Troutman walked out of the remote pond after having a successful fall fishing trip. The pond was small and perfect for an adventure with the Old Timer. Troutman fished the pond with the use of a float tube but he checked the boats left at the pond, and a couple of the boats were unlocked. Tr…
The Bowl Natural Area in the Sandwich Range is a good place to visit in the fall.
The weather has been phenomenal, but the seasons are changing. The winds of change roared through the area on Monday and Tuesday, dumping leaves, pine needles, pine cones and tree branches all over the place. The sounds of leaf blowers were heard across the valley on Tuesday and Wednesday. E…
On a beautiful fall morning, my friend Elaine Stockbridge and I decided to pedal the scenic Jackson-Dundee Loop. It is a less-than-14-mile mixed pavement-gravel ride. However, with 1,755 feet of elevation gain and a 16.7 percent maximum grade on Dundee Road’s “Wall,” it’s challenging enough!
On the first day of fall, I drove up “Eagles’ Way” to visit Kennett High's mountain bike team.
The outdoor community thrives on trust and ethics. Since those two traits are interpreted differently by each individual, how they get executed can span the spectrum.
Golf remains one of the fastest-growing high school sports. Fryeburg Academy and Kennett High have co-edgolf teams, and both are flourishing.
I used to have a saying about hard hikes. “What do you do the day after a hard hike?” The answer was: “A hard hike.” At 77, I don’t do that anymore. The day after a hard hike, I take it easy.
Team golf takes center stage this weekend with the 16th Presidents Cup at the Medinah No. 3 Golf Club in Medinah, Illinois. The match, played every two years, features 12 U.S. golfers against 12 international players from everywhere in the world except Europe.
For a significant portion of this angler’s life, pursuing brook trout meant getting to wild places. Like it was yesterday, the fishing trip into the wilds of Quebec where my dad, my uncle and I caught over 100 brook trout in an afternoon on a remote pond that was known by the number on the u…
Jen’s Friends Climb Against Cancer happened this past Saturday at Mount Cranmore. Five hundred showed up for the event. Many climbed the mountain; others took the Skimobile Express chairlift to the summit.
Local high school mountain bike team seasons are short, from early September to October’s end. Coaches have to fit in quality practices around weekly meets. By visiting different Mount Washington Valley trail systems, coaches keep training interesting while building skills.
In the spring of 2016, my husband and I spent a lot of time on Maine’s Eastern Trail in Scarborough, Maine. It was there on a kiosk that I first saw a flyer about “Closing the Gap.”
The hike to Nancy Pond goes way back for me. Many years ago, I met New Yorker Carl Schildkraut on the trail. I left him and continued past the ponds, and climbed the trailless Mounts Lowell and Anderson. I sent him my column. Close to tears, he framed it and put it on his wall, and I’ve take…
Musings and observations as we countdown to the end of trout season in New Hampshire:
One club for an entire round of golf — which one would you choose?