A returning guest came to us seeking a “knowing companion” to hike with him on one of a handful of choices including the likes of Mt Isolation, the Twins, Zealand, and a few others (he was 32 out of 48 at the time). After some discussion the team — led by Redline Guide Rhonda Willette — decided to focus on Mt Jefferson which is the third […]
It’s that time of year when Redline Guide Arlette Laan comes back from her personal adventuring elsewhere to lead some hikes and backpacks. We’re super stoked to have her back, even though it’ll be for a short duration visit. For this trip she was taking a guest and the guest’s niece on a four day, three night Pemi-ish-Loop-a-Like, though with some of the windy, foggy weather […]
A woman reached out looking to set up a guided Mt Washington hike with her sister. But there were changes and challenges. The dates of the hike changed a couple of times, and as it turned out the sister setting it all up wasn’t able to go, the result of a situation out of her control, unfortunately. That said, she was supportive of the sister she […]
A couple of folks reached out to us with a plan to do a series of backpacking trips with a porter assist. This first installment targeted Franconia Ridge with day one covering the ridge to Liberty Spring Tentsite, then doing an out back to Flume, getting Liberty along the way before exiting via Liberty Spring Trail. What follows is a summary penned by Redline Guide Debra […]
A family reached out to us stating that they would like to take on Mt Washington‘s Huntington Ravine together, as a unit. Both parents and their two kids were very fit and had plenty of experience hiking the Whites ranging from hiking all of the 4000-footers to even taking on a one-day Presidential Traverse. They had even completed many of the T-25 trails (but not Huntington, […]
Of the 48 4000-footers needed to complete this couple’s peak-bagging experience in New Hampshire, only one remains — and we’ll get to that in due time. For now let’s focus on celebrating the three mountains captured during this backpacking trip: West Bond for #45, Mt Bond for #46, and the gorgeous and relatively remote Bondcliff for #47. The retuning couple ended up with a glorious weekend […]
Until someone gets hurt. And that applies to our most recent guest, as well as explaining why we were hired to lead this hiking trip in the first place. You see, earlier this year this guest was trail running, solo, and suffered an accidental fall. She tripped on a root and the resulting fall was fairly significant by way of her physical injuries sustained. We won’t […]
A person reached out hoping we could help her experience a mountain sunrise. This is something we offer and we’re certainly happy to do so. Leading the charge was Redline Guide Rhonda Willette and the objective — and a really good one at that — was Mt Crawford (one of the 52WAV) accessed off of Davis Path. The team of two arrived as the new day […]
We don’t hear as much from our oft-returning Grid Gettin’ Guest as we used to but that’s because the number of peaks he still “needs” (33 of them) is shrinking while the space between them grows. He’s closing in with this hike of Mt Carrigain getting him one step closer to his goal of hiking all of the 48 4000-footers in NH during every month of […]
She had been following us for years and determined that this was the year she would hire us. The objective was to hike Mt Katahdin in Baxter State Park in Maine. She specifically requested Redline Guide Debra McCown. Due to the challenging terrain and time of day the summit wasn’t gained but the requested trail was. The team hiked up Hunt Trail (the AT) then descended […]
A returning guest reached out seeking oversight on an attempt of the notorious Flume Slide Trail. She didn’t have to go that way, needing both Mt Flume and Mt Liberty she could have done an out-and-back like many people do, but she wanted to also grab that justifiably Terrifying 25 trail. Leading this adventure was Redline Guide Brian McElwee. What follows is his trip summary along […]
We will go to great lengths to meet the needs of our guests, including going all the way down to Connecticut to do some Rock Climbing with two of our regulars. We didn’t have to great lengths this time, though. Leading them was Redline Guide Glenn Van Neil. He lives in Connecticut with this family. Today’s rock, Glenn told us, was “Pinnacle Rock in Plainville, CT” […]
