On a beautiful fall day with blue sky and sunshine, it’s time to get outside. You can drive around like leaf peepers and gawk at nature’s finery, snapping pictures to show people back home. Or, you can immerse yourself in the kaleidoscope of color, smells and sights by walking, hiking and cy…
Recently, my wife and two friends were returning from a filling Cornish, Maine, breakfast when we found ourselves driving some back roads in the borderlands region of New Hampshire and Maine we hadn’t been on for a spell.
That’s an odd-looking dog I said to myself. The slim creature with the perky ears then revealed itself and two others as I neared a bend in Wolcott, Vt,. by the winding Lamoille River. The trio had no interest in meeting me; instead, they did an about-face and gave me a triple white-tailed m…
Fall doesn’t officially start until Monday, Sept. 22, yet high school fall sports are well underway. Many teams have had their first games, meets or races. That meant it was time for me to contact local high school mountain bike coaches to see how their season was going.
Like Mud Bowl and the White Mountain Milers’ Half Marathons, mountain bike festivals are part of the fall activities calendar. Celebrating the waning of the light and the drop in temperatures as the season rolls toward winter, these festivals provide a great excuse to gather the mountain bik…
Tim Straz had his epiphany about five years ago. The Wolfeboro mountain biker and gravel rider enjoys pedaling the Cotton Valley Rail Trail to access dirt roads and climbs in the area. You’ll also find him on trails supported by the Greater Wolfeboro chapter of the New England Mountain Bike …
Five years ago, I wrote a column about fall family scavenger hunts. There was no Mount Washington Valley Rec Path at that time. The primary purpose was to get families out on trails and paths, discovering what they could see, hear and touch in nature. My secondary agenda was to promote the i…
There’s a spin that can be put on the cycling safety stalwarts known as ABC.
Once a year, my daughter Cailin and I get together to go mountain biking. We choose a place neither of us has gone before, so we can explore the trails together. Who would have thought a “Baby Boomer” and a “Millennial” could ride together and have fun? We do.
On a busy summer day, families looking for a place to recreate, relax and have fun don’t have to go far. Located near North Conway Village, just off West Side Road, Echo Lake State Park offers numerous outdoor activities. Of course, there’s the lake itself — fine for family-friendly swimming…
On occasion, characters cross your cycling path. I don’t mean trail angels, kooks or overpacked bicycling travelers. I’ve met them all.
According to Oxford Languages, “sweat equity” is “an interest or increased value in a property earned from labor toward upkeep or restoration.” That term popped into my mind at last Sunday’s White Mountain New England Mountain Bike Association’s Trail Day.
For some, it’s a sufferfest, technical challenge or endurance race. For others, it lasts for 24 or 12 hours, 24 minutes or whenever. For many, it’s about family, friends and fun at the base of Mount Washington.
Andy Davis fancies old-fashioned paper maps and dog-eared DeLorme Gazetteers for his bike trips. But this year, on his second annual storytelling bike tour that took him to all six New England states in three weeks, he got a cellphone handlebar mount for his 1987 Panasonic road bike and used…
I suffer from wanderlust and curiosity. While others take known trails and routes, I tend to look for new connections and ways through the woods. Whether I’m skiing, hiking, biking or snowshoeing, I can’t resist that urge to explore.
More than a dozen riders gathered at Mount Cranmore early on Monday morning. The Old Spokes were going to ride the Hurricane Zone. Some had done it before, others of us had never tried it. Either way, it was going to be an adventure.