Deep digging is what it took to get it done, summarized in one line: “What she lacked in speed she made up with grit and determination.” This is what Redline Guide Jeffrey Shutak said of the guest he just led on a classic Franconia Ridge Loop hike. The team had a terrific day up there with some of the highlights present in the photos below. First, […]
We hadn’t yet had a Wedding at Mountain Pond in Chatham, but on October 3rd that all changed. That was the chosen location for a young couple, Michael and Annamarie, to tie the knot. The knot, we might add, that will be a real bear to untie if they ever try since it got wet during their rainy-yet-still-delightful wedding. If you think we should probably be […]
We are a varied bunch ready to lead you up some wintery alpine peak, cliff, or wall of ice to hang out, yet we’re also there when you need us to just show you around. Being chill while warm, so to speak. Our Nature Tours, Tourist Tours, Companion services, and of course our Hiking and Snowshoeing offerings all fill that low-impact, low-risk niche to varying levels. […]
With a mere forty-one miles to go, our oft-returning guest is nearly done with her life-long quest to link together those fourteen states through-which the AT or Appalachian Trail travels. Her pace has slowed over the decades, the effort to continue harder than ever, but with dogged determination she continues and the end is now within her grasps. She plan to close this chapter next summer […]
Our guests, completely new to backpacking, wanted to dive in and see what all the hoopla was about. They sought a legitimate wilderness experience. Supposedly, they heard, it’s fun. Which kind of fun, however, may vary from person to person. As we say at the beginning of the video we made with photos taken by Redline Guide Pat Ferland, the leader of this trip… well, see […]
What do you call it when someone who hikes tries to lure others into the sport? Hoping their victims will see the beauty, find the joy, and embrace the activity the way they do by teasing and coaxing them into it, bit by bit, vista by vista. Would that person be “the pusher man” or is that old term for a drug dealer too passé or […]
We offer our assistance to a number of hikers working on various lists, including the 48 4000-footers in New Hampshire. We lend support as knowing companions, as hiking or backpacking guides, or as a little bit of both, depending on our guest. This hike to Wildcat ‘A’ Peak was one such adventure, a returning guest looking for a companion as well as a sometimes coach and […]
Franconia Ridge that is. The well-loved, often written about, and severely over-visited Franconia Ridge features seven summits — though not THE seven summits. These are, north to south: North Lafayette, Lafayette, Truman, Lincoln, Little Haystack, Liberty, and Flume. The latter two are often hiked together as a looped trail network exists. And of the former, Lafayette and Lincoln are the main objective on the northern half […]
The title of the post is something this couple may appreciate. We’ll call it an inside joke — even though it’s not meant to be humorous, per se — and we’ll keep it that way. It is subjective, though, that much we can tell you. We’ll admit, what’s paradise for one, may be less so for another, and visa-versa. This time, however, we can assure you, […]
How’s this for an experience? You ascend New Hampshire’s Mt Adams (5799′) via Airline Trail, transit an exposed, alpine Durand Ridge overlooking the gnarly King Ravine, then dig deep to finish the job, before long finding yourself standing among the pile of rocks that is the top of this wicked mountain, awed by the fact that it resembles another planet. After you summit this beast you […]
Technically it’s not a loop, but we’re okay with this minor detail. It was meant to be a loop. That was until the rains came in the night and on the morning of day two. Redline Guide Mike Maciel decided the best way for our returning solo guest to the avoid the Red Rocks of Death on Old Bridle Path was to take Greenleaf Trail down. […]
A quick search will reveal a couple of these “Guide Spotlight” posts. And clearly it is time for another. This time we wanted you to get to know Redline Guide Jeffrey Shutak a little better. We welcomed Jeffrey to the team on August 15th, 2017, so he’s been contracting with us for a while — almost since the beginning. In this post we are asking Jeffrey […]
