The Trailwrights organization offers a patch for those who summit the 72 peaks over 4000-feet on their list. You may wonder at this point how they came up with 72 when what most folks know are the forty-eight 4000-footers. This is a 24-peak disparity. Well, one big difference is that the Trailwrights only require a 100-foot prominence minimum instead of the 200-feet required for the AMC’s […]
A returning guest, a grandmother, wanted us to take her three grandsons, ages 19, 15, and 11, on an exciting hike, but nothing too long or too grueling. At first the Baldface Circle Loop was floated, but this was before the 11 year old joined, after which it was decided Caps Ridge Trail to the summit of Mt Jefferson — our third highest peak at 5713′ […]
A fellow from southern New Hampshire is actively hiking all of the trails described in the AMC’s White Mountain Guidebook and is now more than 91% complete. At the same time, by virtue of hiking all the trails, he is also consuming the Terrifying 25 list and was up to 23 trails (12 of the required and 9 of the electives). He is now closer to […]
A fellow from Connecticut came to us looking for a guide to assist/accompany him on a four-day/three-night Pemigewasset “Pemi” Loop backpack. According to his booking form he learned about us on Facebook. It had something to do with a Tyrannosaurus rex, he noted. We might think of this as word-of-huge-mouth-full-of-teeth marketing. The only T. rex we know is Redline Guide Debra McCown so naturally we put […]
One of our claims to fame are our “companion hikes.” Unlike finding an untested buddy on Facebook or on Meetup, or hiking with a mis-matched group, we offer a custom solution. With one of our professional guides the day is all about you and your needs. Your pace, your objective, your list. In this case a guest came to us hoping for a companion/guide during a […]
Our guest came to us wanting some company as he nears completion of his Trailwrights 72 list with only three peaks to go (now only two of the 72 remain). The objective of this bushwhack — led by Redline Guide Ken Hodges — was to tag the summit of Northwest Hancock. With this done only Southwest Twin and Abigail Adams remain — stay tuned for more […]
Starting out with Mission one for our returning guest. The plan was to meet at Galehead Hut in the morning, bag South and North Twin, then return our guest to the hut while the guide — Redline Guide Debra McCown — headed back down. The Twins: For these two peaks, we applied a tested formula. He hiked to the hut and spent the night, I met […]
A classic Terrifying 25 loop is to take on Sphinx Trail (down) and Six Husband Trail (up). Most of the time the up part happens first, as is logical if getting to the action via the Great Gulf (leaving from Route 16 in Pinkham Notch and crossing a Wilderness bridge that is decommissioned right now). But it’s not always the case. Thinking outside the box, it’s […]
One of the “easier” 4000-footers is Mt Waumbek, located in Jefferson, NH, and it’s now crossed off the list. Not the 4000-footers list, but the Grid list of one of our oft-returning guests on a Companion hike with Redline Guide Chase Hall. We could have told you that they also bagged Starr King of the 52WAV-fame, but it resides on that list no longer. Here’s a […]
If you miss the rock formation that went by the name “Old Man of the Mountain” — the very icon of New Hampshire which collapsed in the darkness on May 3rd, 2003 — the “Old Woman on the Notch,” a.k.a. “The Watcher,” stands sentinel awaiting your visit. And a visit to the cool spot is exactly what one couple wanted. This trip was led by Redline […]
In a year our new guests, new hikers, would like to trek to Peru’s “Lost City of the Incas,” Machu Picchu. Today’s tour served as step one of their plan to get there. To begin they opted for a “tourist tour” event, but not our standard offering. Instead of visiting some waterfalls and whatnot in the standard two- to three-hour offering, however, they wanted a short […]
A new guest came to us with a two part objective. First of all he wanted to summit Mt Washington. Second, he wanted to lay eyes on Hillman’s Highway and other lines as he plans to ski the Ravine in the near future. Originally the hike was slated to be a summit-at-sunrise epic. Unfortunately the weather didn’t really cooperate due to a wet forecast with high […]
