I didn’t expect this. On a beautiful sunny October day, with weather hovering in the high 60s, surely, I thought, someone else would be here. But as I made my way down a dirt road to the start of the Daniel Doan Trail, passing over a couple of wooden bridges that made me wonder if…
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Chasing Fall Foliage on Mount Tremont
Yesterday, I opted to mix it up and take Monday off to go climbing. With the dry weather we’ve been having, it’s looking like fall foliage is going to be a little dull this year, and I wanted to see if I could sneak a peek at the best of what’s left. Using the 52…
Hedgehog Mountain: A Mountain for All Weather
Typically, I only report on recent mountain visits, but I wanted to share this one because it was one of the truly great climbs I had this past year. It was mid-December, and a fair amount of snow was on the ground, but the sun poked through the clouds, making for one of the finest…
The Wonderful Welch-Dickey Loop
One of my favorite climbs over the past year was the Welch-Dickey Loop. I’d been hearing about it for years, but the stars never aligned for me to try it until this past December. On New Year’s Eve to be specific. I was up in the north country with family for a post-holiday vacation, and…