as normal and headed towards White Mountains National Forest. This time however, I planned to spend a long weekend and attempt my longest backpacking adventure to date...
It is 7:30 am and I’ve arrived in Ferncroft, NH for my day of peakbagging Mt Whiteface and Mt Passaconway. Unlike the other trailheads I’ve been to that typically start at the side of a road or at a campsite, the Blueberry Ledge trail had me cut through private drives - don’t worry, trespassing hikers were welcomed. The Blueberry Ridge trail is part of the “Terrifying 25” - or 25...
A few years back, I started my quest to climb all 48 of the New Hampshire 4,000 footers. Today, I made a major milestone. With my 24th peak summited, I made the halfway mark. We reached the Eisenhower trailhead around 7:30 and started our ascent. Unlike Tecumseh which apparently is a popular climb, we didn’t encounter a single soul until we reached the Crawford path climbing the 4,760 foot mountain a few hours into the hike.
Remember in my last post when I mentioned that there were 48 4,000 footers in the New Hampshire White Mountains? Well today I learned that was a big fat lie.
Early in July, Massachusetts and New Hampshire came together in agreement that New England is handling the pandemic pretty well - get your shit together Georgia and Florida - and lifted the mutual mandatory/suggested quarantine for visitors from the other state (take a hint Maine). For me that means more hiking in my favorite spot - The White Mountains - as well as opening me up to New Hampshire breweries.