Category: state highpoints
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WY-Gannett Peak
Summit Date August 3, 2019 Party Ryan Cragun and Tom Triplett (with logistical support from Mark Woolley, who almost made it) Trip Report Eighteen years after completing my first state highpoint (Utah’s King’s Peak), Wyoming is likely my last state highpoint – #49. While not the highest state highpoint, Wyoming is the longest hike as…
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WA-Mt. Rainier
Summit Date July 31st, around 6:30 am Party Ryan Cragun & Tom Triplett (plus our guides – Travis and Matt – and two other clients – Drew Herdener and Olivier Colle) Trip Report While I do a fair amount of hiking, mountains like Mt. Rainier are really at the upper end of the types of…
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NY-Mount Marcy
Summit Date August 12, 2017 (around 11:00 am) Party Ryan Cragun, Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett Trip Report In my big swing across the US that allowed me to complete most of the highpoints in the Northeast in 2013, I didn’t manage to fit in Mount Marcy. It’s a solid day hike, and I just didn’t…
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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…