Month: February 2013

VIDEO: Frozen Eyeballs on Mount Monadnock

Two years ago, I broke in my new GoPro headcam with a sunrise hike up Mount Monadnock. It was February. The temperature at the base was 1 degree Fahrenheit. The...
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Pats Peak Plans Expansion

Pats Peak Ski Area in New Hampshire this week announced plans to add a new triple chairlift and up to 6 new trails and glades over the next three years. And the...
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Animal Sighting May Be Coyote-Wolf Hybrid

People are debating what it was that locals recently saw in North Andover, Massachusetts. The shaggy animal may have been a coyote-wolf hybrid, or coywolf. What...
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Tar Sands Oil Fight Moves to Maine Towns

An article in today's Portland Press Herald examines how the battle between the Portland Pipe Line Corp. and environmentalists trying to prevent the company fro...

6 Whitewater Hotspots Near Portland

by Corey Norman When people think of Portland, Maine, the word 'whitewater' is not the first word that comes to mind. But, within one hour in any direction,...
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Help Sought for Paralyzed Outdoorsman

In June of 2010, a mountain-biking accident at Burke Mountain left David Wieselmann with a broken neck and a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, paralyzing h...
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Maps Show Water Polluters are Abundant

Want to see something that will make you spit your tap-water-filled coffee right out of your mouth? Check out these New York Times maps of water polluters in...