A couple came to us ready to start the year right. They began by taking our combined Winter and Mountaineering Skills courses on the final day of 2025. They then followed this up with a Mt Washington summit attempt on the first day of 2026. This was all part of our Two Day Winter Mt Washington Program. They didn’t summit, but between the high winds and […]
Two more days in New Hampshire means two more days of hiking — a strategy for making it worth the drive all the way from New York City. These returning guests are taking on our “4000-footers” and on this trip, led by Redline Guide Debra McCown, our couple took on Mt Moosilauke on the first day and South and North Hancock on day two getting them […]
You may recall that there is a fellow we’ve mentioned once or twice working on “Gridding” all the 4000-footers on every month of the year. They don’t all have to be summited in a single year, but we bet that for 2025, it might have seemed like it was. In 2025 our guest summited a whopping 91 4000-footers! We’re stoked to say we were there for […]
Every now and then we will get a one-on-one request from the parents of a teen — or younger. We’re glad to help, but like Scouting in the US, we have a Youth Protection Policy that mandates no one-on-one activities without the supervision of another adult. If no adult sibling, parent, etc., is available, we have to bring on a second guide. This was such the […]
If you’ve been reading our content for a while, you’re likely familiar with one guest in particular: the fellow working on his Grid — the one who just got himself down to a remaining 100 summits. He’s the one that usually goes out with Redline Guide Chase Hall but on this adventure Chase had some plans so Redline Guide Debra McCown took the lead. On this […]
Skills & MW is what we call our Two-Day Winter Mt Washington Program, for short. It’s a very popular offering geared toward those dipping their toe into mountaineering and those wanting to climb the notorious Mt Washington on an entry-level mountaineering route — namely the Lion Head Winter Route. The program is completed over a two-day period, obviously. Day one is all about training and preparation […]
Today was a special day in the mountains! One of accomplishment and celebration. Today Redline Guide Chase Hall led our oft-returning Gridder up Mt Garfield. For our guest this was peak 476. Since 48 (peaks) times 12 (months) equals 576, reaching 476 means our guest only has 100 summits to go! What follows is a summary by Chase along with some photos. My guest reached yet […]
To hike the Grid, as we’ve said many times, is to hike all of the NH 4000-footers every month of the year. It’s an amazing feat resulting in one bagging 576 peaks (though not necessarily in one year, to be clear). We have one oft-returning guest working on just this thing and he’s been at it a while. One of our guides is often leading him […]
An oft-returning Gridder came to us hoping to grab Mt Madison and Mt Adams for December (he’s hiking every 4000-footer during every month of the year — a.k.a. “Gridding”). Normally we pair him up with Redline Guide Chase Hall but Chase had some personal hiking to attend to so we put Redline Guide Debra McCown on the mission. To avoid increasingly challenging conditions the team began […]
A fellow working on his Grid — hiking all the 4ks, every month of the year — an oft-returning guest, usually goes out with Redline Guide Chase Hall. This time, however, Chase was off so Redline Guide Mike Maciel accepted the mission and went with. The goal for the day was to bag Mt Flume and that’s what they did. Liberty, for December, was done so […]
We were contacted by a South Korean photography student focusing on documentary imagery. She was visiting New York City but wanted to spend a few days up here in the New Hampshire mountains. She reached out to us wanting to try snowshoeing. We were given only a day’s notice but Redline Guide Mike Cherim was able to lead her on a small half day adventure. She […]
It seems like they were just out there, “they” referring to Redline Guide Chase Hall along with our returning guest working on his Grid — “Grid” referring to summiting all of 48 4000-footers, every month of the year. This post is covering not one but two outings. The first was Carrigain. The second was Waumbek. They had a larger plan in mind but after breaking trail […]
