What is referred to here in the White Mountain National Forest as a “Classic” — or a “Presi” — is the Classic Presidential Traverse. This hike, which hovers around 20 miles and offers over 8000 feet of elevation gain (depending upon specific routing) is long. It tackles several 4000-footers. In this case, collected were Mounts Madison (5363′), Adams (5797′), Jefferson (5713′), Washington (6288′), Monroe (5369′), Eisenhower […]
Two people, a mother and son visiting from South Carolina, wanted to take on New England’s highest peak: the 6288-foot Mt Washington. Not drive up it, not on the train, but to hike its rugged, challenging trails… trails so typical of our area. On lead for this trip was Redline Guide Phoebe Seltzer. Following the lead of some of her fellow guides, Phoebe kindly put together […]
The “Effing Carters,” at least that’s what Redline Guide Mike Maciel calls them (as do many). For those whom we’ve already lost we’ll back up a little bit. The Carters refers to three connected mountains on the Carter-Moriah Range: South Carter, Middle Carter, and North Carter (and then there’s Carter Dome which was bagged on the first attempt). These mountains, at least the South and Middle […]
This was a hike of some firsts, a lot of firsts as Redline Guide Chase Hall put it. We’d go on at this point to tell the tale, but as some of our guides like to do (and we like it, too), Chase offers us his version, below: Up Jewell and Down On the Train A returning husband and wife reached out to Redline Guiding to […]
Camp Tel Noar is a Jewish summer camp for children ages 7 through 16. It’s located in Hampstead, NH on the shores of Sunset Lake. The camp, based on our observations, offers a quintessential experience that is meant to last a lifetime for its youth campers and staff alike. We’d say it is an absolute must for those who can — an experience intrinsic to growing […]
The pace was on the slow side, but it’s okay with the longer days, one can take their time. On this recent private trip led by Redline Guide Michael Scire (pronounced “shah-ray”), however, our guests decided to go online and see if they could get tickets to take the train down instead of slugging it out with the mountain all afternoon. Thanks to the questionable weather, […]
If we had to point out one guide over all our others and say that that person is our in-house backpacking guru, we’d have to point to Redline Guide Arlette Laan. There’s a ton of backpacking experience among our guides, it’s true, but she’s hiked all of the National Scenic Trails in the United States. Do you have any idea just how many overnights that entails?! […]
When the quarterback of an American “football” team changes his mind and wants to edit the play at the last second, it is referred to as “calling an audible” — for whispering the change among the offense, we’d guess. One reason a quarterback might want to do this is to respond to changes to the defensive line of scrimmage, for example. While the term was once […]
A returning guest from last year was hoping to finish off the 100-Mile Wilderness in Maine, part of a greater AT quest. The last trip, involving flying in a float plane, only led to a partial completion. Bits remained, and some still do thanks to rainy weather causing high water challenges. On lead for this trip was Redline Guide Ken Hodges. We’ll let him summarize and […]
There are so many interesting tidbits regarding this hike. For one thing it was one participant’s tenth birthday (happy birthday). Moreover this oft-returning peakbagging family also got numbers 6, 7, and 8 of their quest to climb the 4000-footers of New Hampshire. On lead for this two day event involving a stay at the AMC’s Lakes of the Clouds hut was Redline Guide Pat Ferland. The […]
What does a person do when they have a credit with us and have already hiked New Hampshire’s 48 4000-footers? There are many options like working on other lists, for example. Another is to enlist others. Stoke the passion. Spread the word. That’s what one returning guest did. She came back with friends. We approve. We helped her along the way on her journey, and she […]
The idea Redline Guide and Gossamer Gear Ambassador Arlette Laan had was to offer an educational overnight — a backpacking clinic, free, to four qualifying people. We were there to support the event, offering gear if needed, and Gossamer Gear was to outfit the group with packs (which they got to keep) and cover costs. To qualify, hopeful participants had to be ‘true beginners who could […]
