"Dropped a car at the Zealand Tr parking lot and headed for Lincoln Woods where we began our ascent at 7:15am. We were in for a long and very hot day, but were ready to tackle five peaks and see if we could beat our own time estimate of 13 hours. And we would have, too! If not for an unintentional detour. Word to the wise: when blood sugar and hydration are getting low, and you've already been on the trail for 9 hours, don't trust your memory... and there's no such thing as checking the map too many times. Lincoln Woods to Bondcliff, West Bond Spur, Twinway, then an unfortunate detour down Zeacliff (longest 1.4 miles of my life) and Ethan Pond before finally making it to the Zealand Falls Hut and taking Zealand Trail down to the car. 5 peaks, 22 miles, 14.5 hours, 1 detour, many liters of water, and a cup of lemonade... Views were spectacular, trail company was good, and in spite of the mayhem, I'd love to do this climb again with a few tweaks." — gooner • Aug 6, 2022

"Got on the trail at 6:36 am. Beautiful morning, very clear skies. Started out with a slow elevation gain, then made it to the view point just about 1.5 miles in. Clouds started to roll in. We continued on up the "Caps", in which there were three of them. Intimidating looking yes, but so much easier than Cathedral on Katahdin for sure. We made it over the caps, and crossed the sing that said .4 miles to the summit. THAT was hard. visibility was maybe 1/8 mile with clouds. Made it to the top, then headed back down stopping at "Caps" #3 for lunch. As we got to "Caps' #1 skies opened up over the summit, and cleared for the rest of the way. Made it back to the car at 1:19 pm. 5 miles of pure joy! Some butt sliding was needed...." — Bucky • Aug 6, 2022

"Dropped a car at the Zealand Tr parking lot and headed for Lincoln Woods where we began our ascent at 7:15am. We were in for a long and very hot day, but were ready to tackle five peaks and see if we could beat our own time estimate of 13 hours. And we would have, too! If not for an unintentional detour. Word to the wise: when blood sugar and hydration are getting low, and you've already been on the trail for 9 hours, don't trust your memory... and there's no such thing as checking the map too many times. Lincoln Woods to Bondcliff, West Bond Spur, Twinway, then an unfortunate detour down Zeacliff (longest 1.4 miles of my life) and Ethan Pond before finally making it to the Zealand Falls Hut and taking Zealand Trail down to the car. 5 peaks, 22 miles, 14.5 hours, 1 detour, many liters of water, and a cup of lemonade... Views were spectacular, trail company was good, and in spite of the mayhem, I'd love to do this climb again with a few tweaks." — gooner • Aug 6, 2022

"After first driving up the Auto Road for the first sunrise drive this year, and the wind died down from 50mph to about 25mph, I hiked over the loop to Mt. Clay, and ended up climbing back up the Crawford Path to the summit. I had my doubts about this possibility during the sunrise, but it turned out to be an awesome hiking day. Met some thru hikers and lots of day hikers along the way and got some long time peaks accomplished. Added a summit of the Great Gulf Wilderness High Point on the way, just off the Great Gulf Trail junction." — SteveM_StickMan • Jul 24, 2022

"Valley way Trail at Appalachia in Randolph is a good trail. the last 1.4 is definitely a bit touch because of the boulder hopping. Madison Spring Hut was an amazing stay. Too much wind at the top to get the video or pictures. " — Bucky • Jul 20, 2022