Are you taking the New England Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge? Here you can see all the hikes logged in our 2018 challenge, with the most recent at the top. If you want to view logged hikes for just one of the peaks, click the mountain name. Click on a hike log to see all the details, more photos and leave comments for the challengers.
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Double Header Day 2: Over the Hump
By Hannah W
Peak Camel's Hump Group Trailhead Monroe trail> Dean's Trail> Long Trail Officially over the halfway point! Camels Hump is certainly not a mountain to miss! This mountain has some amazing views and lovely scenic trails. The thing that the mountain is best known for is the plane crash that happened back in 1944. Some […]
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Vermont Sunshine
By Brenda
Peak Mount Mansfield Group Trailhead Underhill State Park-Eagle's Cut We finally got a bluebird day to go hiking. This was day one of a two day trip to Vermont. My daughter, Hannah and her dog Bella and I set off at 9:30 am to hike up Maple Ridge Trail to the Long Tril to […]
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Double Header: Mount Mansfield
By Hannah W
Peak Mount Mansfield Group Trailhead Maple Ridge Trail> Long Trail> Sunset Ridge Trail My mom, Bella and I stayed up in Vermont for 3 days so we could do Mount Mansfield and Camels hump. After a long day of driving and a stormy night we had absolutely the the best hiking weather anyone could […]
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A Crash and a Crash
By Brenda
Peak Camel's Hump Group Trailhead Monroe Trail This was actually day two. I mixed up my dates. Another beautiful, blue sky day with temps in the 70's and time to summitpeak for. The first part of our day was pretty easy hiking and we were lulled as we hike MonroeTrail to Dean Trail. It […]
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Rocky Way to the Top of Vermont
Peak Mount Mansfield Group Trailhead CCC Road Mt Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont. I started my hike at Underhill State Park. Took CCC road (2.2 miles) and then Maple Ridge Trail (1.5 miles to the Forehead, one of Mt Mansfield’s summits). Maple Ridge Trail is very steep, there are few spots on […]
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Spectacular Camels Hump
By Cinspoon
Peak Camel's Hump Group RalphP Trailhead Monroe Trail Saturday was a much better day weather wise which is why we chose to hike Camels Hump on Saturday instead of Friday. (We only had this weekend to do both hikes) we could not have had a more perfect day. It was a nice trail that was […]
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The View
By RalphP
Peak Camel's Hump Group hiked with Cinspoon Trailhead Monroe Camel’s Hump, known for its views and well, it didn’t disappoint. It was a beautiful clear day when we trekked this beauty, a day where you want nothing but to be out adventuring. And there’s no better day to trek a mountain where you could see […]
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A tip of a hat
By RalphP
Peak Mount Mansfield Group hiked with Cinspoon Trailhead Long Trail Wow, what can I not say about this mountain. We started our trek in what we perceived will be wet conditions throughout the hike. So we put on our rain gear and headed out. The Long trail starts out as a “boardwalk” through Beaver pond, […]
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Whipping Winds of Mansfield
By Cinspoon
Peak Mount Mansfield Group RalphP Trailhead Long Trail/ Haselton The day started off with a thunderstorm and we were expecting rain again for the morning so we were not expecting much on this hike. All I can say is wow, what a pleasant surprise indeed. Started the trek on the Long Trail and we could […]
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Adventure in the Clouds
By Cinspoon
Peak Mount Lincoln Group RalphP Trailhead Falling Waters, Old Bridle Path The humidity was no joke but we were prepared with extra water as we knew we would need it for this hike. We started up the falling waters trail where there is a gorgeous waterfall that is a must see. We also stopped at […]
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Franconia Ridge
By RalphP
Peak Mount Lincoln Group hiked with Cinspoon Trailhead Falling waters The Franconia Ridge… one of New Hampshire’s most beautiful sights to set one’s eyes upon. From Mt Lincoln to Mt Lafayette you find yourself in awe of their splendor. The day we chose to trek, was not a day we should of chosen; the temperatures […]
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But first, lets tackle the highest one!
Peak Mount Washington Group Trailhead Ammonoosuc ravine trail For my first summit on the challenge, I decided to hike Mt. Washington. This is the highest peak in New England and it's known for its dangerous weather. The highest wind speed recorded by men was recorded on the top of Mt. Washington and it was […]
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Camel’s Hump
Peak Select A Peak Group Trailhead Munroe Awesome hike. Good challenge for first hike of the season! Users who liked this:
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Super Fit Ladies
By Grace Hike
Peak Mount Lincoln Group friends Trailhead Kinsman Last day of the June, hot and muggy, 90 degrees, we hiked both kinsman south and north peak. It is so therapeutic despite the weather. Not many people and roads are wet with rocks. slippery sometimes. My goal is conquer all the 4000 + footers in NE. This […]
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A Beacon for Peace
By RalphP
Peak Mount Greylock Group hiked with Cinspoon Trailhead Thunderbolt We were expecting to have thunderstorms late morning as we started our journey up the ski trails of Mt Greylock. Knowing the expected conditions of our trek we opted to have our rain gear ready at moment’s notice but luckily that forecast did not come to […]
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The maze of Mount Greylock
By Cinspoon
Peak Mount Greylock Group RalphP Trailhead Bellows Pipe/ Thunderbolt With the weather forecast showing rain and thunderstorms in the afternoon we had our rain gear and started on the Bellows Pipe trail then over to Thunderbolt. With this being a ski mountain and not all the ski trails showing on our map we got a […]
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Hiking with Bella
By Brenda
Peak Mount Greylock Group Trailhead Appalachian Trail at Mt. Williams Hike 2 of 6 was a fun day trip with my hiking buddy, Hannah and her dog Bella. We met some great college kids on the hike who were doing a last practice hike before heading out with various groups of high school kids. […]
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The Wizarding World of Mount Greylock
By Hannah W
Peak Mount Greylock Group Trailhead Appalachian Trail This hike was an important one for me for a few reasons: One being that back at the end of April, some friends of mine and I tried to summit with our dogs but were unable to because of the amount of snow at the top. We […]
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A lovely day to hike Mount Grey-lock
Peak Mount Greylock Group Bri & Katie Trailhead Campground Trail It was a beautiful day for a hike, a little muggy but an amazing way to spend my day. Having just decided to take the hike the day before i was somewhat unprepared and didnt know what to expect. This was the first mountain/ first […]
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Up in the Clouds
By Hannah W
Peak Mount Lincoln Group Trailhead Lincoln Woods Trail Head What was supposed to be a nice day (well as nice of a day as one can expect in the Whites in spring), turned into a cold and rainy day. My mom and I could hardly see a thing and was hard to tell exactly […]
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Wounded Knee
By Brenda
Peak Mount Lincoln Group Trailhead Lincoln Woods Visitor's Center Mt.. Lincoln was day 2 of a 3 day hike. The weather was grey and gloomy pretty much from the start: with a smattering of rain for added enjoyment. There were a few breaks in the clouds that afforded us some spectacular views, and 3 […]
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Two down, four to go!
By Craig W
Peak Camel's Hump Group Trailhead Long Trail Loop No rain but periodic cloud cover throughout the day. The trail is incredibly well maintained. Extremely high winds at the summit with gusts exceeding 50mph but . Visibility was somewhat limited but still allowed for incredible views of Lake Champain, Canada, and nearby Mt Mansfield. One […]
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And so it begins!
By Craig W
Peak Mount Mansfield Group Trailhead Mt Mansfield Loop Trail Great hike! Heavy rain and overcast skies on the way up but the weather improved once we reached the summit and the hike down was much more enjoyable. There are some sections of the trail that require hikers to scramble over large granite slabs which […]
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