LT 2016 Day 2: Middlebury Gap to Cooley Glen
We woke up at Kim’s friend’s house and got a ride up to Middlebury Gap to start hiking by 9am. Our journey begins I was warmed up from the day before so it felt great to be out hiking with…
LT 2016 Day 1: App Gap to Starks Nest
After my failure to complete the Long Trail the previous two years, I just had a small section left to finish the trail end to end. This was good because I had a fairly new baby and so didn’t want…
Trip Report: Tripyramids, Whiteface, and Passaconaway
Every since Josh announced that he’d be finishing his 4000 footers on the first weekend in June, I’ve been trying to figure out a way to beat him. I eventually decided it wasn’t worth it really, but I still wanted…
Trip Report: Hale, Zealand, and Guyot
Josh Ain and I were eager for one last trip before the winter set into the Whites. We were also hoping to get that magical snowfall that doesn’t really accumulate but makes a hike so beautiful in the shoulder season…
LT 2015 Day 7: Birch Glen Camp to App Gap
Today wasn’t really an interesting day with regards to hiking. I got up pretty early with the sun shining and hiked the rest of the path down into App Gap. My original plan had been to get to the Inn…
LT 2015 Day 6: Montclair Glen Lodge to Birch Glen Camp
Continuing my trek at a snail’s pace, I started at a normal hiker time (7:30am) and walked only until the early afternoon before stopping. My knee was still hurting and I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to…
LT 2015 Day 5: Jonesville to Montclair Glen Lodge
New Winooski Bridge Having rejuvenated after a night at the Squires’, I bid farewell to Shea and Four Eyes and head across the new Winooski Bridge that was recently built. The new bridge reroute took me away from my resupply…
LT 2015 Day 4: Taft Lodge to Jonesville
Planned ScheduleMake it to Jonesville before the post office closed, hopefully rally to make it up to Bamforth Ridge shelter for the night. Pictures of sunrise on top of Mansfield “Chin”. Unfortunately it was a pretty cloudy sunrise, but still…
LT 2015 Day 3: Lamieoulle River to Taft Lodge
Planned Schedule:Drop pace back to about 2/3 of what I was planning on doing to get as far as I could comfortably. Giving up on my pace made for a much more pleasant day. I still started at the same…
LT 2015 Day 2: Tillotson Camp to Lamieoulle River
Planned Schedule:5am – Wake up5:30am – Head out6:11am – Sunrise9:30am (8.4[5]) – Spruce Ledge Camp12:30pm (15.2[9]) – Corliss Camp4:30pm (23.3[14.25]) – Roundtop Shelter7:28pm – Sunset8pm (30.3[18.5]) – Stop at Bear Hollow Shelter (sleeps 12)9pm – Sleep I don’t remember much…