The road must eventually lead to the whole world. – Jack Kerouac
A subrange of the northern Appalachians, the White Mountains are widely considered the most rugged peaks in New England. Of the more than seven hundred summits that make up the Whites, the highest and most rugged of all can be … Read More
Sitting just north of Lake Winnipesaukee, the Ossipee Mountains are a small range in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region. Similar in both size and geology to the Belknap Range, which sits just across the lake, the Ossipees offer scenic hiking opportunities … Read More
Flume and Liberty are the southernmost peaks of the Franconia Range, the second highest range in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The peaks are connected to the range’s other peaks – Little Haystack, Lincoln, Truman and Lafayette – by Franconia Ridge, … Read More
Peak bagging (noun): the act of summitting as many mountains as possible. Peak bagging in the Appalachians looks nothing like it does in the Rockies – especially when it comes to single-day peak bagging. In the Rockies, opportunities for multi-peak … Read More
Located at the southern end of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, Mount Jackson’s treeless granite knob offers a stunning look at iconic Mount Washington. With a roundtrip distance of just five miles, it’s also one of the shorter hikes you’ll find … Read More
Ahhh, springtime in New England. The sun is shining, the crocuses popping, and the songbirds chirping. A sense of rebirth has thawed the icy grip of Old Man Winter as the natural world springs to life. Sounds about right for … Read More
Back in 2016, Stephan and I spent two months traveling around eastern Australia during a year-long backpacking trip. During that time, we spent a week in the Blue Mountains with one of many gracious Airbnb hosts we met along the … Read More
After nineteen years away from our home state, four years away from the East Coast entirely, and a pandemic that largely prevented us from seeing family and properly celebrating milestone moments for a couple of years, we decided to spend … Read More
Spring in the Rockies. Temperatures are warming, the sun is shining, ephemerals are blooming, and bear cubs are emerging with their moms from a long winter snooze. Everything around you screams, ‘get out and go for a hike!’ That is, … Read More
It’s hard to pick a favorite season here in the Canadian Rockies. In spring, the skies get bluer, the days longer and ephemerals like orchids and glacier lilies make their fleeting appearance. In summer, everything’s lush, colorful wildflowers blanket the … Read More
What’s more fleeting than larch season? Wild ice season. This magical, early-winter window typically lasts just days and requires the perfect combination of conditions: a few days of very cold temperatures, little wind, and no snow. A bitter cold snap … Read More
Mount Burke is a lesser-known front-range peak that sits just south of Kananaskis off Highway 940. Standing at 8,340’ (2540 m), it’s the second highest mountain in the Livingstone Range, the easternmost subrange of the Canadian Rockies. Mount Burke is … Read More
Much like Ha Ling Peak, Sulphur Mountain is a summit that had never been on our radar. Home of the Banff Gondola and crowned with a wooden boardwalk and large summit station, the touristed highpoint sees hundreds, if not thousands, … Read More
Aside from the Three Sisters, Ha Ling Peak is probably Camore’s most iconic landmark. A subpeak of larger Mount Lawrence Grassi, a multipeaked massif that towers more than 1,000 meters above the bustling mountain town, Ha Ling’s sheer north face … Read More
Rising to 3394 meters (11,135 feet), Mount Hector is one of the tallest and most recognizable peaks along Banff’s Icefields Parkway. Immediately north of Hector stands Mount Adromache, less familiar and much more modest in stature. In 1948, the Alpine … Read More
