by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Danielle and I met up just before 8 am at the Irving, the alien gas station, just north of I-93’s exit 33 on Route 3 in Lincoln. I get…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer There are lots of mountain lists and right here in New Hampshire we have many mountain lists. Some lists have been around a long time and are well known, while…

  by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Why not? We could stay with our AT thru-hiking friend Carey Kish and his fine wife Fran in Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island. We could see the Ocean.…

    by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Brrrr, the morning was chilly, the skies were clear and blue and it was a fine day to go hiking in the Belknaps. Fall is here. At 9am…

Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway, Section 9 by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer New Canada Road is a narrow dirt road that is known to many skiers as the short cut to Ragged Mountain Resort. I drove slowly, yet…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer From Franconia we drove through Twin Mountain, past the grand Mount Washington Resort Hotel and down Crawford Notch to reach the parking area for the Davis Path—right across from Samuel…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer We are not made of sugar. If we were made of sugar we would have melted and washed downstream of the East Branch of the Saco River. We pitched our…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Coös County is the most northern and largest county in New Hampshire. Coös and Cohos are pronounced “CO-ahss” with two syllables. If you say Coös as if it rhymed with…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Every time we drive through Franconia Notch we pass the signs for the Flume Gorge and the Basin. We have visited these natural wonders many times and most often with…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Washington, New Hampshire was first settled in 1768 and was incorporated and named in honor of General George Washington in December of 1776. As you probably know, there are many…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Not far from downtown Ashland and actually in New Hampton is Sky Pond and Sky Pond State Forest. I followed the directions given to me by a friend. I later…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer The weather was a little iffy. Weatherman said it might rain but we bet on it to stay partially cloudy and we won the bet. We opted for a different…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer My friends invited me to play golf with them at the Eagle Mountain House in Jackson, New Hampshire. The sun was shining and we were really happy that the weatherman…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Not far from the north shore of Newfound Lake is Sculptured Rocks Natural Area, a glorious geological site carved out of rock by the Cockermouth River. This area has been…

by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer There are a lot of mountains in New Hampshire. Mount Washington’s summit is 6,289 feet above sea level. There are hundreds more that are at least 2000 feet high. Well,…