Second full day of hiking the Wonderland Trail, from Mystic Lake Camp to Eagle’s Roost Camp via the Spray Park alternate. Mystic was another camp that felt high, like I was going to start off level and work my way downwards. While not entirely true, it was good to start with that mindset. The…
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Wonderland Trail – Sunrise Camp to Mystic Camp
Sunrise to Mystic Camp First full day of hiking on the Wonderland Trail. Up at around 6:30 when it got light, and had a leisurely breakfast of PB on a bagel. I had about 10 miles to go, and it was looking good – a small climb up, some flat, a long climb down, and…
Wonderland Trail
First of several posts about my 2021 trip on the Wonderland Trail, this has the overview of the trail and some planning information. Some links to things I found useful are included, if you want to pick up a map of the park, please use the links below, it will give me a few pennies…
Franconia Ridge Loop
Recently I helped take a group of Boy Scouts up and over the Franconia Ridge Loop. The Scoutmaster invited me to speak about Leave No Trace, and to accompany the boys. This way, we could talk more LNT on the way up, and I was also a backup adult in case of trouble. Like the…
Snowshoeing the Foster Land Trust Spencer Propery
New Englanders love to complain about winter, but we’re sad to see it go. The last sunny and cold weekend I made it out to the Spencer Property, owned and managed by the Foster Land Trust. Our weather tends to be feast or famine; 10 degrees one day, 50 degrees and raining the next. Blame…