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SATURDAY, August 12th 2006
Gabriel's Birthday. Bonne fête mon amour!

FRANCONIA NOTCH STATE PARK, New Hampshire, USA
# 1+2 / 48
Mounts Little Heystack, Lincoln and Lafayette
via the Franconia Ridge
With ClubRando (Nancy as leader) and Gabriel, Michel, Catherine, Yves, Colin

HIKING start 9h40 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 17 lbs
DENIVELATION 1,173 m.
TOTAL LENGTH 15 km
TOTAL TIME 7 h 10
TEMPERATURE : Upper 30s°F / Wind: NW 40 to 60 mph w/ higher gusts

UP Falling Waters Trail 2h14 mins / 1089 calories / 25% fat / AveHR 147 88% / MaxHR 166 99% / 2h02 mins inZone (75%+)
LITTLE HEYSTACK STOP 26 mins
Franconia RIDGE, LUNCH and some DOWN 2h19mins / 827 calories / 45% fat / AveHR 124 74%/ MaxHR 159 95% / 1h01 mins inZone (75%+)
GREENLEAF HUT 28 mins
DOWN Old Bridle Path 1h33 mins / 455 calories / 55% fat / AveHR 112 67% / MaxHR 139 83% / 4 mins inZone (75%+)
I don't remember ever keeping such a high average HR. I know that each time I glanced at my HR monitor I was in the upper 50's (so I don't think it's an error) but I was doing fine so I didn't feel the need to slow down.

Rambling : hummmm 1,173 m, that's 3,848 ft.. talking about denivalation.. that's sort of like going up AND THEN down 7,696 six-inch steps..


ABOVE : I really think that doing the loop counter clockwise is the way to go. Up the beautiful Falling Waters Trail, and Down to the the Greenleaf Hut in the afternoon.	FALLING WATERS TRAIL "Opposite Lafayette Campground in Franconia Notch. A favorite hike, 1.4 miles one way, that takes you to Walker Cascade, 20 ft. Stairs Falls, 60 ft. Swiftwater Falls and 80 ft. Cloudland Falls." photo by Nancy
BELOW : Ahhh! now I understand why there were so many people on that part of the trail!
	LEFT : Walking on the Franconia Ridge.. between Mount Lincoln and Mount Lafayette (5089' and 5260' above sea level) Liberty Mountain on the Left.. that's one that's on my Wish List! and if't very do-able.. 6 hour hike.. time to visit the Flume Gorge on the same day.

DIET.
Blogging

BED AT 10h30 PM

SATURDAY, September 2nd 2006
Labor Day Week-end

MOUNT WASHINGTON, New Hampshire, USA
# 3 / 48
Lion Head and Tuckerman Ravine Trails
With Gabriel, Was supposed to be with ClubRando.. but the leader couldn't make it, so it fell apart.

UP Lion Head Trail 3h59 mins / 1858 calories / 30% fat / AveHR 144 86% / MaxHR 161 96% / 3h38 mins inZone (75%+)
LUNCH and walkaround 1h20 mins
DOWN Tuckerman Ravine 2h34 mins / 823 calories / 50% fat / AveHR 117 70% / MaxHR 143 85% / 33 mins inZone (75%+)
I was too excited and ate breakfast (cereals and muffun) too fast. It took over an hour to digest and the trail was just 10 mins from the campground (Dolly Copp #17) and steady up right from the start.. After that it was hard work but clear sailing for the rest of the day.

HIKING start 7 h 39 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 20 lbs
DENIVELATION 1,295 m. (4,249 ft)
TOTAL LENGTH 13,6 km (8,4 mi.)
TOTAL TIME 7 h 53
TEMPERATURE at the top: Lower 30s°F / Wind: E 35 to 40 mph It wasn't as bad when we got to the top, but during our stay inside, visiting the souvenir shops, glancing at the museum and obervatory and talking with a couple from Maine who are regulars in the White Mountains, the weather really got worse.

Mt-Washington

ABOVE : near the top end of the Lion Head Trail

BELOW : The Tuckerman Ravine.. Mysterious ..

ABOVE : Mount Washington observatory a place to "observe" some of the trails and mountains that make us dream of comming back! The Appalachian Trail winds down (or up) at bottom left and our August 12th hike is highlighted top right.

BELOW : but it's also accessible from the other side by the Auto Road.

Mt-Washington

BED AT 9h00 PM (Dolly Copp Campground #17)

SUNDAY, September 23rd 2007

MOUNT JEFFERSON, New Hampshire, USA
# 4 / 48
UP Castle Ravine Trail   and DOWN the Castle Trail

With Gabriel

HIKING start 7 h 00 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 20 lbs
DENIVELATION 1,311 m. (4,300 ft) -
TOTAL LENGTH 16,1 km (10 mi)
TOTAL TIME 9h46mins
TEMPERATURE :  Sunny, with a high near 67. Northwest wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph

UP Castle Ravine trail 5h30 mins / 3594 calories / 35% fat / AveHR 136 81% / MaxHR 157 94% / 4h31 mins inZone (75%+)
Leaving early, we knew we had time.. and since I wasn't sure how hard it would be, didn't push myself at all. Took alot of pictures and so did Gabriel. The Stream was at very low water level, I would't try it if it was much higher. On the steep part between the Roof Rock and the Cornice trail.. It was no use anyways.. going fast just made the rocks tumble.
LUNCH AND CLIMB-ABOUT There's no walking on Jefferson! It's just a big pile of rocks!
DOWN Castle trail   3h46 mins / 1739 calories / 55 % fat / AveHR 112 67% / MaxHR 133   80% / 15 mins inZone (75%+)
Estremely Windy for the first 45 mins, but we were well dressed so it fun in a strange way.

NOTES :
1) So windy coming down, that I was glad that I DIDN'T have my contact lenses.
2) Comming with a Hiking Club would have reassured me. But I do like the freedom of only having to co-ordinate my schedule with Gabriel.
3) If I continue using my poles in scrambling, I REALLY have to get rid of the round parts at the bottom. Fining a way to attach them to my pacsac would be even more intelligent.
4) I might modify a Sweatshirt.. to have a net backing.. really don't need much under the pacsac.
5) We never understood how come after 5 rinsings, Gabriel's Platypus still had water tasting like diswashing soap. I'm glad I had some extra to give him. I'll definately taste the water from a bottle I've washed.. before counting on it in a hike.
6) My little Waist bag is absolutely fantastic for my camera, map, handkerchief and grop, but looks terrible on pictures LOL

ABOVE : Too many great adventure stories come from unprepared travellers.

LEFT : Like for Mount Washington, when we get to the top, we meet all kinds of people having taken different routes.. each is proud of their achievement, and rightfully so.

BED AT MIDNIGHT too much to do..

SUNDAY, August 16th 2009

FRANCONIA NOTCH STATE PARK, New Hampshire, USA

Mounts Flume & Liberty
# 5+6 / 48
via the Franconia Ridge
With Gabriel Have been wanting to do this trail since we've seen Liberty from Lincoln-Lafayette But we were waiting for a dry day.. and it hasn't been raining for over 3 days.. so that's good!

HIKING start 8h02 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~18 lbs +
DENIVELATION 1,026 m.
TOTAL LENGTH 15,4 km
TOTAL TIME 7h20
TEMPERATURE : 21°C at top / Wind: not even enough to get rid of the bugs during lunch

UP Flume Slide Trail
3h40 mins / 2083 calories / 50% fat / AveHR 115 70% / MaxHR 146 88% / 1h04 mins inZone (75%+)
It's only the last hour that is really challenging. One thing that I experienced was climbing by pushing left foot to the left and right hand to the right on opposite rocks that had no place to grip. NOTE: If I do this trail again or something like Mount Washington's Huntington Ravine.. I want to have either new hiking boots (new soles) or special non-slip soles for climbing slipery rocks.
Lunch STOP at First Peak of Flume 21 mins
Would have stayed longer if there had been less bugs.
UP to Flume's real peak, DOWN and UP to Liberty, and down Liberty Trail
3h15mins / 1563 calories / 55% fat / AveHR 105 64%/ MaxHR 133 81% / 44 mins inZone (75%+)
It's going down that we realize how much we had actually gone up, since during the challenging part going up, we couldn't really go fast, because we had to be careful not to slip.

BED AT 11h00 PM

FRIDAY, July 1st 2011
Canada Day week-end

CANON MOUNTAIN, New Hampshire, USA
# 7 / 48
With Gabriel,

HIKING start 10 h 01 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 18 lbs
ALTITUDE 1243 m. ( 4077ft)
ELEVATION GAIN m. (2577 ft)
TOTAL LENGTH km ( 5,5 mi.)

pics or text to come

UP via Lonesome Lake
2h33 mins / 1125 calories / 40% fat / AveHR 129 77% / MaxHR 152 91% / 1h43 mins inZone
LUNCH and walkaround 24 mins
DOWN Dodge Cutoff
2h16 mins / 671 calories / 60% fat / AveHR 104 62% / MaxHR 137 82% / 4 mins inZone

BED AT 8h00 PM Lafayette Campground, site #54 in Franconia State Park

SATURDAY, July 2nd 2011

MOUNT ADAMS, New Hampshire, USA
# 8 / 48
Lowe's Path up and down

	With Gabriel. We were supposed to go up King Ravine, but neither of us was feeling it since it's early in the season. The parking at Lowe's Store is just beside Lowe's Cabins that can be seen more easily from the road. The trail is steady up and I felt great. We hadn't done such a high hike since Jefferson in 2007 and I was a little nervous.
Gaby didn't eat enough and completely ran out of steam by the time we got to the top. He had to lie down for a while, and was quite lucky to find a very comfortable place to rest. It was just enought wo that he was ok on the way down.

HIKING start 8 h 01 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 22 lbs
ALTITUDE 1760 m. ( 5799 ft)
ELEVATION GAIN x m. ( 4450 ft)
TOTAL LENGTH 15,2 km ( 9.4 mi.)
TOTAL TIME 9h20
TEMPERATURE at the top: Wow! beautiful sunshine, no wind! No need to Layer up!

UP and DOWN LOWE'S PATH
4h57 mins / 1993 calories / 45% fat / AveHR 123 86% / MaxHR 152 96% / 2h39 mins inZone
LUNCH and walkaround 38 mins
3h45 mins / 1103 calories / 60% fat / AveHR 117 64% / MaxHR 137 82% / 3 mins inZone
We were too much in a hurry, and Gabriel didn't eat enough

Campfire with Yves Richard and Cindy's friends' camp sites #1&2. Yves and his friend did Mount Washington up Amooos... and down Jewell

BED AT 11h00 PM Lafayette Campground, site #54 in Franconia State Park

SATURDAY, June 30th 2012

Mount Monroe and Mount Washington (2nd time for Washington) — with new Gregory Palisade 80
# 9 / 48
pacsac with Gabriel

HIKING Start at 6h42 AM .
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 24 lbs
ALTITUDE : Mount Manroe : 5372 / Mount Washington 6288' /
ASSENT ?? to Lakes of the Clouds / ?? to Manroe and down to the Lakes / ??up to Washington
TOTAL LENGTH ~ 16 km
TEMPERATURE : 12-17°c very sunny, windy at the top

UP Ammonoosuc to Monroe, down to Lakes of the Clouds and up Washington :
5h42 mins / AveHR 133 80% / MaxHR 152 91% / 2643 cals / 40 % fat / 4h19 mins InZone
LUNCH 45 mins
DOWN Jewell Trail
3h22 mins / AveHR 111 66% / MaxHR 140 84 % / 1117 cals / 55 % fat / 8 mins InZone

BED AT 7h00 PM !
Twin Mountain, NH, Carlson's Lodge

SUNDAY, July 1st 2012

Pierce (Clinton)
# 10 / 48
with Gabriel
HIKING time : ~ 6h00 / start at 8h21
WEIGHT OF Gregory Palisade 80 pacsac : 21 lbs
ALTITUDE : 4312' /
ASSENT ? ' /
TOTAL LENGTH ~ ? km
TEMPERATURE : 16-20°c mostly sunny light wind

UP 2h42 mins / AveHR 120 72% / MaxHR 143 86% / 1048 cals / 45 % fat / 1h07 mins InZone
SNACK 15 mins
over to Mazpah Hut & chat 1h13 mins / AveHR 95 57% / MaxHR 128 77 % / 285 cals / 60 % fat / 0 mins InZone
DOWN 1h45 mins / AveHR 96 57% / MaxHR 123 74 % / 424 cals / 60 % fat / 0 mins InZone

CAR TRIP HOME

BED AT 11h00 PM

SUNDAY, June 23rd 2013

MOUNT MADISON, New Hampshire, USA
# 11 / 48
UP : Airline,
DOWN : Valley Way and Brookside
With Gabriel

We did NOT go up nor down "Chemin des Dames". We wanted to see what King Ravine was like, but this was not the day. The forcast was for clearing in the afternoon but Thunderstorms at 14h00 .. and we chose to be safe hiking down, and not wait around for the skies to clear. I guess we'll just have to come back.

HIKING start 6 h 30 AM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : 21 lbs
ALTITUDE 5366 ft
ELEVATION GAIN ft
TOTAL LENGTH mi.
TOTAL TIME 8h45
TEMPERATURE at the top: Wow! beautiful sunshine, no wind! No need to Layer up!

UP Airline, passed Madison Hut to Madison summit.
4h00 mins / 1307 calories / 40% fat / AveHR 127 76% / MaxHR 149 89% / 2h34 mins inZone
SNACK 14 mins
DOWN TO HUT
1h05 mins / 220 calories / 60% fat / AveHR 99 59% / MaxHR 118 71% / 0 mins inZone
MADISON HUT and DOWN to ---
1h06 mins / 223 calories / 60% fat / AveHR 99 59% / MaxHR 112 67% / 0 mins inZone
SNACK 12 mins
DOWN, including Snack and clean-up
2h02 mins / 371 calories / 60% fat / AveHR 94 56% / MaxHR 111 66% / 0 mins inZone

Car trip home

SATURDAY, July 12th 2014

KINSMAN NORTH, KINSMAN SOUTH & back over KINSMAN NORTH ..
# 12+13 / 48
HIKING start 7h50 AM finish at 16h46..
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~16 lbs Gaby takes my extra water.. to slow him down and my bad right ITB he ends up with cramps, but not because of the extra weight,
DENIVELATION m.
TOTAL LENGTH 10 miles
TOTAL TIME about 9 hours
TEMPERATURE : 27°C at the top.. but started out cool.

Lots of children and "tête blanches" on the trail. The children mostly between Lafayette campground and Lonesome Lake. We also see / talk to quite a few Through hikers doing the AT trail.

Since it's a "there and back" hike, we do North Kingsman twice, so it's a good practice for next week in the ADKs

Actually it's Lincoln & Lafayette in the Background, and really quite impressive. I should have taken a panorama view, but was quite tired and didn't think of it until too late.

BED AT 9h30 PM at Country Squire Motel, Littleton. Room #3

NOTE : On July 25th 2014 we finish the ADK 46 and decide to go on and do the White Mountains 48.
In 2006 when Gaby said he'd like to do the ADK 46, I said I'd rather to the 10 highest in the Whites..
I guess we'll get to do those :)

SATURDAY, August 16th 2014

TRAVEL TO
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

2h30 PM car trip 3 hours 30 mins + 20 mins at customs
Get up at 4h30 am, our pacs are almost packed, take a light breakfast Leave at 5h05 AM, Eat cerial with powered milk at Shaws in Littleton, NH were we buy jerky and dried Abricots

MOUNT MOOSILAUKE finishing the 10 highest of the Whites that I wanted to do
# 14 / 48
HIKING start : 9h05 AM AM finish at 4h28 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 17 lbs / 2 l water.. Gaby pumps a liter comming down.,
ASCENT 3100 ft.
TOTAL LENGTH 7,6 miles
TOTAL TIME about 7,5 hours

UP including walkabout at Beaver Brook Shelter and lots of Pictures.
3h40 mins / AveHR 130 78% / MaxHR 157 93% / 1357 cals / 40 % fat / 2h26 mins InZone (75%+)
Lunch and walkabout at the top
23 mins
Down
3h18 mins / AveHR 109 65% / MaxHR 142 85% / 879 cals / 55 % fat / 15 mins InZone (75%+)
TEMPERATURE : www.mountain-forecast.com : at the top : AM - PM
Sunny, 20-30 km/ h winds to the east. High 10-11°C / with chill factor = 7°C
but actually covered and almost rainy a good part of the day. the temps were about right.

Left : Warning Sign at the start of the Beaver Brook trail. It was not raining, yet most of the trail was wet and some parts were slippery.

Below : Engineered steps and Rebars for safety and keeping hikers on the trail instead of using roots and branches beside the trail to climb steeper sections..

Map : The Gorge Brook trail is more classic and much easier, I haven't hiked it.. maybe some winter ..

TRIP HOME

BED AT 9h30 PM

SUNDAY, October 12th 2014

TRAVEL TO
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

4h30 AM car trip 3 hours 30 mins + (including 4 mins at customs)
Get up at 4h00 am, our pacs are already in the car. We eat light breakfast and leave at 4h30. at about 7h30 we eat cereals in the car.. Gaby has some trouble digesting at the start of the hike

MOUNT JACKSON and Webster loop
# 15 / 48
HIKING start : 8h00 AM AM finish at 2h28 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 19 lbs including 3 liters of water.. Come home with 1,5 l..
ASCENT
TOTAL LENGTH miles
TOTAL TIME about 6 hours including long stops and conversations

TEMPERATURE cold but not windy until we get to the top of Jackson where we are in the clouds, and the wind is strong. The sun comes out by the time we get to Webster.

Aches & Pains : really feel my last two days of trainging.. quite glad that it was a moderate hike today. just perfect.

Left :
The red leaves had fallen, the yellow ones where still on the trees, but at the top of Mount Jackson, we couldn't see far so we looked closely at what was beautiful and rare. Just for these two pictures the hike was worth it!

Below : to Mount Jackson first, then over to Webster and back down.

TRIP HOME

BED AT 10h00 PM M+2 arrive later

SATURDAY, July 3rd 2015

TRAVEL TO
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

5h200 AM car trip 3 hours (including 10 mins at customs)
Get up at 4h20 am, our pacs are not quite ready. We eat light breakfast and leave at 5h20. at about 8h30h we eat cereals in the car.. I wasn't really hungry, follow my GPS, it's nice to have one.

MOUNT EISENHOWER and FRANKLIIN extra
# 16 / 48
HIKING start : 9h20 AM AM finish at 5h30 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 19 lbs including 3 liters of water.. Come home with 1,0 l..
ASCENT from 1600 to 4700 for Eisenhower and then to 5001' for Franclin
TOTAL LENGTH miles : 2,9 to Crawford Path, + 0,4 to Eisenhower + -1,5 to almost Monroe
TOTAL TIME about 7 1/2 hours including long stops and conversations

TEMPERATURE 15°C and sunny,

Aches & Pains : This is a test run and it's all good, but I'm very nervous about my right knee and wrist.

Up Edmonds Path to Mount Eisenhower then ofer to Mount Franklin, but we pass by it and it's only when I don't want to go up what I was told is Monroe, that we check the map and come back a little. The Trail up Franclin (almost flat at this point) is very inconspicuous. Down same as up. OUPS.. have to correct the map, near the top of Eisenhower I highlited the wrong path..we went up, of course, and not just along the bottom. lol

Nice view of Mount Washington and Monroe and in front, Franklin

On the way down, going around Eisenhower. What a beautiful day.

TRIP HOME

BED AT 9 h00 PM

MONDAY, July 13th 2015

TRAVEL TO
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

5h200 AM car trip 3 hours (including 5 mins at customs)
Get up at 4h00 am, our pacs are in the car. We eat light breakfast and leave at 4h30. at about 8h30h we eat cereals in the car..

Mount Moriah, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 17 / 48
HIKING start : 8h15 AM finish at 3h00 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs including 4 liters of water.. Come home with 1,5 l
ASCENT from 800' on Carter-Moriah Trail
TOTAL LENGTH :4,5 miles
TOTAL TIME 6h40 hours including long stops and conversations

TEMPERATURE Warm. Heard thunder for about 45 mins, but only had a few drops of rain near the end of the hike. Just in time before the showers.

Aches & Pains : Th

YELLOW

Lots of slabs, and some parts remind me of ADK Rocky Peak Ridge.

BED AT 9 h00 PM at :Northern Peaks Motor Inn, Gorham. Room 18; with microwave oven and small fridge.

TUESDAY, July 14th 2015

Mount Middle Carter and Mount South Carter, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 18+19 / 48
HIKING start : 7h00 AM finish at 4h15 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 19 lbs including 4 liters of water.. Come home with
ASCENT from NH16 by Imp Trail from 1270'
TOTAL LENGTH 12,4 miles
TOTAL TIME about 9h15 hours including long stops and conversations

TEMPERATURE Quite a few times during the day we thought it would rain, so we put the pac covers on but it was very warm.

Below : ORANGE Trail, I didn't want to go by the other IMP trail to keep things easy, since I'm still testing my knee.

Below : It only took me 2,5 minutes to do the U trail to get to where I took this photo. Gaby was 100 % right.. distances are difficult to judge.

BED AT 8h00 PM at : Northern Peaks Motor Inn, Gorham. Room 18; with microwave oven and small fridge.

WEDNESDAY, July 15th 2015

Mount Hale, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 20 / 48
HIKING start : 11h30 AM finish at 3h00 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 18 lbs including 3 liters of water.. Come home with
ASCENT by the Hale Brook trail from Zealand Road. from 1770'
TOTAL LENGTH miles : 4,4 miles
TOTAL TIME 3h30 hours including long stops and conversations

TEMPERATURE Rain starting at 3 AM until about 10 AM. so we changed our plans to do a hike mostly in the afternoon.

Aches & Pains : Th

there's another trail comming from the other side that is much easier. but the trail we did was still considered a moderate one.

No view point at the top and a Boy's camp all over the place made it quite a different lunch place than usual. but it was ok.

BED AT 9h30 PM at : Northern Peaks Motor Inn, Gorham. Room 18; with microwave oven and small fridge.

THURSDAY, July 16th 2015

Mount Hight and Mount Carter Dome, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 21 / 48 (Carter Dome)
HIKING start : 7h00 AM finish at 4h15 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 17 lbs including 3,5 liters of water.. Come home with 1,5 l
ASCENT from NH16 via Nineteen Mile Brook Trail and Carter Dome trail, and Mount Hight.
TOTAL LENGTH about 10 miles : including Mount Hight and Carter Notch Hut
TOTAL TIME about 9h15mins including long stops and conversations

TEMPERATURE Beautiful, Sunny and cool!

Aches & Pains : Th

This is my Blue period in photography..

PINK Trail

Part of our ARMS LENGTH collection started loooong before selfies existed.

TRIP HOME

BED AT 9 h00 PM

TUESDAY, July 21st 2015

TRAVEL TO
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

4h20 AM car trip 3,5 hours (including 5 mins customs )
Get up at 3h30 am, our pacs are in the car. We eat light breakfast and leave at 4h20. at about 6h30h we eat cereals in the car..

Mount Garfield, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 22 / 48
HIKING start : 7h40 AM finish at PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs including 4 liters of water.. Come home with 1,5 l
ASCENT by Garfield Trail
TOTAL LENGTH 10 miles
TOTAL TIME about 6h40 including stops

TEMPERATURE Hot and humid but nice on top.

Luckily there were quite a few Switchbacks

Gaby forgot his camera's memory card and had to use the internal memory but managed to take some great pictures of me ;)

BED AT 9 h00 PM at :Northern Peaks Motor Inn, Gorham. Room 16; with microwave oven and small fridge.

WEDNESDAY, July 22nd 2015

North Twin, South Twin, NEW HAMPSHIRE = 24!!
# 23+24 / 48
HIKING start : 7h15 AM finish at 4h50 PM
Get up at 5h30 AM, leave the Motor Inn at 6h30.
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs including 3 liters of water.. Come home with
ASCENT by North Twin Trail
TOTAL LENGTH miles : 11,2
TOTAL TIME about 9h40 including long stops and conversations

TEMPERATURE : Perfect! (says Gaby :)

Aches & Pains : Th

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I can't follow where Gaby goes since he's just a little taller than me.

I had the chance to practice walking in the river with my KEEN Women's Clearwater CNX Sandal. There are three crossings, the 3rd one is easy. On the way up I crossed in the water on the 2nd crossing only, but on the way down, I kept my Keen sandals from the 2nd crossing to the end since I knew the terrain was mostly soft.

BED AT 9h30 PM at : Northern Peaks Motor Inn, Gorham. Room 16; with microwave oven and small fridge.

THURSDAY, July 23rd 2015

Mounts Tom, Field and Willey, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 25, 26 + 27 / 48
HIKING start : 7h15 AM finish at 4 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 18 lbs including 3 liters of water.. Come home with 1,5 liters
ASCENT Avalon Trail to A-Z Trail, down by Mount Avalon
TOTAL LENGTH 9.8 miles :
TOTAL TIME about 8h45 including long stops and conversations

TEMPERATURE More clouds than we expected but cleared around noon

Aches & Pains : Th

No Trail sign at the very begining, really just across the tracks, behind the Information Center.

Easy to guess that I'm at the start of the trail, rested, relaxed and happy. Use this as my FB pic.

S.R. I'd love to see the pictures she takes.

TRIP HOME

BED AT 10h30 PM

MONDAY, August 10th 2015

TRAVEL TO
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE

4h20 AM car trip 3,5 hours (including 5 mins customs )
Get up at 3h30 am, our pacs are in the car. We eat light breakfast and leave at 4h20. at about 6h30h we eat cereals in the car..

North Conway, NH today : First Light : 5:11 / Sunrise 5:43 / Sunset 7:56 / Last Light 8:28

Mount Hancock & South Hancock, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 28+29 / 48
HIKING start : 7h47 AM finish at 3h48 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs including x liters of water.. Come home with x l
ASCENT by G Trail
TOTAL LENGTH miles
TOTAL TIME about 7

TEMPERATURE

Aches & Pains : Th

planned BED AT 9 h00 PM at : White Mountain Hostel, 36 Washington Street, Conway, NH

WEDNESDAY, August 12th 2015

Mount Osceola, East Osceola, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 30+31 / 48
HIKING start : 6h56 AM finish at 14h54 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 20 lbs including x liters of water.. Come home with x l
ASCENT by G Trail
TOTAL LENGTH miles
TOTAL TIME about 7

TEMPERATURE

Aches & Pains : Th

planned BED AT 9 h00 PM at :White Mountain Hostel, 36 Washington Street, Conway, NH

THURSDAY, August 13th 2015:

Mounts Bondcliff, Bond & West Bond , NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 32, 33 + 34 / 48
HIKING start : 5h00 AM finish at 19h40 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 21 lbs including 3,5 liters of water.. (Gaby pumps me another l on the way back while we eat supper.
ASCENT by G Trail
TOTAL LENGTH 22,1 miles
TOTAL TIME 14 hours 40 minutes!

TEMPERATURE

Aches & Pains : Th


Lu

on Facebook : .. oui oui.. moi aussi quand j'avais vu la photo du livre ( AMC White Mountains Guide, 27^th edition ) je pensais que c'était une grosse plateforme. lol et en plus.. sur le livre la personne n'est pas allé aussi loin que nous! Il y avait des bourrasques de vent, pas très fort, mais assez pour inquiéter.. le vent venait VERS la montagne, mais comme je devais me pencher DANS le vent pour ne pas me faire pousser par le vent, je devais faire attention à ne pas continuer à me pencher vers le vide quand la bourrasque arrêtait!

planned BED AT 9 h00 PM at :White Mountain Hostel, 36 Washington Street, Conway, NH

FRIDAY, August 14th 2015

Mount Tecumseh, NEW HAMPSHIRE
# 35 / 48
HIKING start : 11h26 am AM finish at 16h46 PM
WEIGHT OF PACSAC : ~ 18 lbs including 2,5 liters of water.. Come home with 1l.
ASCENT by Tipoli Road Trail .
TOTAL LENGTH 6,2 miles
TOTAL TIME 5h20

TEMPERATURE 21° C at start, and luckily it goes down at least a litte.. t0 18°C

Aches & Pains : Th

at 1h20 mins from Conway, but the other trail head is at 1h40..and anyways, after doing the Bonds yesterday.. a nice steady climb is better that an all out steep one.

Trip Home

FRIDAY, May 20th 2016
Car trip to the Northern-most 4000 footer in the Whites :
See a deer in the morning and a moose coming hone.

Mount Cabot, White Mountains,
# 36 / 48
With Gabriel
HIKING start 8h41 am // Finish at 4h45 PM
18 km
TEMP : 10-15°C and sunny

From Mill Brook Road
UP TO THE HORN
3h04 mins AveHR 133 80% / MaxHR 153 92% / 1766 cals / 35 % fat / 2h23 mins InZone (75%+)
LUNCH 10 mins
UP TO THE MOUNT CABOT
1h12 mins AveHR 129 78% / MaxHR 146 88% / 655 cals / 40 % fat / 45 mins InZone (75%+)
SNACK 8 mins
DOWN INCLUDING SNACK AT Unknown Pond
3h37 mins AveHR 108 65% / MaxHR 146 88% / 1430 cals / 55 % fat / 45 mins InZone (75%+)

Tear a little the skin on my left knee, climbing to the top bolders of the Horn. Gaby says that I don't seem quite as sure of myself as usually, and it's true.. my legs are almost shaking at times from being tired. But the 360° view on a sunny day with snow still on Mount Washington, and a good view of The Buldge and Mount Cabot is worth it. It's the best place to have lunch.

Aches & Pains : Just weak and tired.. I think my training this year isn't as effective as it was with A.M. Gabriel takes one of my hydration packs, and I feel better but still it's difficult.


Above :There are alot of snow / blue ice spots and while I think my left foot is firmly set on one of them, when I push off to take a step I slip, don't quite fall, but bend my left hiking pole. Map : Gaby's GPS trace is actually à little different than the map, and the trail is very visible but there are very few markers in the trees. Below : I have no idea what I'm talking about but this looked like a "Moose nest" where a cow and her calfs could lay down. There was ALOT of moose scat all along the trail, some quite fresh. Too many branches on the ground for it to be a campground.

BED AT 10h30 PM

SATURDAY, July 2nd 2016

Mount Zealand, White Mountains,
# 37 / 48
With Gabriel
HIKING start 9h20 am // Finish at 18h20 PM lots of chatting with interesting people
18 km
TEMP : 14-15°C and good winds, but we're in the forest all the time.

From Zealand Road parking. 3$

We had done Hale from the other parking so I was feeling at home in these parts. The first part of the trail, almost all the way to the hut was really easy. We saw a little family with 4-5 year old start just before us. I think many people go to the hut the first day, explore the second and come back the third, but still to do it with litte kids is a whole sport of a differnet kind.

From the hut to the summit was more interesting and we talked to alot of hikers.

Right : Gabriel uses the bottom half of his hiking pole's handle to "Foam Roll" his quads. This part of the handle is usually just to get a good grasp of the pole when we want to hold it lower than usual for a short time. Aches & Pains : My left quands hurt at various times during the ascent. Some times very sunddenly and so much that I let out a yelp of pain. Hikiing Pole Foam rolling helps.My right knee hurts during the last hour of the hike.

Below : View from the Zealand lookout, a ways before arriving to Zealand where there is noting to see. the Mounain ahead is Carrigain, where we plan to finish the NH 48

BED AT 10h30 PM

SATURDAY, July 9th 2016
Happy 64th birthday my brother :)

Mount Galehead, White Mountains,
# 38 / 48
With Gabriel
HIKING start 8h52 am Finish at 3h43 pm
10.2 miles / 18 km / Elevation: 1226 m
TEMP : 14°C and rainy

3h26 mins / AveHR 120 72% / MaxHR 150 90 % / 1664 cals / 45 % fat / 1h17 mins InZone (75%+)
down to hut
18 mins / AveHR 112 67% / MaxHR 140 84 % / 131 cals / 55 % fat / 2 mins InZone (75%+)
26 mins lunch
down
2h40 mins / AveHR 105 70% / MaxHR 138 85 % / 1012 cals / 55 % fat / 3 mins InZone (75%+)


When you can't see far.. you have to look at what is close.

	LEFT :I was looking forward to the two river crossings but noticed the blocked trail and easily guessed that they had changed the route. BELOW:Forecast from Summit weather / It rained more and it was warmer.

BED AT 10h30 PM

TUESDAY, July 26th 2016
Day 1

CAR TRIP to the WHITE MOUNTAINS, NH. Gabriel's car : TROUBLE!

Mount Wambek
# 39 / 48
with Gabriel
HIKING time : ~ 5h15 mins : 9h54 to 15h08
Length : 7,2 miles + up & down for the parking
WEATHER : I

ALTITUDE :

LEFT : Car problems (spark plug coil #3) on the highway near Littleton. White Mountains Transmission Garage in Bethlehem. We were all ready to do the Wildcats today, but had to change our plans since we were getting on the trail quite late.

BELOW : Park on the road because there's a spot the car can't go over.

In the evening at the Hostel talk alot with Bob & Leon, not regular hikers but are going to do Mount Washington tomorrow, Billy from Maine, who hikes alot, Xenia from Moscow and Doug and Mark

BED AT 10h30 PM at : White Mountain Hostel, 36 Washington Street, Conway, NH room #6 new bed but not much more.

WEDNESDAY, July 27th 2016
Day 2

Wildcat, D& E, and Wildcat A
# 40+41 / 48
with Gabriel
HIKING time : ~ 9 hours
Length : ~10 miles
WEATHER : Warm and sunny, not much wind on the trail, but a light breez on the ski trail.

ALTITUDE : NOTE : 2018-08-10 : I don't know why but on the applications for the NH 4000 club and the NE 111s it's not the same Peak that is listed. NH 4000 club it's the D peak and on the NE 111s, it's the E peak. Anyways, we dit E once and D twice on the same day. So it's all good.

	LEFT : Climbing to the E peak and all along the trail we see quite a few AT Hikers. Some with day packs lent by the hostel they're staying at who also gave them a ride to the begining of the section, some with fully loaded packs. During the climb I think a number of times of the AT Hikers with fully loaded packs who climb this way.. that would be too much for me these days, I'd have to stop way too often.

	ABOVE : A well-deserved lunch spot with Carter Notch Hut down in the valley (highlighted)
BELOW : From Pinkham Notch so as not to wonder about the Ellis river crossing, and also to have a little "warm-up" before the climb. Wildcats E-D-C-B-A-B-C-D and down the Ski Trail. Then Gaby goes get the car while I wait at the restaurant. ~ 30 mins.

BED AT 11h30 PM at : White Mountain Hostel, 36 Washington Street, Conway, NH

FRIDAY, September 2nd 2016
Day 1

CAR TRIP to Lincoln Wood Center
departure : 9h30 AM / 1 hour wait at Stanstead Border Crossing.
lunch at: The Parson's Corner

BACKPACK IN 2,9 mi, 1h10min
from Lincoln Forest visitor Center at 15h00
to Franconia Brook East Tentsite

Blue line, on road only

Too easy on easy road. Too many dogs...

At tentsite :

places are grouped together.

No plants between spots but alot of trres.

We have bear canisters so don't need the bear box.

Many non-hikers.

A guy & his nephew try-out their hammocs near us.

2 Montrealer Girls living in Massachussets at site #18

BED AT 8h00 PM Camping Franconia Brook East Tentsite #16

SATURDAY, September 3rd 2016
Day 2

Owl's Head Mountain, NE 98/115
# 42 / 48
With Gabriel
HIKING start 7h10 am Finish at 4h25 pm
12.6 miles
TEMP : 9°C -> 17° Sunny
water 2 ½ liters

ABOVE Crossing the Pemigewasset early morning was "refreshing" no need for coffee to wake up!

My left leg shakes from Wednesday & Thursday's Work-outs as I put my hiking boots back on.

RIGHT meet a "red line" hiker for the first time! That is he is doing all the trails on the map!

PINK line UP and DOWN

ABOVE Lots of stream crossings. easy approach for 3 hours before loose rock slide // no view on summit but wonderful view of Lincoln-Lafayette from the slide

BED AT 8h00 PM Camping Franconia Brook East Tentsite #16 ALOT of hikers at campground arriving at all hours of the evening.

SUNDAY, September 4th 2016 DO Bondcliff (again) In the longrun I want do have a separate date for each of the 48 White Mountain High Peaks, so since we did the 3 Bonds at once, we did just Bondcliff this time and plan to go back and do one of the other via Guyot.. some day.. but today doesn't count for the 48 since we've already done all three Bonds.

MONDAY, September 5th 2016
Day 4

BACKPACK OUT
from Franconia Brook East Tentsite
to Lincoln Forest visitor Center at 11h40

Blue line, via Pine Island Trail

Lazy morning packing

Leave campground at 10 am.

Pine Island Trail is not longer but it is a trail, not a road. nice.

CAR TRIP home
departure : 12h00 AM /
lunch at: Subway at Loon Mountain Ski Slopes
10 mins at North Troy Border Crossing.
home at 5h10 PM

planned BED AT 10h30 PM AT HOME

FRIDAY, October 7th 2016

CAR TRIP to Pine Bend Brook Parking.
departure : 4h26 AM / boarder officer just asks "What trail are you doing?, when are you coming back? Is there anything that you might be leaving in the States? " and we're on our way.

North and Middle Tripyramids, NE99 and 100 / 115
# 43+44 / 48
With Gabriel
HIKING start 8h05 am Finish at 4h55 pm
9,7 miles Good climb near the top. Easy down including banner picture afternoon break
TEMP : 5°C -> 16° Sunny
water 4 liters / Gaby carries up 2 of those because I don't feel well. I brought alot of water so that I could drink as much as I want because I have a bad cough and sore throat. Thanks alot Gaby, It's good to know that I can always count on you.


ABOVE LEFT This canNOT be natural and we wonder how long ti has been there by the trail. ABOVE RIGHT Sabbaday Falls, touristic but a very nice surprise.
We were going to do an "up & down" on the Pine Bend Brook trail but after talking to 2 guys from NH we decide doing the loop might be nicer. Kevin is at 42/48. and we end up talking with them a number of times. He gives us ins about Isolation, I talk about Flume&Liberty.

CAR TRIP home

BED AT 10h00 PM

SATURDAY, October 15th 2016

CAR TRIP to the Whites
departure : 4h30 AM / bo

Mount Passaconaway NE 101 / 115
# 45 / 48
With Gabriel - in all we see about 20 people, talk to quite a few of them.
HIKING start 8h30 am Finish at 5h00 pm / took our time, it's such a beautiful day.
7,9 miles Good climb near the top but the rest is easy
TEMP : -2°C -> 16° Sunny
water 3 liters / NEW BOOTS : LOVE THEM


ABOVE LEFT The little extra is worth the effort. ABOVE RIGHT It's near freezing, but no wind.
BELOW And they said there was no view..

CAR TRIP home

BED AT 10h00 PM

SATURDAY, September 2nd 2017

ISOLATION, White Mountains, NH :NE111 : 102/115
# 46 / 48
With Gabriel
HIKING start 6h35 am 10h15mins total
TOTAL DISTANCE : 22,9 km There and back
ELEVATION GAIN & DESCENT : 1185 m / 3888 ft
TEMP : 14-15°C and NO Wind!

Back-pack 19lbs : so nice that it was less than the 33 lbs I carried around in the Dolomites!

Via Rocky Branch trail, because we'll do the other trail once when we want to go to Boot Spur. The trail is much easier than we thought elevation-wise, but I think the rock-hopping takes tole on our articulations.
This is truely the opposite of the Dolomites LOL. hiking beside streams and "rock hopping" on dry streams, wet streams and across streams.

Talk with people (1 guy and 1 couple ) for whom this is 48/48 ! and some for whom it's 46/48 like us. Also with someone doing the "grid" who's about at 470/576 !

BED AT 10h30 PM at : White Mountain Hostel, 36 Washington Street, Conway, NH

SATURDAY, June 30th 2018
20mins drive to Trail Head.

WHITEFACE, NH. WHITE MOUNTAINS , NE103 / 115
# 47 / 48
With Gabriel , Downes Brook Trail up and down.
HIKING start 7h00 am Finish at 3h35 pm (20 mins lunch) (8h35 mins total)
18 km very regular grade all the way, mostly in the shade 'til the top,
TEMP : 22°C -> 28°C— cloudy am then sunny / always humid and lots of mosquitos and orther bugs
water 3 liters /

We didn't meet a single hiker on the Downes Brook Trail all day, and it was clearly not well travelled. Had sort of an ADKish feeling. At the holstel there was a guy meeting others to come from the other side, as was a couple on top.

2 x 10 river crossings! I'm glad we decided NOT to do it last week when there were 3 days of heavy rain.. the trail rocks would have been even more slippery and the river crossing would have been undoable, and even today, just one storm would have changed the game completely, since alot of streams go into the Downes Brook.

CAR TRIP home

BED AT 10h00 PM

SUNDAY, August 5th 2018

30 mins drive to Trail Head.

CARRIGAIN MOUNTAIN White Mountains, / NE109/115
White Mountains # 48/48
With Gabriel
HIKING Sawyer River Auto Rd and Signal Ridge Trail. / start 6h15 AM total 10h30mins
Sawyer River Rd IN : 40 mins
Signal Ridge Trail UP : 4h35 mins
Lunch : talking with people and celebrating our 48/48 : 45 mins
Signal Ridge Trail DOWN : 3h50 mins
Sawyer River Rd OUT : 40 mins
Assent : 3800′ of elevation gain + 500 ' on Sawyer River Rd
22 km including the 2 x 2 miles we have to add because the Sawyer River Road is closed to vehicales since October 2017.
TEMP Sunny : start at 13°C; 20°C at lunch; 23° almost down
WATER 3,5 liters and I drink almost all of it.
WEIGHT OF PAC: 20 lbs I brought my river-crossing sandles but didn't need to use them,


ABOVE Sawyer River Rd closed : 2 x 2 miles more to hike. We find out 4 days before our already planned trip./ The road was almost completely restored by the time we went, but it was still closed.	ABOVE : according to what we read.. on a clear day, we can see 43 of the 48 NH 4000 footers. This is why we chose Carrigain to finish the NH4000s
	LEFT : 4 DAYS AGO : Mountain-forecast.com hasn't updated the weather info since 7 am this morning, and we are trying to decide if we're going to do it this Sunday. We decide to go and we reserve bunks at White Mountain Hostel for 2 days. 3 DAYS AGO : mountain-forecast.com is all mixed up.. shows thunderstorms all day Sunday and is not refresshed. Other Forecast pages seem to say it's OK. 2 DAYS AGO .. all is good on mountain-forecast.com. Sunny on Sunday :) and the expanded version is back.

ABOVE : It was warm and there was no wind, but it was very comfortable in the look-out tower at the top. People we crossed coming up told us that just an hour earlier it was quite windy and chilly. Glad we came later. BELOW RIGHT : the closed auto-road is 2 miles of easy hiking.// The trail junction is a little bit after the Carrigain Brook while on some older maps it is before or at the brook.
BELOW : On my FB page : "C'est fait! 48/48 dans les White Mountains! Une rando de 10h30 sur Carrigain, en partie à cause d'une fermeture de route-auto qui a allongé la rando de 3,2 km, allée et 3,2 km retour mais une journée magnifique." on the Aspiring NE 111 ERS Club "Another step in the right direction. Gabriel and I finished White Mountains 48/48 on Carrigain on Sunday (August 5th) . That's 109/115 !" on the NH 4000 Footers Club " for Gabriel and I, Carrigain on Sunday (August 5th) was a beautiful way to finish our 48/48. So many people were wonderufl to congratulate us. It relly felt great. "
	BELOW : A little water in the hat before putting it back on really cools you down / I must say that I used a little LESS water LOL

BED AT 10h45 PM White Mountains Hostel, Conway / Bunks #11 (2 singles and 4 bunks , sink in room, showers and washroom adjacent) / Interesting to meet Danièle and Rebecca and alot of other hikers. With all the "congrats" we get it really feels like a celebration .

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