Mount Sugarloaf – the hardest way Matthew and Eric Gilbertson Oct 29-30, 2011 35th Highest Peak in New England Things were getting urgent. The clouds had suddenly unleashed an unexpected tornado of snow that rapidly began to turn the ground from brown to white. Wearing heavy overnight backpacks we strained… Continue reading
Bushwack-Biking up Four Trail-less Peaks in Maine Eric and Matthew Gilbertson 10.29.2011 16 miles mountain biking 8 miles bushwacking Boundary Peak, 3855ft, 83rd highest peak in New England White Cap, 3856 ft, 82nd highest peak in New England Snow (Cupsuptic), 3784 ft, 94th highest peak in New England Kennebago Divide,… Continue reading
Mendon Peak – 85th Highest Mountain in New England Mendon Peak 85th Highest Mountain in New England 10.10.11 Eric and Matthew Gilbertson 8 miles mountain biking 3 miles hiking 1 mile bushwacking We slowed our car down and pulled over as a huge steam roller rumbled straight towards us on… Continue reading
Cadillac Mountain (1,528ft) Highest point in Acadia National Park Eric Gilbertson, May 30, 2011 From October to early March the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park is the first point of land in the contiguous US that light strikes from sunrise. (Other times of year that distinction goes… Continue reading
(Almost) All Vermont Hundred Highest in a Weekend Eric and Matthew Gilbertson (Almost) All the Vermont Hundred Highest in One Weekend 5pm Friday May 20 – 11:15pm Sunday May 22, 2011 9 mountains 45 Miles hiking 13,300 ft elevation gain 627 miles driving (~14 hours) Author: Eric “Why don’t MITOC… Continue reading
Tripyramids and Sleepers May 2011 (Eric) 5 mountains 14 miles We started the day climbing the steep slide of North Tripyramid, which was luckily snow-free and fun scrambling. After traversing over to South Tripyramid we headed out on a side trail to the sleepers. The snow started getting deeper here… Continue reading
Nubble Peak 88th highest peak in New England (a.k.a. “Nameless, Trail-less Peak”) Matthew and Eric Gilbertson April 3, 2011 Few mountain names strike as much fear into the hearts of mountaineers as “The Peak Above the Nubble.” Some brave hikers even refer to it as “Trail-less, Nameless Peak.” Browsing the… Continue reading
Old Speck + Mahoosuc Notch via a big 25-mile loop Eric and Matthew Gilbertson 4.2.2011 Statistics: 14 hours 8:30am to 10:30pm 25 miles total 15 miles hiking 10 miles xc-skiing Miles of broken trail: 0 Miles we were certain we were on the trail: 10 Average Snow depth: Trail blaze… Continue reading
Sandwich Dome March 12, 2011 (Eric)
Vose Spur – 3862 ft November 14, 2010 (Eric) Vose Spur is one of those mountains in the Whites that you definitely have to earn. There’s no trail you can just blindly follow with your mind on cruise control – you have to find your own route up this one…. Continue reading