Cross Mountain Crusher 2024 Recap

Posted on 10/14/202410/14/2024 by Jake Breinholt

Posing For a Selfie at the Beaver Kill

Ever since discovering the Cross Mountain Crusher a few years ago, I have been intrigued by this ride. During marathon training season, I will often schedule my weekend long runs around the Pepacton reservoir, since it is relatively flat, and traffic is relatively light. B will typically provide support to me on these runs, driving ahead every couple of miles and waiting for me with Gatorade and snacks on hand. It was during one of these runs that I first discovered the Crusher. Continue reading→

June Photo Recap

Posted on 07/10/202307/09/2023 by Jake Breinholt

Here we have a set of random photos from June, each of which does not particularly merit their own post. Continue reading→

Saab in the Woods

Posted on 07/07/202307/06/2023 by Jake Breinholt

This is not your typical Saab story (get it?). It’s a story about the Saab in the woods. I first discovered this gem toward the very beginning of my first attempt to ride a section of a back country moto route between NYC and Eastern Canada.Continue reading→

3500’s Done and Dusted (for B)

Posted on 06/05/202306/01/2023 by Jake Breinholt

I hope that people have been managing okay the past couple of weeks without any new hiking content on here. Sorry to those who have been going through withdrawals. I’m here with this post to satisfy all of your hiking content cravings.Continue reading→

Denial on Sugarloaf!

Posted on 04/05/202304/10/2023 by Jake Breinholt

Welp, as they say- you can’t win ’em all. We had a bit of warm weather leading up to the first weekend of April and decided to check another peak off of B’s dwindling list of 3500s by hiking Sugarloaf. We had successfully hit the adjacent peak a week earlier, and were expecting slightly better trail conditions based on the recent warmer temps.Continue reading→

Late March Haps

Posted on 03/30/202303/30/2023 by Jake Breinholt

Awash in B’s Vapor Trail During Rapid Ascent to the Peak on Plateau Mountain

Welp, here we are at the endish of March. A few things of note from the past few weeks–Continue reading→

Backyard Boarding

Posted on 03/13/202303/10/2023 by Jake Breinholt

The Author Lining up a Run | Photo Courtesy of B. Maschal Private Collection

After a notably light winter in terms of snow accumulation on the East Coast, early March has gifted us with a couple of decent storms already.Continue reading→

Winter 3500s Cont’d

Posted on 02/27/202302/24/2023 by Jake Breinholt

B, Improving on Her Reaction to “Babe, Let Me Get a Snap” While She is Navigating Some Difficult Terrain.

Why hit a single summit on your hike when you can do three?!?!? For President’s Day 2023, B led me on a hiking trifecta. Continue reading→

Winter Running Gear — Salewa Jacket

Posted on 02/20/202302/20/2023 by Jake Breinholt

The Author Cranking Through Some Winter Miles in That New Jacket. Photo: Dr. B. Maschal Private Collection.

For the past 15 years or so, I have been using a Nike waffle fleece lined neoprene zip-up for cold weather running. It has been an awesome jacket. After a few thousand trips through the washing machine, it is starting to come apart at the seams. I have been creeping the Nike website like a fiend, looking for a new one since it first started to fall apart last Autumn. Continue reading→

Windham High Peak Winter Hike

Posted on 02/16/202302/13/2023 by Jake Breinholt

Left: B Taking a Quick Break to Apply Crampons | Right: Babe in the Woods

As this unseasonably warm winter weather continues, so does the hiking content on Jake.News, haha. Superbowl Sunday, we decided to do a quick and easy hike. The weather was couched as “cloudy” by the iPhone app. In reality, there were some high wispy clouds diffusing a very strong sun (A/K/A pretty sunny). The temp was reminiscent of late April.Continue reading→