Hiking the Evelyn H. & Albert D. Morse, Sr. Preserve by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Early Saturday morning, while the Mount Major parking lot was overflowing out onto Route 11, we were headed to another…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer The golfing gals, Sharon and Sarah, have put their hiking boots back on! They began collecting 4,000 footers 7 years ago and last summer they didn’t even go hiking once.…

  by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer The Belknap Mountains offer many opportunities for hiking. Mount Major is certainly one of the most popular peaks to hike in New Hampshire due to its wide ledgy summit…

  by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Becca and I met mid-morning in the Flume Visitor Center. The Flume was a happening place and we were not able to park in the north lot nearest the…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer At the top of Franconia Notch and high above the west side of the Parkway are Bald Mountain and Artist’s Bluff. A hike up one or both make for a…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer This winter my friend from Maryland told me she wanted to climb Mount Washington with me this spring. I laughed. I quickly suggested perhaps a less challenging peak would be…

  by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer This time of year Mother Nature gives us many cold rainy days but she can deliver a nice warm sunny day to tease us while we wait for summer…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer This is harder than I thought it would be, are we more than half way yet?” asked a tuckered out man sitting on a rock on the side of the…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Yes, I went skiing four days in a row. Why not keep skiing until the snow has all melted away. As I sit here and write the weather forecast is…

Late Winter Storm Brings Smiles To Fans of Snow… by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Winter hasn’t given up yet and there’s proof! We’re still shoveling the snow that winter storm Stella left behind as she…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer The Fat Lady has not begun singing yet. There is still plenty of snow on the mountaintops and on the ski slopes. Don’t give up on Winter! Keep skiing, snowboarding,…

  by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Lots of bright white snow and blue skies tempted us to skip out of work after lunch to go skiing. After all it was Valentine’s Day. Charlie and I…

  by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Sharon and I bought the Mountain Collective Pass last March. We went to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada the second week of December. We also made a day trip to…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Bonds, Guyot & Zealand Traverse At 6 am in the Lincoln Woods parking lot the car’s thermometer read 1 degree. The moonlight was still bright so we left our headlamps…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Last night as we drove by the lit up slopes of Whaleback, I asked Sharon if she wanted to stop and ski some more and we both laughed. We were…