This tale began with the purchase of a gift certificate, from husband to wife. She was very experienced, but he felt this could open the door to new things, new training, new experiences. Particularly in the realm of mountaineering. Day one of this two-day outing would begin with some mountaineering skills training. Day two, instead of a more normal plan to climb Mt Washington, featured the […]
Our guest reached out to us in preparation for a trip to the Scottish Highlands. He’s new to hiking and knew there was a lot more he wanted to learn. We spent the morning in the classroom covering the fundamentals, then headed out in the afternoon to hike Peaked Mountain and put everything into practice on trail. Leading this trip was Redline Guide Rhonda Willette. She […]
A returning guest came to us looking to broaden his horizons from the hiking/mountaineering world to joining the backcountry ski crowd. As a fairly new skier spending a couple of days out there with professional oversight will benefit him in both the front- and backcountry. Leading these trips were Redline Guides Will Murphy and Dominic Torro. Check out the following day one photos from Will. Great […]
Most of the time we will write posts about single events: a hike, a climb, a backpack, etc. But on some weekends there is just so much going on it’s a bit overwhelming (not complaining) to try and piece it out like that. Sometimes we have to blend the ingredients and make some sort of mountain adventures smoothie, so to speak. Inasmuch this post will be […]
A new guest wanted to try his hand at some New Hampshire ice climbing so he signed up for a one day Intro to Ice Climbing course with us. We decided to put Redline Guide Glenn Van Neil on it. Glenn took him to Frankenstein Cliff in Crawford Notch to climb the Standard Route of Lost in the Forest. There our guest was able learn things […]
The weather on Mt Washington can stop us from summiting. The ground conditions can stop us from summiting. A lack of conditioning or self-confidence can also stop us from summiting. And sometimes it is a combination of these things that can halt our progress. So what do we do? Well, we are sometimes hired to lead a do-over. As the well-known expression informs us: “The mountain […]
Another training day followed by Mt Washington attempt is in the books. On day one we went over winter and mountaineering skills as is the norm for out Two-Day Winter Mt Washington Program. This was lead by Redline Guide Chase Hall (with Mike Cherim shadowing). On day two Redline Guide Debra McCown led our guest on the Lion Head Winter Route. What follows are a few […]
After a day of training as part of our 2-Day Winter Mt Washington program, our guest was ready to lock horns with the Rock and Ice Pile. Based on the summary below it was quite the day they had up there. Leading the charge was Redline Guide Debra McCown. Some of her words and a few of her photos to follow… It was cold, and we […]
People with children sometimes put their adventurous lives on hold or shift gears entirely, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be this way. With some creativity it is possible to enjoy parenting and adventuring. Enter the his and hers ice climbing adventure. A returning couple from Mass come up for two days. On day one, one parent got to climb for the day while their partner […]
We had a group up for our regular Two-Day Winter Mt Washington Program a little bit ago. On day one they had the training segment of the program. On day two they were supposed to take on Mt Washington. Supposed to. It didn’t happen. One member of the team came down with food poisoning. We told them not to the eat the gas station sushi but […]
A couple of brothers, one from New Jersey and one from Massachusetts, reached out looking to get on the schedule for our Two-Day Winter Mt Washington Program. We were able to put them on for 2/20 and 2/21. Travel logistics really impacted day one, however. They were going to reach us in the afternoon instead of in the morning as is typical. No problem, though, Redline […]
For people wanting to broaden their hiking horizons to include winter adventures, our Hiking Intro Course (when taken in the winter season) can really help fill in the knowledge gaps. Teaching this course on this occasion was our resident Gridder Redline Guide Chase Hall. What follows are a handful of photos taken by Chase. Normally he provides more images, but occupying the role of teacher he […]
