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Goose Eye Mountain – Gem of a hike in Maine’s Mahoosuc Range!

Goose Eye Mountain and Mount Carlo are part of the rugged Mahoosuc Range in Western Maine, just to the northeast of the main parts of the White Mountain National Forest.

Exploring Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains and the Forty Foot Hole

Mountains in Oklahoma? We had already discovered the Ouachita Mountains in 2021, but in 2022, we were introduced to the Wichita Mountains, which offer a rocky, rugged, and desert like environment to explore with mountains reaching about 1500′ in elevation above the surrounding plains. For our first trip to the area with our tour guides […]

Looping Blackhead Mountain with a side of Black Dome Mountain in the Catskills

Part of the Catskill 3500 peaks in the Catskills, Blackhead Mountain offers a great loop hike of about 5 miles from the Big Hollow Trailhead parking area.

Hiking the Wildcats

The Wildcats are a rugged section of the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire that offers some amazing views of Mount Washington and the Presidentials in the White Mountains. The trail is a mix of rocky, steep, and muddy sections that is definitely on the difficult side of hikes in this region. We hiked the Wildcats […]

Hiking Caribou Mountain – A small mountain with mighty views tucked into the northeastern corner of the White Mountain National Forest

Located in the northwestern corner of the White Mountain National Forest, just over the state line in Maine — Caribou Mountain may not seem like much based on elevation, but this 7.3 mile loop hike gives you some amazing views of the White Mountains to the east, and the mountains of western Maine to the […]

The Tripyramids of New Hampshire – Middle and North Tripyramid Hike – 2 of the NH48

Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire. They both are part of the NH48 Challenge, as peaks in New Hampshire that rise above 4,000 feet in elevation.

My favorite loop hike in the Catskills – Hunter Mountain from Spruceton

My favorite loop hike in the Catskills is a 9 mile hike over Hunter Mountain. If you don’t mind an additional 2 miles of out and back, you can also add the summit of Southwest Hunter (Leavitt Peak) and make the loop hike a total of 11 miles in length. For the loop as I […]

Hiking Thomas Cole and Black Dome Mountains

At 3,994 feet and 3,953 feet in elevation, Black Dome and Thomas Cole are the 3rd and 4th highest peaks in the Catskills. These peaks are traversed by the east-west Black Dome Range Trail between Elmer Barnum Road in the west and Big Hollow Road in the east. For this hike we began at the […]

Mount Madison (5,366′) – NH 4000 Footer – Via Howker Ridge Trail

Standing tall at 5,366 feet in elevation in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Mount Madison is the northernmost mountain in the Presidential Range. We began at the Appalachia Trailhead on Route 2, just outside of Gorham, NH. Note that this is a very busy trailhead and it fills up fast. We arrived around 7:45 […]

Slide Mountain and a whole lot more

The hiking traverse across Slide, Cornell, and Wittenberg Mountains is one of my very favorite hikes in the Catskills. On this trip, I added a bit more to the hike, but going out to the north on the Phoenicia East Branch Trail after descending Wittenberg (instead of descending all the way to Woodland Valley State […]