A gorgeous day in the mountains was to be had by our oft-returning Grid-Getting-Guest as he sought to put himself that much closer to his end-goal of hiking all of the 4000-footers in every month of the year (the “Grid” of 576 summits). On the mountain menu for this trip was the Wildcat Range from Pole Cat to D to A, then out via 19 Mile […]
The weather, especially Mt Washington’s Weather, can and does factor into our decision making process. The recent weather, the current observations, and the forecast including the weather trend. It all has the ability to shape our days. Sometimes we really have to shake things up in an effort to get it done and let it be fun. That’s what happened concerning a Two-Day Mt Washington Winter […]
It’s that time of the year again. Time for some backcountry skiing. The front-country reluctantly throws in the towel on skiing while skiers and riders alike head for the hills. In this case, our friends from Canada came down here hoping for a guided experience in the famed Tuckerman Ravine — central to the Northeast backcountry experience. We were happy to fulfill their adventure request. Leading […]
This adventure began many moons ago but had failed time and time again to actually happen. Diverse schedules, drive times, cold weather, wind, precipitation, and other factors kept getting in the way. We had five people signed up but then someone would drop or decide that the weather wasn’t right sending us back to the start. Undeterred, eager to make it so for everyone, we tried […]
Seems like it was just a day ago when our Grid Getting Guest finished up Whiteface and Passaconaway and here he is again… completing the Kinsmans. The light is shining at the end of his tunnel. Leading this hike, a staple in his arsenal, is Redline Guide Chase Hall. North and South Kinsmans are gridded out for our Guest. His 21st Gridded Summit. He now has […]
Our oft-returning Grid Getting Guest collected Whiteface and Passaconaway as he works his way toward the 576 peaks (48 peaks times 12 months). For more details, here’s a short summary from our guest. Leading this, as usual, was Redline Guide Chase Hall. Passaconaway and Whiteface have been gridded out, my 18th and 19th peaks completed. Also, peaks 508 and 509/576. I should hit 90% complete by […]
The mountain has a mind of its own. Sometimes people want nice weather and get the horrible weather Mt Washington is known for. And sometimes the opposite is true: people come to us actually wanting that foul weather experience and end up with sunshine and blue skies. In this case our guest specifically wanted to summit via the Lion Head Winter Route and she wanted some […]
A returning guest, now 85 years old, wanted to push further up Mt Washington. Last time he went as far as the second bridge before the time and temperature ruled against continuing. On this trip, as Redline Guide Chase Hall mentioned: “[our guest] was on fire with a consistent and non-stop pace.” They make it to the Hermit Lakes Shelters and continued on a bit toward […]
The State of Vermont is a well-known backcountry skiing destination. It’s one that Redline Guide Dominic Torro is known to visit often. On this trip Dominic shared some that space with a guest from New York City. We can’t go into detail or offer specifics, but here are some photos. Great job, Dominic, and to or guest, thank you for adventuring with Redline Guiding.
A returning guest came to us with hopes of summiting Mts Jefferson and Washington. Unfortunately snows the night before filled in the trail. Granted, Redline Guide Chase Hall found the trail still easy to follow, and it was certainly quite pretty, but breaking out Jewell Trail with all that fresh powder tired out our guest to the point of them not making either summit. That said, […]
A returning mountaineering guest came to us looking to broaden her already impressive skills to include ice climbing (taking our intro course). And according to Redline Guide Glenn Van Neil, she was a natural. He added that she’ll be back noting the glimmer in her eye on the final top-out. Decent ice was found in Kinsman Notch. Of course the proof is in the photos… Great […]
For those who are hiking New Hampshire’s 48 4000-footers, the initials on the post’s title will be familiar (and not confused with some expletive). The ‘W’ referring to Mt Willey, the ‘T’ referring to Mt Tom, and the ‘F’ referring to Mt Field. In this case the ordering was T, F, W, F, A. This means the team — our guest along with Redline Guide Chase […]
