An Unmapped Route: A Hiker's Blog

Category: Peak Bagging

  • Blackhead

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    Catskills, NY USA ©lifeasjack.com All rights reserved. The weather forecast looked favorable for Saturday, with mild temperatures and little wind. The outlook would sour for Sunday. Cold windy weather with temps in the single digits would put me off a Sunday hike day. While snow on Saturday morning began to retreat from the weather report,…

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    snowpackjack
    A winter photo of a mountain. It's summit appears black with a tree covered summit. Dry branches appear in the foreground, and the ground is snow covered.

  • Herding The Cats

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    Swimming across Reddit, my eye caught a post about a user who had just completed climbed all the 3500 foot the peaks in the Catskills High Peaks list. I sat up in my chair, stunned. What list was that?! Being a peak bagger, I was instantly curious and dived down the rabbit hole. I’ve been…

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    snowpackjack

  • Slide Mountain

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    Peak Bagging in the Catskills, New York The winding road on my way to the trailhead glittered in the light cast by the headlights. Not a good sign for sure. The glitter was ice. Freezing rain had fallen during the night. Coming out of my motel, I’d scraped the car, and was aware that if…

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    snowpackjack

  • Death in the White Mountains

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    Required reading for those that choose to hike in the White Mountains

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    snowpackjack
    A black and white image of a hiking trail in the white mountains of New Hampshire. The foreground is studded with heavy granite boulders. A dark mountain range is seen in the distance under dark storm clouds.