Tag: mountains

• NH White Mountains – N. & S. Kinsman & Cannon

  Saturday, August 1, 2026 John and I are ticking off 4,000-footers for our second GRID. Since I don’t need any for August, it was his choice. He decided on North and South Kinsman and Cannon by going over the Cannonballs. We easily got a spot in the southbound parking lot for the Basin at 8:45AM;…

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  August 5, 2026

  Adventure, Hiking, New Hampshire, Uncategorized

  4, 4000 footers, Adventure, backpacking, Cannon Mountain, Cannonballs, Hiking, mountains, nature, New Hampshire, North Kinsman, South Kinsman, travel, waterfalls, White mountains

• NH White Mountains: Adams and Madison via Great Gully

  Saturday, July 25, 2026 This was John and my first hike in the whites since returning from Colorado’s 14-ers, and we were curious to see how we’d do with more oxygen. The weather forecast was ideal for a hike in the northern presidentials: mostly sunny and light winds. Deciding on Adams and Madison was simple.…

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  July 30, 2026

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  4000 footers, Adventure, Airline Trail, Appalachian Trail, Great Gully Trail, Hiking, mountains, Mt. Adams, Mt. Madison, nature, New Hampshire, the “Subway”, travel, White mountains

• Colorado 14-ers – Mt. Bierstadt & Mt. Blue Sky

  Saturday, July 18, 2026 We knew this was going to be a hard day. It started with getting up at 3:15am. Since we stayed in Georgetown, the drive to the trailhead at the Guanella Pass was about 30 minutes. We went straight to the upper parking lot, not even looking to see if we could…

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  July 26, 2026

  14-ers, 14000 footers, Adventure, Colorado, Hiking, Mt. Bierstadt, Mt. Blue Sky, Sawtooth, Travels, Uncategorized, willows

  14000 footers, 14ers, Adventure, class-3 hiking, Colorado, Hiking, mountains, Mt. Bierstadt, Mt. Bluesky, nature, the Sawtooth, travel

• Colorado 13-ers: Father Dyer Peak- Crystal Peak -Peak 10

  Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Background: John and I are planning to hike as many of the 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado as we feel comfortable doing, knowing that we probably won’t be hiking Little Bear Peak, Pyramid Peak, and Capitol Peak – each of them class 4 – based on beta gleaned from books, blogs,…

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  July 22, 2026

  Adventure, Hiking, Travels, Uncategorized

  13ers, Adventure, Breckenridge, Colorado, Crystal Peak, Father Dyer Peak, Hiking, mountains, nature, Peak 10, travel

• Colorado 14-ers – Grays Peak & Torreys Peak-

  Monday, July 13, 2026 John and I had read enough about the road conditions up to the Grays Peak Trailhead that we knew would be parking in the lower lot and walking the 3 miles up the 4×4 road. We woke up at 3:45am, and were out the door by 4:20, at the lower lot…

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  July 21, 2026

  Adventure, Hiking, Travels, Uncategorized

  14-ers, 14000 footers, Adventure, Colorado, Grays Peak, Grays Peak Trailhead, Hiking, mountains, nature, Torreys Peak, travel

• Colorado 14-ers – DeCaLiBron

  14,ooo-footers: Mt. Bross, Mt. Lincoln, Mt. Cameron, Mt. Democrat Saturday, July 11, 2026 John and I awoke at 4AM and were out of the condo by 4:30. From Breckenridge, the drive to the Kite Lake Trailhead for the DeCaLiBron hike is about 40 minutes. We had a full week to get acclimatized to the altitude…

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  July 20, 2026

  Adventure, Hiking, Travels, Uncategorized

  14-ers, Adventure, Colorado, Decalibron, hikes, Hiking, mountains, Mt. Bross, Mt. Cameron, Mt. Democrat, Mt. Lincoln, nature, travel

• Colorado 14-ers – Mt. Elbert

  Northeast Ridge Saturday, July 5, 2025 Mt. Elbert is the highest mountain in Colorado at 14,438′. We hiked this with friends on a gorgeous Saturday with an ideal weather forecast. They stayed at Mt. Elbert campground; we had an hour-an-a-half drive, so we left at 4:30 AM to meet them at 6:00 AM. It was…

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  July 14, 2025

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  14000 footers, Adventure, challenging hikes, Colorado, highest peak in Colorado, Hiking, Leadville CO, Leadville Grill and Cantina, mountains, Mt. Elbert, nature, Sawatch Range, travel