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2024 Hiking Trip Logs

These are trail logs for my hikes in 2024. Here's the main trail log page.

Legend

Text in italics is trail names.
Text in bold italics is trail names for trails which are part of the Appalachian Trail.
Underlined text is mountain peak names.
Bold underlined text is mountain peak names for mountains which are on the Northeast 111 list.
Underlined blue text is mountain peak names for mountains which are on the New England Fifty Finest list.
Underlined green text is mountain peak names for mountains which are on the Catskill 35 list.
A bold U means a turnaround point.


Trips


Bolton Lodge - Green Mountains, Vermont - 19-21 January 2024

Friday 19 January 2024
Bolton Lodge Backcountry Center - Broadway Trail - Grand View Trail - Bolton Lodge

Sunday 20 January 2024
Bolton Lodge - Grand View Trail - Beaver Pond Trail - Deer Run Trail - Maple Loop Trail - Broadway Trail - Grand View Trail - Bolton Lodge - Grand View Trail - Broadway Trail - Twin Knolls Trail - Broadway Trail - Spruce Run Trail - Goat Trail - Spruce Run Trail - Maple Loop Trail - Broadway Trail - Twin Knolls Trail - Lower Land - Broadway Trail - Grand View Trail - Bolton Lodge

Sunday 21 January 2024
Bolton Lodge - Grand View Trail - Broadway Trail - Bolton Lodge Backcountry Center

A weekend in northern Vermont with other members of the Connecticut Section of the Green Mountain Club.

There's no trip report for this one, but you can see more pictures from this trip here.


LT Trailwork - Green Mountains, Vermont - 24-26 May 2024

Friday 24 May 2024
Secret Trailhead - secret trail - Long Trail - Story Spring Shelter

Saturday 25 May 2024
Story Spring Shelter - Long Trail - secret trail - Secret Trailhead - secret trail - Long Trail - Story Spring Shelter [multiple times]

Sunday 26 May 2024
Story Spring Shelter - Long Trail - secret trail - Secret Trailhead - secret trail - Long Trail - Story Spring Shelter [multiple times] Long Trail - secret trail - Secret Trailhead

Another trailwork trip. This time we built a drainage ditch behind the shelter, which included schlepping bucketfuls of rocks up to the shelter.

No trip report for this, but I have some pictures on Facebook.


Greylock - Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts - 7 July 2024

Saturday 7 July 2024
Bellows South Trailhead - Bellows South Trail - Thunderbolt Trail - Appalachian Trail - Mt. Greylock - Appalachian Trail - Bascom Lodge U - Appalachian Trail - Mt. Greylock - Appalachian Trail - Bellows Pipe Trail - Bellows South Trail - Bellows South Trailhead

On Sunday I climbed Greylock for the third time, by Thunderbolt Trail, which is very steep, at one section climbing 1100 feet in 0.7 miles.

For a longer trip report see Views from the Top.

You can see more pictures from this trip here.


High Point State Park - Kittatinny Mountains, New Jersey - 12 September 2024

Thursday 12 September 2024
Sawmill Lake Campground - Sawmill Lake Campground Road - Blue Dot Trail - Appalachian Trail - Mashipacong Trail - Not the Mashipacong Trail U - Not the Mashipacong Trail - Mashipacong Trail - Sawmill Lake Road - Sawmill Lake Campground Road - Sawmill Lake Campground

Maure and I went camping in the New Jersey High Point State Park. While I was there I took a hike.

No trip report for this, but I have some pictures on Facebook.


LT Trailwork and Bromley Mountain - Green Mountains, Vermont - 20-22 September 2024

Friday 20 September 2024
Secret Trailhead - secret trail - Kid Gore Shelter

Saturday 21 September 2024
Kid Gore Shelter - Long Trail - Lydia's Rest U - Long Trail - Kid Gore Shelter

Sunday 11 September 2024
Kid Gore Shelter - secret trail - Secret Trailhead - car drive - Bromley Trailhead - Long Trail - Bromley Mountain U - Long Trail - Bromley Trailhead

Another trailwork trip. On Sunday I climbed Bromley to check out the new tower.

No trip report for this one, but you can see more pictures from this trip here.


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