Emily Miller
Travel and hiking enthusiast, coffee snob, Hoosier living in DC. Seattle -> Boston -> Chicago -> DC.
Summit Mt. Monadnock via Marlboro Trail
Jaffrey, New Hampshire
5.0
4 mi
/ 2300 ft gain
Start at the Marlboro Trailhead (you can enter this in Google maps) off Shaker Road. There's parking and porta-potty bathrooms. The trail is well-marked with white dashes/M marks all the way up. Once on trail, the initial 800 ft climb is through forested terrain with a few brooks and streams along the way, especially if there's been recent rainfall.
You'll make a clear transition once you are ...
Hike the Welch Mountain and Dickey Mountain Loop
Thornton, New Hampshire
5.0
4.1 mi
/ 1807 ft gain
This is a very well-marked and traveled trail, marked with yellow blazes. Start off at the trailhead (easy parking, $3 fee) and be sure to go counter-clockwise for the best route. The beginning of the trail meanders along next to a babbling brook and through forested terrain. The climb gets steadily steeper - once you're above the treeline, the rock scrambling begins.
After about 1.3 miles you...
Hike to Hutch's Pool
Sonoita, Arizona
5.0
7.8 mi
/ 647 ft gain
Start at the Sabino Canyon trailhead - you can either walk up the dirt road (which adds about 4 miles) or take the $10 tram from the Visitor Center and hop off at the last stop #9. From there you hike 2.5 miles into Sabino Canyon into the basin (beautiful views of the canyon all the way there).
Once you’re at the basin, you’ll take the West Fork trail for another 1.6 miles. There will be a cair...
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