Approaching Katahdin

View of the AT north bound from Baxter State Park, Maine.

Long Trail

I just love Vermont. Approaching Mount Abraham via Long Trail North Bound.

White Blaze

Amazing weekend of peal bagging on the AT, Grafton Loop, Maine

Appalachain Trail – Northbound

Early October I realized hiking the New England 67 4000 footers was within reach. I was about halfway done. I hiked every weekend since. This is from Old Speck in ME.

BONDCLIFF

Welcome to winter

Baby Face

Mt. Massive

Washington

FLOWERS

MACHINE

Wildflowers

Grass

I got this idea from a photo I saw at Panera Bread of all places, thoughts?

Mount Massive

Mount Massive, as seen from Mount Elbert.

Baby

Mt Adams Sunset

Sunset on Mount Adams

Last week I completed my longest, hardest hike yet, covering all of the presidential ridge. It was about 22 miles and 10,000 feet of elevation gain. It was a spectacular weekend, and on the first night I was able to capture some really great sunset photos.

Sunrise

Sunrises over the presidential ridge, as seen from Mt. Avalon

Rockies Reflection

Gator Dog

Mount Washington Hotel

Loch Ness

Lady Liberty

Waterfall

White Mountains

Newport

Mount Washington

Galehead

I just got back from a 3 day weekend at Galehead hut, the 2nd highest of the AMC hut’s. It was fantastic, I was able to get to 5 4000 footers! This is my favorite shot of the weekend. If you have never been to Bondcliff Mountain, I sugest you do so!

Sunrise2

Sunrise

DROCK and I woke up @ 3:00AM to hike the 1.8 miles to Mount Avalon summit for photos of sunrise. Hiking in the dark adds a whole new element to the white mountain, and I very much enjoyed it. Hiking like that intensifies the challenge. It was a great day. And congrats to DROCK for his first 4000 footer!

Bride

I was really happy to be a part of their special day, I’m really pleased with how some of the formals came out. Best wedding ever!

Stoic

I used this shot in a contest, a small contest, but it did win.

The judges caption: Vermont hiking on New Year’s day. He doesn’t need to talk, his eyes are saying everything.

Nice!

Mt. Washington

IMG_2830-5, originally uploaded by scottwsd.

Wow, haven’t been updating this as much as I used to. Stay tuned I’ll be catching up soon!

Reflection

I went hiking in New Hampshire this weekend, this is one of my favorites from a 3 summit hike. The views were incredible, I sat atop Mt. Avalon for a while, enjoying the surrounding views of Crawford Notch. I love hiking.

Self

I’ve been doing smaller hikes lately because of an injury, but I am feeling better, and ready to start preparing for the great adventure awaiting in March. This weekend DS and I found our way down to Richmond, RI. We did a quick 5 miles hike around Long Pond and Ell Pond. If you haven’t been there before, I suggest you look it up, it’s quite the hidden gem in this small state, and has some really fun opportunities for rock climbing, and nice views above the lake. We hung out for a bit on top of a big rock formation, tried out the new stove, and had some hot coffee. I’m really looking forward to using the stove on some hikes soon!