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Year: 2013

A different sort of day on Leavitt – December 22, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on December 22, 2013 Posted in Bushwhacking, Catskills, Trip Reports, Winter No Comments

This was a successful bushwhack of Leavitt Peak (Southwest Hunter), although not exactly in the manner planned. The mountain and the December weather were very much out of character and provided a good, if unexpected experience. No photos were taken (also …

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Blackhead Range – November 9, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on November 9, 2013 Posted in Catskills, Trip Reports No Comments

We had a full group of 12 hike the three peaks of the Blackhead Range on a beautiful autumn day following an early snowfall. Due to the trail conditions, we wore microspikes for the first time this season.  

Halcott Mountain – October 19, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on October 19, 2013 Posted in Bushwhacking, Catskills, Trip Reports No Comments

We hiked Halcott Mountain a beautiful fall day. For MK, this was #38; the next to last peak on his quest to earn his 3500 patch. From the parking area we crossed the creek above the waterfall on the north …

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Esther and Whiteface – October 13, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on October 13, 2013 Posted in Adirondacks, Trip Reports No Comments

On Sunday of our Columbus weekend outing we led a hike to Esther and Whiteface Mountains. The weather was unseasonably warm (in the 70s in Lake Placid!) and most of the group wore shorts.

Street and Nye – October 12, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on October 12, 2013 Posted in Adirondacks, Trip Reports No Comments

Alternate title: There are no views on Street and Nye  Overheard at the Loj: “We are saving Street and Nye for a rainy day because there are no views”. Today’s lesson: There usually are views if you take the time …

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Liberty and Flume – August 31, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on August 31, 2013 Posted in Trip Reports, White Mountains No Comments

Part of our pre-labor day White Mountains trip, this was an 11 mile thru-hike from the Flume Visitor Center to Lincoln Woods. It was a very warm, humid and mostly cloudy day, but very little rain fell. Beginning on the …

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Mt Carrigain – August 30, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on August 30, 2013 Posted in Trip Reports, White Mountains No Comments

As part of an extended pre-Labor Day hiking trip in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, I took the group up Mt. Carrigain via the Signal Ridge trail. From the trailhead on Sawyer River Road this hike is about 10.6 …

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Mt Willey – August 16, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on August 16, 2013 Posted in Trip Reports, White Mountains No Comments

This was a day hike starting on the Ethan Pond trail at the Willey House station. It is a short hike at just about 5.5 miles, but includes about 2800 feet of elevation gain, almost half of which occurs during …

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Osceolas – August 14, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on August 14, 2013 Posted in Trip Reports, White Mountains No Comments

This was an out and back hike to Mount Osceola and East Osceola starting and ending at the Greeley Ponds trailhead on the Kancamagus Highway. The weather was beautiful, except for a brief shower while we were on the way back …

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Hunter Mountain and Leavitt Peak – June 29, 2013

By EdMoran Posted on June 29, 2013 Posted in Bushwhacking, Catskills, Trip Reports No Comments

We hiked Hunter Mountain and Leavitt Peak (also know as Southwest Hunter) on a warm early summer day. It was a sort of a belated Father’s Day hike as both of my sons came along and we had another father-daughter combination there …

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