A returning guest, the fellow working on his Grid (all the 4ks, every month), took another mountain off the table by completing South Twin for January. Leading the charge, as usual, in “excellent conditions for snowshoes all day,” reported, was Redline Guide Chase Hall. What follows are a few keepsake photos of the day taken by Chase! Gridded out South Twin today It was -5 at […]
Join Us for a Nighttime Full Moon Snowshoe Hike The second full moon of 2026 — also known as the Snow Moon — will appear on Sunday, February 1st, 2026 and we’ve decided to lead a moonlight snowshoe hike for this event. This moon is named the “Snow Moon” because in February it is usually colder across the Northern Hemisphere with snowfall in many countries. This […]
A few members of the team got together to brush up on some mountaineering skills with special emphasis on teaching practices such as — pulling out all the stops — incorporating dad jokes into the material. Its for both clarity and levity. It was a cold day out there but sunny… and fun, and the warmth of friendships among likeminded people doing cool work together helped. […]
A couple came to us ready to start the year right. They began by taking our combined Winter and Mountaineering Skills courses on the final day of 2025. They then followed this up with a Mt Washington summit attempt on the first day of 2026. This was all part of our Two Day Winter Mt Washington Program. They didn’t summit, but between the high winds and […]
Another year is in the books and as we move forward into 2026 we want to stop to momentarily to say thanks and wish the best of the best for those around us. In our case we are referring to our wonderful guests, our awesome Redline Guides, our business partners and supporters, and, if you’re reading this, we mean you. Happy 2026, everyone! We wish you […]
Two more days in New Hampshire means two more days of hiking — a strategy for making it worth the drive all the way from New York City. These returning guests are taking on our “4000-footers” and on this trip, led by Redline Guide Debra McCown, our couple took on Mt Moosilauke on the first day and South and North Hancock on day two getting them […]
You may recall that there is a fellow we’ve mentioned once or twice working on “Gridding” all the 4000-footers on every month of the year. They don’t all have to be summited in a single year, but we bet that for 2025, it might have seemed like it was. In 2025 our guest summited a whopping 91 4000-footers! We’re stoked to say we were there for […]
Every now and then we will get a one-on-one request from the parents of a teen — or younger. We’re glad to help, but like Scouting in the US, we have a Youth Protection Policy that mandates no one-on-one activities without the supervision of another adult. If no adult sibling, parent, etc., is available, we have to bring on a second guide. This was such the […]
If you’ve been reading our content for a while, you’re likely familiar with one guest in particular: the fellow working on his Grid — the one who just got himself down to a remaining 100 summits. He’s the one that usually goes out with Redline Guide Chase Hall but on this adventure Chase had some plans so Redline Guide Debra McCown took the lead. On this […]
A couple reached out to us hoping to get in an early Mountaineering Skills training day in prep for an exciting season. At this time of year it can be a challenge due to lack of snow cover. This year, however, we were looking really good for it, two decent storms in the books giving us a nice base. Unfortunately rain came to the Mt Washington […]
We just wrapped up another Wilderness Navigation course for four fresh minds giving them the independence and confidence to venture between the red lines on our trail maps. Where and how they use this knowledge is now up to them. Leading this course were Redline Guides Mike Cherim and Rhonda Willette. What follows are a few class photos. Excellent job one and all. Congratulations to our […]
Skills & MW is what we call our Two-Day Winter Mt Washington Program, for short. It’s a very popular offering geared toward those dipping their toe into mountaineering and those wanting to climb the notorious Mt Washington on an entry-level mountaineering route — namely the Lion Head Winter Route. The program is completed over a two-day period, obviously. Day one is all about training and preparation […]
