It’s that time of the year, adding pumpkin spice to our hikes by going for something Terrifying. In this case, for this returning guest, this round was for the Huntington Ravine Trail (all the way to the Auto Road so it counts). The team traversed the Alpine Garden Trail to Lion Head which is the route they took down back to Tux. Leading was Redline Guide […]
A returning guest working on his NH 4000-Footers reached out hoping to snag two more peaks. The mountains in question were the North and Middle Tripyramids and, spoiler alert, our guest grabbed them both. Leading on this fine fall day was Redline Guide Rhonda Willette. Her summary and photos follow… Our guest reached #36 and #37 of the NH 48 on today’s hike of the Tripyramids. […]
Over the years we’ve had a lot of people ask us for help with bits of certain lists. The motivation behind these requests varies a bit. Sometimes it’s the remoteness of trails (or lack thereof), or their technical difficulty, or the exposure they offer. Occasionally it has to do with notorious river crossing, and some it’s simply a worried spouse at home looking for some certainty. […]
A returning guest came to us looking to have our company on a couple more hikes. The first — day one — was Rogers Ledge in the Kilkenny Forest and day two was North Percy in the Nash-Stream Forest. Both excellent objectives and both are on the 52WAV list. Leading this was Redline Guide Rhonda Willette. Her comments and photos follow… Northern New Hampshire gave us […]
We had a returning guest reach out for another list-assist and we were glad to help. Last time he grabbed Cannon, diverted there thanks to the winds. This time was going to be a little more exciting with the hike taking place on Mt Jefferson, more so as this time they’d hike up and back on Caps Ridge Trail of T-25 fame. Leading again was Redline […]
A hiker with lots of home-based experience here in the Whites under her belt, was being held back, so to speak, by piece of mountain that persistently and hauntingly stood in her way — and it was time to take it on. The mountain, of course, is Mt Washington, but in this case the challenging bit was the notorious Huntington Ravine Trail. It was time to […]
A returning guest, having hiked Jefferson with us, reached out with yet another objective as he makes his way toward the end of the playing field. He had two pair of objectives when he booked. A couple of mountains in the Sandwich Range and a couple more sitting on the northern rim of the Pemigewasset Wilderness. Namely The Twins: North and South — and in that […]
The first and second in a series of backpacking trips with porter assist are behind us, now with only one more trip to go. Leading, like other two trips, was Redline Guide Debra McCown. Here’s a quick summary of this trip to Carrigain along with some randomly-ordered photos… Halfway Through the 48 For these two friends from New Jersey, there’s a unique unit of measure that […]
A guest came to us from a city in Illinois. She reached out hoping to have a guide for a one-day Presidential Traverse. She did great with the difficult northern half of it but was taken aback by one thing: Rocks. Lots of rocks. Too many rocks. Rocks everywhere. Nothing but rocks. Here, living in New Hampshire, of course, all we can say is: “talus about […]
A returning guest signed up for an epic adventure with us requesting Redline Guide Arlette Laan to be her guide. Arlette was more than happy to help. The objective, a Southern Presidential Traverse. We’ll let Arlette tell the best parts. A returning guest wanted to see what a Presidential Traverse would be like. Having previously day hiked up to Mount Washington she wanted a fuller experience […]
The first in this series of backpacking trips with porter assist was described here. This segment is number two. Leading, like last time, was Redline Guide Debra McCown. Here’s a quick summary of the trip along with some photos (posted in random order)… These guests returned for three more peaks: Carter Dome, South Carter, and Middle Carter. We spent a night at the Carter Notch Hut […]
The title makes sense to us. A fellow with a dog came to us wanting to experience a few things: night hiking, taking on Mt Pierce while on a backpacking trip; to see the 9/11 Twin Towers memorial of lights (25 years since this tragic event), and to do all this with his best friend. The mission was a successful one. Leading this was Redline Guide […]
