Tag: highpoint
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OR-Mt. Hood
Summit Date May 25th, 2016, around 7:00 am Party Ryan Cragun & Tom Triplett Trip Report For the previous 45 highpoints I had done, my wife had expressed some concerns, but had never insisted that I hire a guide. With Mt. Hood, given that people die on the mountain regularly and that it is snow-covered…
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ME-Mount Katahdin
Summit Date June 14, 2013; around 12:30 pm Party Ryan Cragun and Rick Eason Trip Report The number of people allowed to climb Mount Katahdin is restricted, so you have to get there early. Plus, it’s a serious hike, so you’ll want all day to do it anyway. We got up around 4:00 and left…
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NH-Mount Washington
Summit Date June 13, 2013; around 11:00 am Party Ryan, Debi, and Toren Cragun Trip Report This is another mountain that I probably would have hiked if it were not for the fact that I was traveling with my wife and son. Because I was, I opted for the easy route up the mountain –…
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VT-Mount Mansfield
Summit Date June 12, 2013; around 11:00 am Party Ryan Cragun Trip Report Had the weather been cooperating, Debi and Toren would have done this hike with me. But with the entire mountain shrouded in clouds and wind gusts making it hard to keep your feet, I opted to go it alone. I’m sure, on…
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MA-Mount Greylock
Summit Date June 11, 2013; around 5:00 pm Party Ryan & Toren Cragun Trip Report We hiked Connecticut’s highpoint earlier in the day and drove to this one in the early evening, arriving just before the gates closed. There really isn’t much to say about this one – we drove up the very nice road…
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CT-Mount Frissell (south slope)
Summit Date June 11, 2013; around 12:00 pm Party Ryan, Debi, & Toren Cragun Trip Report I originally attempted to climb to the highest point in Connecticut – Mount Frissell (south slope) – in March a few years back and the summit was snowed in. I should have known better, but learned my lesson. This…
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MT-Granite Peak
Summit Date August 19th, 2012; around 4:00 pm Summit Party Ryan Cragun and Tom Triplett Trip Report Granite Peak isn’t the tallest highpoint (McKinley in Alaska is; Granite is number 10) nor the most remote (Gannett Peak in Wyoming is more remote), but many people have claimed that it is the most difficult highpoint to…
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CA-Mount Whitney
Summit Date 8/16/2011 – around 8:20 am Party Tom Triplett and Ryan Cragun Trip Report Due to a rather last minute work issue, Mark was unable to hike Mount Whitney with Tom and I. With his blessing, Tom and I decided to still hike Mount Whitney. We had decided on Mount Whitney as we had…
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DE-Ebright Azimuth
Summit Date March 5th, 2011; around 1:00pm Party Ryan Cragun (+ some random guy who was sitting on a bench and all the people who were driving past at the time) Trip Report I drove down to Ebright Azimuth from High Point, NJ, which I had visited earlier that day. This highpoint is, quite literally,…
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NJ-High Point
Summit Date March 5th, 2011; around 8:00 am Party Ryan Cragun Trip Report I drove from Hartford, CT to the highpoint. For some reason I thought highpoints in New England would be accessible and not particularly cold in early March. I was wrong. High Point was covered in snow and the entire hill was blanketed…