A new guest, an experienced hiker, came to us from New Jersey hoping to summit our tallest mountain: Mt Washington . The forecast was making us think that a summit might not be possible as high winds could stymie their attempt. The idea of a Plan B mountain was even considered. But our guest wanted to go for it, even if something like Lion Head ended […]
It’s that time of year, people are trying to get things like working on their lists done before Mother Nature freezes the door shut on them. Leading this trip was Redline Guide Debra McCown, with her a returning guest interested in getting the Tripyramids done by way of the North and South Slides for the purpose of meeting the Mt Tripyramid Trail requirements for the Terrifying […]
It’s that time of the year, adding pumpkin spice to our hikes by going for something Terrifying. In this case, for this returning guest, this round was for the Huntington Ravine Trail (all the way to the Auto Road so it counts). The team traversed the Alpine Garden Trail to Lion Head which is the route they took down back to Tux. Leading was Redline Guide […]
A returning guest working on his NH 4000-Footers reached out hoping to snag two more peaks. The mountains in question were the North and Middle Tripyramids and, spoiler alert, our guest grabbed them both. Leading on this fine fall day was Redline Guide Rhonda Willette. Her summary and photos follow… Our guest reached #36 and #37 of the NH 48 on today’s hike of the Tripyramids. […]
Over the years we’ve had a lot of people ask us for help with bits of certain lists. The motivation behind these requests varies a bit. Sometimes it’s the remoteness of trails (or lack thereof), or their technical difficulty, or the exposure they offer. Occasionally it has to do with notorious river crossing, and some it’s simply a worried spouse at home looking for some certainty. […]
A returning guest came to us looking to have our company on a couple more hikes. The first — day one — was Rogers Ledge in the Kilkenny Forest and day two was North Percy in the Nash-Stream Forest. Both excellent objectives and both are on the 52WAV list. Leading this was Redline Guide Rhonda Willette. Her comments and photos follow… Northern New Hampshire gave us […]
We had a returning guest reach out for another list-assist and we were glad to help. Last time he grabbed Cannon, diverted there thanks to the winds. This time was going to be a little more exciting with the hike taking place on Mt Jefferson, more so as this time they’d hike up and back on Caps Ridge Trail of T-25 fame. Leading again was Redline […]
A hiker with lots of home-based experience here in the Whites under her belt, was being held back, so to speak, by piece of mountain that persistently and hauntingly stood in her way — and it was time to take it on. The mountain, of course, is Mt Washington, but in this case the challenging bit was the notorious Huntington Ravine Trail. It was time to […]
A returning guest, having hiked Jefferson with us, reached out with yet another objective as he makes his way toward the end of the playing field. He had two pair of objectives when he booked. A couple of mountains in the Sandwich Range and a couple more sitting on the northern rim of the Pemigewasset Wilderness. Namely The Twins: North and South — and in that […]
The first and second in a series of backpacking trips with porter assist are behind us, now with only one more trip to go. Leading, like other two trips, was Redline Guide Debra McCown. Here’s a quick summary of this trip to Carrigain along with some randomly-ordered photos… Halfway Through the 48 For these two friends from New Jersey, there’s a unique unit of measure that […]
A guest came to us from a city in Illinois. She reached out hoping to have a guide for a one-day Presidential Traverse. She did great with the difficult northern half of it but was taken aback by one thing: Rocks. Lots of rocks. Too many rocks. Rocks everywhere. Nothing but rocks. Here, living in New Hampshire, of course, all we can say is: “talus about […]
The general consensus is that ice leaders should stay well below their grade and increase this limit slowly over time. The reason for this is safety. As we’ve heard over the years, taking a leader fall on ice is unacceptable. Leading well means staying in control. There are otherwise too many sticky bits and pointy things to ruin your day. But we’re here to help by […]
