The team just got back from this weekend’s educational backpacking adventure for women (with another one being planned for a future date). According to team lead, Redline Guide and Instructor Rhonda Willette, they had a great experience, early season, no bugs, wonderful location (Sawyer Pond this time), and a little rain to fill the gaps. They did have to pivot from plan A due to potential […]
We’re pleased to introduce a guided adventure and summit attempt on Mt Baker in the North Cascades! The Details Join Redline Guide Debra McCown on Mt Baker in Washington State. There you’ll learn how to travel safely on glaciers and climb to the summit of Mt Baker (elevation 10,786′). It’s a gorgeous peak in the North Cascades that has long been a destination for those seeking […]
We’re pleased to introduce a guided adventure and summit attempt on Glacier Peak in the North Cascades! The Details Join Redline Guide Debra McCown on Glacier Peak in Washington State. There you’ll enjoy an amazing trip that combines mountain backpacking in the stunning North Cascades along with an intro-level glacier to the summit of this beautiful and very remote iconic Washington State volcano (elevation 10,541′). If […]
Our Grid Gettin’ Guest has been at it again, closing the gap on hiking all 48 4000-footers in every month of the year. This post will cover two tours. The first was Mt Garfield. The second on the Tripyramids. Leading both trips was Redline Guide Chase Hall. His photos follow: Tour One: Mt Garfield Tour Two: The Tripyramids Our guest Gridded out the Tripyramids, 12 rounds […]
Spring offers up a ton of diversity in the mountains. One day it’s warm and sunny, and the next day looks like winter. Those pesky spring objective hazards await the unwary in shadowy corners. We can’t let down our guard up there during this time (or any time, really). But we can accept Mt Washington — this Beast of the East — during this season, and […]
We had a fellow reach out looking to really get a grip on the fine art of map and compass land navigation, or “Wilderness Navigation” as we call it. He opted for our two-day offering. Day one was broken into two main parts: classroom and field with most of time and focus going to class time. Day two was devoted to a multi-part, multi-discipline bushwhack. The […]
Our guests wanted to know if we could at least provide oversight and some training in Tuckerman Ravine. Redline Guide Debra McCown doesn’t often ski the backcountry so providing an actual ski guide wasn’t on the menu (our ski guides weren’t available), but that was okay. Debra could bring a wealth of insight and oversight offering an added layer of knowledge and safety. Our guests included […]
Here we are, a month into the Spring season, still playing in the mountains like it’s winter. Obviously we’re not doing exactly the same things in exactly the same places, but we are still doing our stuff on Mt Washington. On this educational adventure, day one (of our two-day program) was dedicated to training in Tuckerman Ravine. The team, led by Redline Guide Debra McCown, then […]
Proof that the seasons can waffle a bit can be found in our mountains. In this case, on Mt Moosilauke. At the trailhead the end of the day it was becoming a spring day, but for a good part of the day it was pretending it was still winter. Leading this multi-season trip for a visiting couple from Ohio was Redline Guide Debra McCown. What follows […]
Life can get in the way of our more youthful desires and pursuits. Work, family, responsibilities, general adulting, time. These things can conspire against us, sometimes forcing us to shelve our wants in favor of our needs. Sometimes we realize these things later in life, blurring the line between said wants and needs. Hopefully before it’s too late to act on both. The most adaptable among […]
The title refers to the Grid — meaning hiking all the 4000-footers each month of the year. For our oft-returning Grid Gettin’ Guest, prior to this hike, that is, he only needed the Osceolas to complete April. And now, that task has been completed with Redline Guide Chase Hall by his side. Here are a few photos of the day. Great work, Chase, and to our […]
In one recent post we talked about our spring classes taking center stage, displacing all the winter classes we love to teach. Then here we are, the very next day, talking about winter again. Do note it’s not us flip-flopping, unable to choose a season, but rather it is nature taking its time with this annual metamorphosis. After all, the changing of the seasons doesn’t happen […]
