Start/End: Lincoln Woods Trailhead, Kancamagus Hwy

Peaks: Bondcliff (4,265'), Bond (4,698'), West Bond (4,540')

Elevation Gain: 4,955 ft

RT Mileage: 22.32 mi

Duration: 11 hours, 48 minutes

Rock Difficulty: Class 1

After Galehead the previous week, I decided to close off summer 2023 with another hike in the Pemi Wilderness. I had a choice between getting Owl's Head out of the way now or procrastinating it and bagging the Bonds instead, and I chose the latter. Read more... 

Start/End: Gale River Trailhead

Peaks: Galehead (4,024')

Elevation Gain: 2,610 ft

RT Mileage: 9.81 mi

Duration: 5 hours, 36 minutes

Rock Difficulty: Class 1

With the end of the season fast approaching and good weekends remaining hard to come by, I decided to shelve the two technical hikes I had left for another time. In the meantime, I decided to get some more forgiving 4,000ers out of the way. When I had done the Twins, Zealand, and Hale Loop earlier in the year, I had left Galehead hanging, so I decided to get that taken care of first. Read more... 

Start/End: Spruceton Trailhead

Peaks: Hunter (4,040')

Elevation Gain: 1,940 ft

RT Mileage: 6.85 mi

Duration: 2 hours, 57 minutes

Rock Difficulty: Class 1

After Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide the previous day, I had Hunter up next. I was initially planning on hiking from Becker Hollow, but ended up choosing the Spruceton Trail instead. Read more... 

Start: Woodland Valley Campground

End: Slide Mountain Trailhead, Oliverea Road

Peaks: Wittenberg (3,780'), Cornell (3,860'), Slide (4,180')

Elevation Gain/Loss: 3,930 ft / 2,865 ft

Point-to-Point Mileage: 9.24 mi

Duration: 6 hours, 31 minutes

Rock Difficulty: Class 1

Immediately after returning from the Canadian Rockies, where we vacationed for much of August, we went camping in the Catskills for Labor Day weekend. I figured it would be a good idea to take the opportunity to bag both Catskills 4,000ers. Future me, tying up the NE115 someday, would probably thank myself. Since we were staying at Woodland Valley Campground, I decided to ascend Slide directly from the campground and arrange to get picked up from the standard trailhead. Read more...