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Noon & Jennings | 8/11/24
I started this morning with a laugh as I queued up the directions on AllTrails. The most recent review for Sandwich Mountain Trail, which...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 11, 20242 min read
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October Break | Colonel Whipple, Cherry Mtn, Tom-Field-Willey & Arethusa Falls.
At a remarkable ten days late, I have finally written about my lovely long weekend back in New Hampshire. This was my third of four...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 23, 20235 min read
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The Weeks via Starr King & Kilkenny Ridge | 9/15/23
In the early days of summer, Liz and I were plotting how to make the Weeks traverse more tolerable given its grand exposure, low water,...
Izzy Risitano
Sep 15, 20233 min read
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East Kennebago & Mt. Abraham (ME) | 7/18/23
Day One: East Kennebago If completing the New Hampshire Four Thousand Footers is like having access to the entire internet and every...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 19, 20236 min read
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Tripyramids via N. Livermore, Scaur, and Pine Bend | 6/19/23
At 6 days post hike, this report has taken the prize for longest hike-to-post turnaround. While I was busy in Evan’s Notch last week, the...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 25, 20234 min read
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Saddleback and The Horn | 6/5/23
How often do you finish a hike and have to Google what the view looks like afterward? Lately, for me, far too often. I’d planned an...
Izzy Risitano
Jun 6, 20233 min read
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Moriah via Stony Brook & Carter-Moriah | 1/28/23
I feel as though I rarely write a trail report out of order, but today I choose to start with brief conditions and three lessons we...
Izzy Risitano
Jan 29, 20234 min read
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Kinsmans, Bald Mountain, Kinsman Flume | 12/22/22
Last May, when I went after the Cannon Balls, I ran into a colorfully dressed woman with a great attitude. For anyone who regularly does...
Izzy Risitano
Dec 24, 20223 min read
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Mount Mansfield & Rodger's Ledge | Halloweekend 2022!
Despite committing to a series of post-bedtime events on Halloweekend, I had still planned on hiking Saturday and Sunday because I knew...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 31, 20224 min read
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Square Ledge & Passaconaway | 10/16/22
After breakfast at the Miss Lyndonville Diner, Michelle went back to Boston, and Ryan and I made our way to the 112. Though we ached to...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 17, 20223 min read
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The Terraces, Cabot, the Bulge, and the Horn | 10/15/22
“For the love of God, everyone please just stay home tomorrow!” Well, shit, I was both relieved and upset I had decided to open Facebook...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 16, 20226 min read
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Peak Above The Nubble, a "Bushwhack" | 10/13/22
The instant my semester began, I knew I’d be spending October break in Lyndon with Ryan so that we could get in some hikes just the two...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 14, 20223 min read
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The Best Way to do Wilson and Breadloaf | 10/8/22 - 10/9/22
I had committed to leading a handful of Mountain Leader Course trips for my college this fall and some of those happened to be...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 10, 20225 min read
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Moosilauke via Glencliff, Benton, and Tunnel Brook | 10/1/22
The changing seasons have made me think about my trace a lot in the last few weeks. I started putting together a database of my journeys...
Izzy Risitano
Oct 2, 20223 min read
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Old Speck. Baldpate. Goose Eye. 30 Hours, 3 HH Peaks, 3 hikes. | 9/10-11/22
September is my perfect month. The temps go down, no leaves to slip on, and the trails are quieter because everyone went back to school....
Izzy Risitano
Sep 12, 20228 min read
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Mendon Peak (Bushwhack) | 9/5/22
Rounding the corner on sixty-something of my Hundred Highest, I still wasn’t any less scared of bushwhacks than I was when I decided to...
Izzy Risitano
Sep 5, 20224 min read
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Stranded on Dry Land: A Story Told Over 47 Miles in Baxter State Park
At long last, the trip was happening. Many weeks earlier in the summer, Ryan and I designed a backpacking trip around the concept of...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 20, 202216 min read
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Mt. Nancy & The Diameter of the Pemigewasset Wilderness
If there’s anything that gets Ryan and I going, it’s a trail that takes you deep into the middle of nowhere while accumulating high...
Izzy Risitano
Aug 9, 20225 min read
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Bennett Street, Algonquin, Black Mountain Pond, Mary Cary, and Guinea Pond | 7/22/22
Wherever the Wonalancet Outdoors Club is involved, there are a lot of trails. Sandwich Dome is no exception, as looking over my map has...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 23, 20222 min read
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Lend-A-Hand & Trestle Trail | 7/19/22
Now that I’ve done nearly every trail in the Pemigewasset Wilderness, I decided to tie up a couple of loose ends while also doing my...
Izzy Risitano
Jul 20, 20223 min read
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