I didn’t make a plan today. I was hoping to get called into work, didn’t, and then decided to shoot for my closest trailhead to do the...

Long before my semester got out, Liz and I knew we wanted to accomplish a backpacking trip of somewhat significant mileage. While we’ve...

Flat Mountain Pond trail combined the ease of Franconia Brook Trail with the feel of the Dry River Wildness in a way I did not expect...

About when my “test review” for macroeconomics began, I was driving west over Route 2 towards Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge. Though Ryan...

This weekend, I spent a while parsing through the note in my phone listing all the hikes that make sense for winter according to tracing...

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...

Last night I faced the problem that we all do after coming back from a 4-hour round trip drive to a hike, “do I seriously have to do this...

Today’s hike was more of a necessity than a pleasure, which is something I think I have yet to say along a whole 35% of all the trails in...

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...

Still frazzled after going from the most stressful week of the year to a standstill as the semester came to a close, I knew I needed to...

After not being able to get out together over my thanksgiving break, Liz and I made it a priority to get out on the first weekend of...

A couple of weeks ago my friend and co-instructor Maeve had reached out about a camping trip and as interested as I was, I knew it was...

Despite committing to a series of post-bedtime events on Halloweekend, I had still planned on hiking Saturday and Sunday because I knew...

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...

“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...

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...

At long last, I was returning to Cold River Camp. In my brief but very impactful time on croo, I had the opportunity to meet ten...

A smooth and easy elevation-free day to recover from the previous day’s 22-miler on the Randolph Paths, perfect. However, I unfortunately...

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...

If you’ve ever taken teenage boys hiking, you know you’ve got to keep it interesting, or else they’ll never come with you again. Today we...