It was one of those anomalous mid-November days where it was pretty much perfect. The leaves now long gone, ground conditions at lower elevations pretty much back to summer normal, and winter, well, it’s right around the corner but it’s not here yet. On this day it was neither too hot nor was it too cold. It was, as Goldilocks exclaimed, “just right.” Our returning guest […]
When you’re hiking the GRID — you know, tagging all the 4000-footers every month — the total summit count ends up at 576. We think in anyone’s estimation, that’s a considerable number of mountain summits. And with hiking being such a terrific low-impact workout, the affect it has on the cardiovascular system, the quadriceps, and the calves is significant. As a result, hikers often joke when […]
This 2025 event has sold out – a waitlist has been started! We’re super excited to announce that once again we’ve partnered with the Mt Washington Observatory (MWOBS) to bring you a true epic. It goes like this: our guides lead a group to the summit of Mt Washington, once there guides and guests alike are invited into the summit weather observatory. They’re fed a welcome […]
We aim to be flexible and adaptable, even in the eleventh hour as they say, which is absolutely appropriate in the hiking world, mostly for safety reasons… but not always. Sometimes things just change and we try to be easy going about it. After all, as guides, the day doesn’t revolve around us but rather it revolves around our guests. Redline Guide Chase Hall knows this, […]
Due to the availability of free time, or lack thereof, a guest asked us for a mini adventure and took advantage of our half day hike option. We put Redline Guide Gregg Ludvigson on the case and he decided that hiking to the summit of South Moat — a popular 52 With A View peak — would meet the needs of the guest perfectly. And he […]
Some people dread getting out of their warm bed and making the drive up to the White Mountains from Massachusetts and other surrounding states. They still do it, our mountains call to them, but they don’t love it. We can’t blame them. Getting up so early and doing it takes some real determination to push past the shackles that try to hold them back. Hitting snooze […]
It was a chilly day in early November, even in town there was a nip in the air. In the mountains it was like winter. High winds and temps in the teens conspired to make a dangerously low wind chill — well below zero. The rocks this mountain is known for were covered with rime ice, regular ice, and a bit of snow in pockets making […]
Double booking oneself occasionally happens. That was the case with Redline Guide Mike Cherim. Instead of participating in our 7th Annual Trails Day, Mike was renewing his Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification through our Wilderness First Aid (WFA) class. He wasn’t the only one, either. Also in the class, renewing her WFR certification as well was Redline Guide Hayley LaPointe. Here are a few random scenes […]
On point for this awesome volunteer effort was Redline Guide Mike Maciel. Normally Mike Cherim plays that role but he had foolishly double booked himself. Being that he needed to participate in our fall (2024) Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course to renew his Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification so it didn’t expire, he passed the torch onto Mike M. As usual, the regular supporters were involved. […]
She wanted to hike three mountains, two of them 4000-footers. Namely, she wanted the Tripyramids and reached out to us looking for a guide/companion. Her friends, it seems, wanted no part of taking on “terrifying” trails — but this is what she wanted. Specifically she wanted to take on the infamous “North Slide” and the less scary (and sunnier) “South Slide.” She wrote: I’ve only hiked […]
A guest from Pennsylvania wanted to hike up Mt Washington — ascending being the part she loves the most. For the trip back down she opted for a ride on the Cog. We informed her that if she wanted to become a peakbagger she’d have to hike up and down in one trip for it to count, per se. Fortunately, she was satisfied to experience what […]
An oft-returning guest, a fellow that Redline Guide Chase Hall has been companion hiking with, helping him work on his GRID — hiking all the 48 4000-footers every month of the year — needed to get a Zealand-Bonds Traverse done for the month of October. Our guest has been working on “the hard stuff” recently, even though the reality is that it all has to get […]
