top of page
Search


A Gorgeous Weekday Hike Up Mt. Moosilauke
Weekday hiking is truly a different experience than hiking on weekends in the Whites. I'm not often afforded this luxury with school and...

Lexi Brocoum
Jul 25, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


Caps Ridge: Another Trail to Add to My Ever Growing List of Favorites
Caps Ridge today was one of my favorite hikes so far and definitely made my top five favorite trails list! I went in nervous that it...

Lexi Brocoum
Jul 5, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


America's Birthday on its Oldest Trail with Some Great Company!
Yesterday’s hike was really special to me for a few reasons. First, I got to hike with some dear friends that I hadn’t seen in a long...

Lexi Brocoum
Jul 5, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


A Reinvigorating Hike on the Tripyramid Slides
One thing I’ve learned in the past year of hiking is that trails are more fun when they’re difficult. Many of the 4,000 footers start...

Lexi Brocoum
Jul 3, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


Sugarloaf, Spaulding, and Abraham: Crazy Weather for a Maine Traverse
Saturday I went out with a few friends to conquer three of the fourteen Maine 4,000 footers. It was a very weird day weather wise and a...

Lexi Brocoum
Jun 25, 20195 min read
Â
Â
Â


Mt. Mansfield: The Biggest Chin I've Ever Seen
On Sunday I drove up to tackle Mt. Mansifield, another VT 4,000 footer, with my cousin. They say from the east Mt. Mansfield looks like a...

Lexi Brocoum
Jun 13, 20193 min read
Â
Â
Â


Welch-Dickey: The Perfect Lazy Morning Hike
I had heard a lot about the Welch-Dickey loop in Waterville Valley before this hike, namely the gorgeous views for relatively little...

Lexi Brocoum
Jun 13, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


Tackling Camel's Hump for the Second VT 4k of the Day
Saturday morning started out with a long drive up for Mt. Killington, and since I got the opportunity to stay in St. Albans that night I...

Lexi Brocoum
Jun 3, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


Mt. Killington: My First VT Hiking Experience
When I finished my NH48 4,000 footers, I was a bit disappointed that I no longer had a focused goal for my hiking endeavors. One of the...

Lexi Brocoum
Jun 3, 20193 min read
Â
Â
Â


A Quick Afternoon Hike Up Mt. Pemigewasset
Yesterday was one of those days where you’re laying comfortably in bed looking out the window and you say to yourself, “it’s such a shame...

Lexi Brocoum
Apr 30, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


A Wintry Easter Outing to Mt. Pierce
Surprise! It’s definitely still winter in the Presidentials! Winter in the Whites is funny in that it could be a balmy 55 degrees when...

Lexi Brocoum
Apr 29, 20195 min read
Â
Â
Â


Lucy's Reintroduction to the NH48 with Tom and Field
Today Lucy and I spent some quality time together in the mountains. Now that I’m done with the NH48, I’m a little more focused on Lucy’s...

Lexi Brocoum
Apr 13, 20195 min read
Â
Â
Â


A Short Weekday Jaunt Up Mt. Morgan and Mt. Percival
I've been pretty overwhelmed lately with grad school and life stuff, so I've been taking every chance I get to do things that take my...

Lexi Brocoum
Mar 27, 20193 min read
Â
Â
Â


My Big Finish on the Wildcats!
After eight months with finishing the NH48 on my mind I'm finally done! Yesterday was a gorgeous day for hiking, and the day went about...

Lexi Brocoum
Feb 18, 20198 min read
Â
Â
Â


A Beautiful Day for Mt. Moriah
Today was the perfect day to tackle Mt. Moriah, for #46 out of the NH48 4,000 footers. I've been working on the 48 since June now, and...

Lexi Brocoum
Feb 16, 20193 min read
Â
Â
Â


Ice Climbing on a Windy Day at Frankenstein Cliffs
Saturday was a beautiful but chilly day up in the mountains! With winds on the rock pile (Mt. Washington) reaching a speedy 148 mph, we...

Lexi Brocoum
Feb 13, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


Middle/South Carter Take Two: Success!
Friday I hiked South Carter again with Middle Carter added in this time! I learned my lesson from Wednesday when we ran out of daylight...

Lexi Brocoum
Jan 7, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


South Carter: Learning to Bail When You're Running Out of Daylight
Knowing when to bail is one of the hardest things for me about hiking. You go out there with a plan, a goal that you're trying to reach,...

Lexi Brocoum
Jan 3, 20193 min read
Â
Â
Â


Carter Dome and Mt. Hight: Winter Wonderland in the Whites
Yesterday was my first winter weathered 4000 footer. Man was it difficult! My original plan was to hike Middle and South Carter and...

Lexi Brocoum
Nov 24, 20187 min read
Â
Â
Â


The Tripyramid Slides: A Crazy Steep First Look into Winter
Today was a really difficult but super fun hike in the Sandwich Wilderness! The north and south slides of the Tripyramid Mountains are...

Lexi Brocoum
Oct 15, 20186 min read
Â
Â
Â
bottom of page