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Category Archives: Mountains
Closing the door on Angel’s Landing
This time, when I gave up on trying to climb to Angel’s Landing in Utah’s Zion National Park, I knew I wouldn’t be trying again. The third time won’t be a charm; I won’t cross the hike off my bucket … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Kids, Hiking, Mountains, Travels
Tagged hiking, national parks, road trips, Utah
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Rediscovering the beautiful silence on Coppermine Trail
The car thermometer read two degrees as we pulled on gloves, strapped on snowshoes, and set out on the Coppermine Trail to Bridal Veil Falls. The trail began flat and easy on a road transformed into tunnel of trees and … Continue reading
Wandering in the wilderness of Mount Paugus
In New Hampshire’s heavily visited White Mountains, solitude often seems like a lost dream on beautiful autumn weekends, when throngs of people climb popular peaks. But not far from the beaten path, in the Sandwich Range Wilderness, intriguing Mount Paugus … Continue reading
Hiking the Baldface Circle Trail, plus twenty
The guidebook describes the Baldface Circle Trail as “a strenuous trip not to be underestimated,” but I didn’t remember it as so. I first hiked this 9.8 mile loop with my husband back in 1997 in early November. Then, I … Continue reading
Island living, Adirondack style
In July, an opportunity arose to camp with a friend for several nights on a quarter-acre island on Middle Saranac Lake in New York’s Adirondack Park. My friend warned me that she didn’t do a lot on the island. We … Continue reading
Beautiful desolation at Lake Aloha
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating … Continue reading
One hike, many discoveries: A plane crash, a fire tower and stone-age couches
Would we find the plane crash? That was the motivating question as I hit the road early one morning in late June with three middle-school boys. More than 40 years ago, on June 18, 1972, a small plane bound for … Continue reading
King Pine, the Little Mountain That Could
Here we are in the depths of January, and more than six weeks have passed since a major snowfall. Up north, snowmakers and groomers bust their tails trying to work their magic, but variable weather makes it difficult to write … Continue reading
Posted in Family and Kids, Mountains
Tagged #KingPine, #skiNH, #Skitheeast, family skiing, Freedom NH, King Pine, New Hampshire skiing, ski the east
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