Mt. Flume and Mt. Liberty - Nov. 5, 2016

Great hike with Scott and Ryan on Nov. 5, 2016.   Had tried to ski Mt. Flume slide before but failed to access the slide without crampons.  This time we thought we would just hike the trail and take a look from the top to better prepare for ski season, but even following the actual hiking trail proved challenging with low visibility and light snowfall!  We ended up bushwhacking for an hour before finding the slide and scrambling up.  Hike went according to plan from then on.

Skiing that slide is going to be epic one day, if I have energy left to actually ski after accessing it!  It will be a haul to get in there with skis and up onto the slide!

Enjoy the pics!

Mt. Hight, Carter Dome, & Carter Notch - Oct. 1, 2016

The blog lives!  Scott and I headed north the weekend of Oct. 1.  Originally were considering a Bond loop, but increasing predictions of rain and clouds all weekend lead us to plan on exploring some of the mountain bike trails in North Conway instead.   Once we arrived up there around 9 a.m., however, we found the weather looked much more favorable than 24 hours before so we called an audible and did a Hight/Carter loop.  A promising slide we found up there may bring us back this winter ....

A few pics for your viewing pleasure:

Looking at Carter Dome from Mt. Hight

Looking down into Carter Notch from Carter Dome

Tuckerman Ravine - March 26, 2016

Finally - a post!  Long, long time.  Was able to get out and up on George for the first time this ski season.  Mostly that has been by choice with the little one having arrived in November.  But it was also in big part because there really hasn't been any snow all winter.

Fortunately, Scott, Brian and I were able to get up for a late March Saturday that felt like a late May Saturday in terms of snow pack.  But corn is corn, regardless of the time of year.  Also lucky to meet Chad and Josh up in the bowl.  A few pics tell the story.

Pre-Season Stoke - Mt. Washington 2015 Spring Edit

Took about six months to cobble this footage together from 3 trips to Mt. Washington this spring with Scott after I recovered from the hematoma issue.  And ... something went wrong in the rendering process, so the resolution is pretty terrible unless you watch it on your phone.  Seems to be fine if you stream it on your phone in a place with a good internet connection though, so strongly recommend watching it that way because it is probably the best movie so far. 

Great mtn. biking so far this fall- but looking forward to the first snow of the year!

Presidential Traverse - September 5, 2015

Scott and completed the Presidential Traverse (Appalachia to Crawford Notch) on Saturday, September 5, 2015.  Some kind of hike.  Approx 23 miles over 14 hours w 9,000 feet of elevation gaine.  Enjoy the pics.

Nice night sleeping in the bed of Scott's truck.  Way more trucks driving along Rte 2 then expected.  Made 3:45 a.m. alarm a little less pleasant. 

 

Scott at the summit of Madison w Washington (a little past the 1/2 way point) way in the distance to the left.