Where do you go for a walk on the first warm day of the season? I like it when it includes some views, some dramatic nearby landscape and water. Some may not know it, but the Ossipee Range has plenty of those qualities.
Water and ice are directly affected by weather patterns and spring melting is never the same. This is a column about visiting Arethusa Falls, the highest waterfall in New Hampshire, a couple of years ago, while ice still clung to it, yet after considerable rain, creating unique beauty.
I generally don’t like hiking with large groups (unless I’m leading them). But this hike in March eight years ago on Mount Osceola was a pleasure.
Tuesday was phenomenal, with temps in the 70s in the valley. On top of Mount Washington there was a balmy high of 42 degrees. I picked that day to climb up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail to Hermit Lake and continue to the base of the Tuckerman Ravine Bowl.
On a recent morning, we woke up to a few inches of white stuff in Tamworth. It was a beautiful morning. I decided to snowshoe into the unique Big Rock Cave, located in the Sandwich Range Wilderness. It is a 1.9-mile hike from Wonalancet, part of Tamworth.
CONWAY — Inclusive Ski Touring, a non-profit that provides financially accessible uphill touring programs for individuals of all backgrounds, will host its annual Women’s Uphill Bash at Cranmore Mountain Resort on Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A few years ago, I climbed Mount Chocorua and neighboring Middle Sister. There were great snow conditions similar to those of this year. Here is a column from that year with some history mixed in. Read on.
On a gorgeous Wednesday this week, I decided to climb Mount Kearsarge North (3,269 feet) above the Mount Washington Valley. Perhaps it was because I had climbed another great valley hike — South Moat Mountain — the week before.
Snow worshipers celebrate this winter. That includes hikers. Packed down trails are in great shape. Using foot traction on them is certainly easier than negotiating rocks and roots in the warm season.
4052-foot Mount Jackson in the southern Presidential Range is a popular peak any time of year. But in the winter, its special qualities seem to shine more. Because of its popularity, the 2.6-mile trail is soon packed down after a snowstorm. From its trailhead on the east side of Route 302, j…
It has been quite a week in the North Country with both cold and snow. This coming week looks great for getting out on the trails with mild temps, blue sky and dry, cold weather powder snow. Some popular trails may be partially packed down a little after this coming weekend. That's what happ…
Last Tuesday, I hiked 1.7 miles up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail from the Pinkham Notch Camp to the Huntington Ravine Fire Road and walked another 0.3 miles along that to the Harvard Cabin.
On Tuesday, I returned to Mount Sabattus (1,253 feet) in Lovell, Maine. Or more accurately, it invited me back while I was thinking of a hike to do. I had just returned from a few days on Orcas Island in Washington, being with my brother’s family after he passed away.
A few weeks ago, there was an ice storm in this area that left tree branches covered with ice. Later, they sparkled in the sun. I happened to be out west at the time and missed most of it, though I did catch some lingering ice in the trees on a road walk in the Ossipee Mountains.
A couple of weeks ago, on a Tuesday, I rode up the 8-mile Mount Washington Auto Road in the Mount Washington State Park snowcat. Patrick Hummel, the state park manager, was kind to let me come up to write about it, which I had done before.
My brother Clay passed away this Tuesday December 23, surrounded by his immediate family. On Christmas morning I flew out to be with them on Orcas Island, Wash.