The mountaintops were hiding behind the clouds as I drove down Crawford Notch. I turned up Sawyer River Road and drove up the gravel road that is now narrow in a few places due to…

Great Hill certainly lives up to its name. The panorama vista from the Great Hill Fire Tower is one of the finest. The Sandwich Range winds around Great Hill, from Sandwich Mountain all the way…

Liz and I are finally End to Enders. We finished the Long Trail last Wednesday, all 272 miles. We began section hiking the Long Trail a year ago last June. We hiked 20 days total;…

Katie and Scott, my husband Charlie’s sister and her husband, are from Wisconsin and they came to visit us and they wanted to see our White Mountains. We couldn’t have been happier to show them…

We sure had a full day of summer fun last Sunday. Bria and I met at the north end of the Flume parking lot at 9 am. Since we had two cars we decided to…

The Mount Washington Course at the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods hosted the New Hampshire Golf Associations Women’s Team Championship last week. The second annual championship was a two day, 36-hole best ball…

A year ago Liz and I started up the Appalachian Trail in North Adams, Massachusetts to reach the Vermont state line and the beginning of the 272-mile Long Trail. By late October we made it…

The threat of rain didn’t dampen our desire to go hiking. Bria and I decided to go to the nearby Hamlin Park in Meredith. I had located a guide and map that was put together…

The rain let up, the sun came out and finally it felt like spring. We decided it would be nice to get out and go for a walk. I had just learned about the Bradford…

Hiking in the White Mountains in the spring can be tricky if not just plain horrible. The snowmelt coupled with the falling rain makes fording brooks and rivers difficult if not impossible. Where the snow…

I am often asked how many days a year I ski. I joke, “I ski anytime I get the chance, I don’t count.” I have had good skiing adventures this Spring. Pats Peak stopped running…

Kristen Ulmer was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in Salt Lake City, Utah on the evening of April 6th. This is a great honor. “The vision of the Hall of…

Waterville Valley Resort hosted the US Freestyle Championships that concluded with the dual moguls champions being crowned on March 17th. The next day, Monday morning, I met a couple of friends to ski at Waterville.…

After a nice week of vacation, going back to school was delayed one more day. Overnight new snow had blanketed New Hampshire and schools were cancelled. The plow trucks cleaned up the roads nicely. We…