Amy Patenaude is the Weirs Times Outdoor Columnist. She is a life-long resident of New Hampshire, born in Concord and now a Henniker resident.
Amy has been writing her bi-weekly column for the Weirs Times since 2000. Amy travels to the highest peaks as well as to the more obscure places of nature throughout the state of New Hampshire and beyond. Amy’s international treks have also taken her from the Virgin Islands to Ireland and places in between. Each visit brought to life in her own personal style.
When Amy isn’t researching a column for the Weirs Times you might find her competing in a cross-country or alpine race, just to relax.
So, whether it’s a cross-country ski-trip, a hike through the known and unknown trails of New Hampshire or an exotic adventure to places “away”, Amy is sure to surprise even the most seasoned outdoor enthusiast with her adventurous, educational and fun experiences in the great outdoors.
North to Terrace Mountain And Mount Cabot
PHOTO: Yours truly, Bria and Danielle on the wooded summit of Terrace Mountain, elevation 3,654 feet. Terrace is reached from a spur path off the […]
New Hampton’s Kelley-Drake Conservation Area – Finding Nature & History
PHOTO: Amy’s hiking adventure ends with some paddling on Kelley Pond. Learn about places to put your canoe or kayak in the water at New […]
Pitcher Mountain Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway
PHOTO: Yours truly checking out the abandoned Pitcher Mountain Fire Warden’s cabin. The Fire Warden’s Road up Pitcher Mountain is part of the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway. […]
Wilmot’s Bog Mountain – A Great Little Hike
PHOTO: Yours truly and Bria on Bog Mountain; Bria is sitting on the memorial granite bench dedicated to Bill Best and there is a Wilmot […]
Back On The Trails! Pedaling White Mountain National Forest Roads
PHOTO: Our Weirs Times Ski/Outdoor Columnist is out of the house and back on the trails (but keeping her distance!) this week taking a bike […]
Still More Close To Home
PHOTO: A selfie with my mother in the woods! We go for early morning walks in the woods between our house and my parents’. We […]
Still More Close to Home
PHOTO: A selfie with my mother in the woods! We go for early morning walks in the woods between our house and my parents’. We […]
More Close To Home
PHOTO: An umbrella is a fabulous invention that kept yours truly dry while I went for a walk in the woods in down pouring rain. […]
Close to Home
PHOTO: Loppers? Check! Electric chainsaw? Check! Charlie has started work pruning high bush blueberry bushes. Many of us have more time to do the things […]
Spring Skiing!
Calendar Spring begins on March 19th! But dang, it is here in a big way. I want another big snowstorm but I think I have […]
Adventure Saturday Bridal Veil Falls and Rope Tows
Becca and I made a date for a skinning adventure and we didn’t decide where to go until the last minute. We had kept our […]
Winter’s Half Gone – Plenty Of Fun Left!
Groundhog Day is thought of as the traditional halfway point of the winter season but it actually falls a couple of days short. Winter’s official […]
Kicking and Gliding at Jackson XC & A Ski Day at Loon Mountain
January had lots of snow and cold but the January thaws were no fun for winter lovers. Ice fishing and hockey enthusiasts had to stay […]
Zermatt, Switzerland: Big Mountains, Big Fun
“The Matterhorn is everywhere,” the desk agent at our hotel told us after we discovered that our room did not have a view of the […]
Plenty of Snow For Everyone To Enjoy
We did a lot of playing in the snow over the holidays and the snow storms came just in time to dress up the slopes […]