Author: Matthew Bennett
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Scrambling to the Top
Yesterday, I went on a rock scramble in New Paltz, NY. A rock scramble is a hike where you have to use your hands and legs to get over and through rocks. This particular one involved squeezing and crawling through tight spaces, some of which were so small that I had to remove my backpack…
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Rocky Mountain Way
Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Colorado with 9 of my good friends from college and visit my old roommate who now lives out there. After months of planning, we were finally able to make the trip happen. The trip offered us the opportunity to reconnect with old friends, visit new…
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Old Man Winter, Jack Frost
I took the day off to go snowboarding with one of my friends at Jack Frost in White Haven, PA. It was a small mountain, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t good trails. In fact, there are a couple decently steep trails if you’re up for a challenge. When I first arrived, I was confused…
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Winter Loon
My first time snowboarding for the 2021/22 season and wow, was it a good one. I was visiting some friends at the University of New Hampshire and was supposed to go snowboarding with one of my ski buddies to Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH. Unfortunately, he got sick and wasn’t able to make it, so…
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Skyscraper trees: Muir Woods
Dwarfed by absolutely massive works of nature, the redwood trees within California’s Muir Woods (located along the coast north of San Francisco) makes the average visitor feel like what a squirrel must feel like traversing through an oak forest. The nature giants tower at around 260 feet (about 40 feet shorter than the Statue of…
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Snowshoe-less snow hiking
I hope you brought snowshoes for this one because I didn’t! This trail was mostly packed down snow but take one step off the trail and you are falling knee-deep in powder. It was a little bit icy at points with an amazing payoff from a stunning viewpoint. At times, it felt like I was…
Matthew Tyler Bennett 