- Hiking the New England 67 - 4,000 Footers in the Winter -
On February 23rd, 2011 I finished hiking the 48 - 4,000 footers of New Hampshire during the winter. It took me two years to complete this goal, hiking twenty four peaks in the winter of 2010 and then twenty four in the winter of 2011. Being new to winter hiking it was quite a challenge and pretty awesome experience. I had good weather with great views on a majority of my hikes over vastly different trail conditions...packed snow, boilerplate snow, crunchy snow, and of course a few feet of unbroken snow on a couple of occasions. After my first round of the winter 48, I continued hiking during the snowy months, even completing a single season winter 48 in 2015.
Next up was slowly picking off the remaining nineteen peaks outside of New Hampshire to complete the New England 67 4,000 footers, these include five in Vermont and fourteen in Maine. The Vermont Peaks are relatively straight forward, most of them are short and the five of them can easily been done within a few days. The Maine peaks are whole different story, outside of Old Speck, most are remote and very challenging, as they do not see much hiker traffic during the winter. In 2015, I slowly started hiking my way through the Maine peaks in the winter. I had great company on all of my hikes, my friends Whitney and Tim were there for all but one (Old Speck), and our friends Kyle, Matt, and Pam also joined in for quite a few along the way too. Finally, On March 6th, 2017 I finished hiking all the 4,000 foot peaks in New England in winter on North Brother with Whitney and Tim. It was a fun and challenging journey that I will always look back upon fondly. :)
Next up was slowly picking off the remaining nineteen peaks outside of New Hampshire to complete the New England 67 4,000 footers, these include five in Vermont and fourteen in Maine. The Vermont Peaks are relatively straight forward, most of them are short and the five of them can easily been done within a few days. The Maine peaks are whole different story, outside of Old Speck, most are remote and very challenging, as they do not see much hiker traffic during the winter. In 2015, I slowly started hiking my way through the Maine peaks in the winter. I had great company on all of my hikes, my friends Whitney and Tim were there for all but one (Old Speck), and our friends Kyle, Matt, and Pam also joined in for quite a few along the way too. Finally, On March 6th, 2017 I finished hiking all the 4,000 foot peaks in New England in winter on North Brother with Whitney and Tim. It was a fun and challenging journey that I will always look back upon fondly. :)
Date
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Miles
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Elevation Gain
|
4,000 #
|
12/23/09
|
9.8
|
2,650
|
1-2
| |
12/24/09
|
8.9
|
3,900
|
3-4
| |
12/31/09
|
10.0
|
3,800
|
5-6
| |
1/15/10
|
9.8
|
3,500
|
7-9
| |
1/17/10
|
9.6
|
3,450
|
10-11
| |
1/18/10
|
5.0
|
2,400
|
12
| |
1/23/10
|
8.4
|
4,100
|
13-14
| |
2/6/10
|
22.6
|
4,700
|
15-17
| |
2/13/10
|
15.8
|
6,200
|
18-22
| |
3/20/10
|
7.5
|
3,300
|
23-24
| |
12/22/10
|
16.4
|
6,700
|
25-27
| |
12/23/10
|
19.7
|
4,350
|
28-29
| |
1/1/11
|
13.4
|
5,750
|
30-31
| |
1/2/11
|
9.6
|
3,000
|
32
| |
1/3/11
|
7.8
|
3,300
|
33
| |
1/15/11
|
11.9
|
3,850
|
34-35
| |
1/22/11
|
18.5
|
3,310
|
36
| |
1/30/11
|
22.3
|
6,000
|
37-40
| |
1/31/11
|
14.0
|
3,900
|
41
| |
2/13/11
|
13.0
|
3,400
|
42
| |
2/16/11
|
15.5
|
6,000
|
43-45
| |
2/20/11
|
5.2
|
2,200
|
46
| |
2/23/11
|
9.4
|
3,250
|
47-48
| |
1/19/14
|
7.3
|
3,400
|
49
| |
1/2/15
|
16.6
|
4,120
|
50-52
| |
1/3/15
|
16.0
|
5,400
|
53-55
| |
1/1/16
|
6.8
|
3,232
|
56-57
| |
1/2/16
|
11.9
|
4,094
|
58-59
| |
3/8/16
|
14.0
|
6,000
|
60-61
| |
1/2/17
|
10.9
|
4,886
|
62-63
| |
1/3/17
|
10.1
|
3,504
|
64-65
| |
2/20/17
|
7.4
|
2.671
|
66
| |
3/6/17
|
21.7
|
5,093
|
67
| |
-
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2010 (24) / 2011 (24) / 2014 (1) / 2015 (6) / 2016 (6) / 2017 (6)
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406.7
|
135,410
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67 / 67
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In the winter of 2015 I was lucky enough to complete a single season winter 48. It was a brutally cold and snowy winter but I had great support and encouragement while hiking quite a few of these with my friend, Whitney, who also completed a single season winter 48 too!
Date
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Miles
|
Elevation Gain
|
4,000 #
|
12/22
|
14.8
|
5,550
|
1-5
| |
12/26
|
7.4
|
3,100
|
6-7
| |
12/30
|
16.2
|
4,350
|
8-9
| |
12/31
|
8.7
|
3,300
|
10
| |
1/1
|
6.9
|
2,740
|
11
| |
1/10
|
4.2
|
2,200
|
12
| |
1/11
|
8.9
|
3,950
|
13-14
| |
1/24
|
24.0
|
4,900
|
15-18
| |
1/25
|
9.8
|
2,650
|
19-20
| |
1/30
|
8.4
|
2,470
|
21
| |
2/6
|
5.0
|
2,400
|
22
| |
2/13
|
9.75
|
3,435
|
23-24
| |
2/14
|
9.2
|
3,570
|
25-27
| |
2/21
|
13.7
|
4.650
|
28
| |
2/23
|
11.5
|
3,900
|
29-30
| |
2/27
|
9.6
|
2,850
|
31
| |
2/28
|
26.8
|
8,180
|
32-37
| |
3/1
|
8.1
|
3,890
|
38-39
| |
3/6
|
10.2
|
3,930
|
40-41
| |
3/7
|
13.0
|
3,360
|
42
| |
3/8
|
17.5
|
4,625
|
43-44
| |
3/9
|
16.4
|
3,150
|
45
| |
3/10
|
9.8
|
5,000
|
46-47
| |
3/13
|
8.0
|
3,275
|
48
| |
-
|
Dec: 10 / Jan: 11 / Feb: 16 / Mar: 11
|
277.9
|
91,425
|
48 / 48
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Mount Washington
Madison Spring Hut
Mount Eisenhower, Monroe, and Washington
Greenleaf Hut and Mount Lafayette
Presidential Range
Cannon Mountain
Mount Washington from Mount Monroe
Mount Monroe
Mount Washington Summit
Solar Shower at Lakes of the Clouds on the Crawford Path
Lakes of the Clouds Hut
West Bond with Mount Garfield (right), Lafayette, and Lincoln (left)
Owl's Head and the Franconia Ridge
Bondcliff and Mount Bond
Mount Liberty Summit
Starr King Trail
Lend-A-Hand Trail
The Twinway (A.T.)
Mount Carrigain and Carrigain Notch
Mount Lafayette and Lincoln from Mount Garfield
Presidential Range from Signal Ridge
Owl's Head, Mount Lincoln, Lafayette, and the
Pemigewasset Wilderness from the Mount Carrigain Observation Tower
The Mount Washington Hotel and the Presidential Range from Route 302
Mount Washington from the Wildcat Ridge Trail (A.T.)
The Kinfe Edge
Baxter Peak summit sign
Chimney Pond and the Knife Edge as seen from Hamlin Ridge
Hiking above treeline on Mount Mansfield
Whitney, Tim, and I on our final peak, North Brother
Sunrise from Nesowadnehunk Stream the day after our finish
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