A guest just finished up a backpacking trip with us completing the classic Zealand-Bonds Traverse — a monster hike made more comfortable by splitting it up over two days. Working on her 48, these peaks — Zealand (4260′), West Bond (4540′), Mt Bond (4698′), and Bondcliff (4265′) — were numbers 41, 42, 43, 44, respectively. Highlights included decent weather, a bear sighting (no pic, sorry), and of course the minute rewards that trickle into our lives as a result of all that effort. Four more to go! And that is just the start. On lead for this trip was Redline Guide Phoebe Seltzer, and these are a few of the photos she grabbed along the way.
The First Day
Wow, this is one special hike!
Stair Master deluxe.
Zealand done (well, almost… 0.1 to go). Congratulations!
Guyot is amazing.
Ahh, finally in camp.
Ahhh. Rest. Feels. Good.
Sunset on West Bond? Nope, the clouds rolled in.
Wow, the view of Bondcliff. Wow again.
The Next Day
On Mt Bond… Congratulations!
On the road to Bondcliff.
The classic Bondcliff pose… congratulations again!
Owl’s Head, anyone?
Almost done.
Finally! Whew!