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You don’t need to buy an expensive rain jacket for hiking and backpacking because an inexpensive one will work just as well as one costing an arm and a leg. In fact, most backpackers use rain jackets that cost $100 or less for just this reason. While...

Mt Abraham is a 4000 footer on Vermont’s Long Trail about 3.7 miles south of Mt Ellen, another 4k peak. It’s a 6 mile out and back, climbing the ridge from the west via the Battell Trail, just outside of Lincoln, VT. I climbed it last weekend with a...

I pack a second headlamp in my day hiking backpack when the days get shorter in Autumn and Winter. That might sound like unnecessary gear weight to some, but I feel it’s worth having a second headlamp handy if a hike lasts longer than expected or a hiker...

Mendon Peak is #85 on the New England 100 Highest List. Located adjacent to Mt Killington in Vermont, it’s an 8-mile out-and-back hike along old logging roads with a 2-mile bushwhack at the end. I snowshoed it last weekend with four other hikers on a...