Papa Bear's Hiking / Peakbagging Page
Hiking and Peakbagging Reports
his is my hiking / peakbagging page. And what, might you ask is "Peakbagging" and how does it differ from "hiking".
The short answer is that it simply means climbing
a peak or a mountain. But it is most often used by hikers and climbers who endevour to climb certain
lists of peaks, such as all those above a certain elevation in some region. If you follow some of
the accounts below you'll get the idea. And of course "hiking" is just hiking. But seriously, I included that in the title
since quite often I hike to some place interesting and which deserves a place on this web page which doesn't happen to be a peak.
And here's something a little different. There's an area way up north in Labrador that I've
fallen in love with. Unfortunately, the way my life is going at the moment gives me little time to consider going to
such a wild and wonderful place. Let's just say I've put it on the back burner.
It's called the Torngat Mountains and I've put together a web site with as much infomation about this area
as I can gather. Have a loook at this and perhaps you'll fall in love with the place too!
And here are the lists. Peak baggers usually love peak lists. What are peak lists? Lists of peaks
that share some characteristic, such as all the peaks with over 4000' of elevation in a certain area. I finished
these lists on October 9th, 2005 and we drank some champaign in the rain on the last peak (Carrigan — see below)
These lists are in reality just a different way to
index my hiking and climbing. Check these links to see the lists:
Now here is the table of my hikes. Each hike might contain one of more of the peaks on the lists linkked above, This give a more
practical way of looking at my hiking. Enjoy!
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Reports of my 2008 Peakbagging treks:
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Photo Albums:
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Two Great Peaks in Baxter State Park:
Katahdin and the Traveler — Full Report
September 7-10, 2008 |
Photo album
for this trek
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Two Great Peaks in Baxter State Park:
Katahdin and the Traveler — Traveler Section
September 7-10, 2008 |
Photo album
for this trek
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Reports of my 2007 Peakbagging treks:
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Photo Albums:
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Site Seeing, Hiking and Benchmark Hunting
in Vermont and New Hampshire
October 17 - 22, 2007
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Photo album
for this trek
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Opal Creek Oregon:
Hiking through an Old-growth Wilderness
August 19, 2007 |
Photo album
for this trek
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Reports of my 2006 Peakbagging treks:
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Photo Albums:
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Skytop Climb at Mohonk Preserve, New Palz, NY
November 18, 2006
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Photo album
for this trek
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The Eagle Creek Trail
in the Columbia Gorge, Oregon
October 28, 2006
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Photo album
for this trek
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Columbus weekend in the Great North Woods
near the Canadian Border
October 5-8, 2006
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Photo albums
for these treks
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More Boundary Peaks, Benchmarks and Stragglers
August 23-27, 2006
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Photo albums
for these treks
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Boundary, Benchmarks and Bugs
July 11-15, 2006
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Photo albums
for these treks
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Reports of my 2005 Peakbagging treks:
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Photo Albums:
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Mount Carrigain
The Last on the Lists
October 9, 2005
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Photo albums
for these treks
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Peakbagging in Maine
July 11-14 and
August 6-7, 30 2005
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Photo albums
for these treks
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Peakbagging in Vermont
9 peaks in a week
August 15-19, 2005
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Photo albums
for these treks
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A Long New Hampshire Weekend
Cannon Mountain and two tough bushwhacks
July 15-17, 2005
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Photo albums
for these treks
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Old Blue and Bemis
(An AT section hike in Maine)
July 12, 2005
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Photo albums
for this trip
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New Hampshire Blitz
11 Peaks in a week
July 5-10, 2005
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Photo albums
for these treks
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A Weekend in the Catskills
May 20-22, 2005
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Trip album
Wild Flower album
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Four Fine Peaks (and a Waterfall) in Maine
May 8-11, 2005
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Photo albums
for this trip
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Reports of my 2004 Peakbagging treks:
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Photo Albums:
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Mount Osceola and East Osceola
November 27, 2004
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Photo albums
for this trip
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Four snowy climbs of peaks in
The Maine/Canada Boundary Range
November 13 & 14, 2004
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First Day album
Second Day album
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Hiking the 100 Mile Wilderness, Summiting Katahdin and
Peakbagging in Baxter State Park
August 30 - September 14, 2004
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100 Mile album
Katahdin album
Peaks album
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Pemigewasset Wilderness Trek:
Peak Bagging in the White Mountains
August 3 - 6, 2004
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Photo album
for this trek
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Western Maine Peaks:
A week of peak bagging from the
Hundred Highest and Fifty Finest lists
July 12 - 16, 2004
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Photo albums
for these treks
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The Killkenny Ridge Trail:
Two days backpacking in a beautiful and
uncrowded part of northern New Hampshire
July 6 & 7, 2004
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Photo album
for this trek
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A Northwest Adventure:
Mount Adams, Mount Hood and Portland Natural Areas
June 14 - 21, 2004
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Photo album
for these treks
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A Vermont Six-pack:
Five Peaks and a Marathon
May 30 - June 4, 2004
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Photo album
for these treks
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Reports of my 2003 Peakbagging treks:
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Photo Albums:
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Columbus Weekend hikes:
Seven of the New England Fifty Finest peaks
October 10-13, 2003
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New York City 5 Borough High Points Trek
October 6, 2003
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Photo album
for this trek
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Climb of Mount Saint Helens, Washington
August 26, 2003
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Photo album
for this climb
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White Mountains Trek
July 20 - July 26 2003
Going Hut to Hut from Franconia Notch to Appalachia, New Hampshire
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Photo albums
for this hike
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Old Blue and Elephant Mountain, Maine
July 8, 2003
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Photo album
for this hike
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Vermont Day Hikes
June 10, 11, 25 & 26 2003
Dorset, Mendon & Pico Peaks, Equinox and the Coolidge Range
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Hiking albums
Wild Flower albums
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As always comments and suggestions are welcome.
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