4 Pieces of Essential New England Hiking Gear for Fall

Don’t go peeping without it.

As a relative newcomer to New England, my first leaf-peeping season blew me away. For a former Pacific Northwesterner, the colors are jaw-dropping- except for a few glorious stands of golden larches in Washington State, there's precious little autumnal color in the evergreen Pacific Northwest, where I spent the last decade. But fall in northern New England requires its own specialized kit to stay safe, dry, and stable on your journey to take in all the sugar maples and quaking aspen you can handle.

Continue reading about the Fall hiking essentials for New England, written by Benjamin Tepler here.

Backpacker: 4 Pieces of Essential New England Hiking Gear for Fall

Calm lake reflecting autumn trees with colorful leaves and distant mountain under a blue sky.
Calm lake reflecting autumn trees with colorful leaves and distant mountain under a blue sky.

4 Pieces of Essential New England Hiking Gear for Fall

Don’t go peeping without it.

As a relative newcomer to New England, my first leaf-peeping season blew me away. For a former Pacific Northwesterner, the colors are jaw-dropping- except for a few glorious stands of golden larches in Washington State, there's precious little autumnal color in the evergreen Pacific Northwest, where I spent the last decade. But fall in northern New England requires its own specialized kit to stay safe, dry, and stable on your journey to take in all the sugar maples and quaking aspen you can handle.

Continue reading about the Fall hiking essentials for New England, written by Benjamin Tepler here.

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Calm lake reflecting autumn trees with colorful leaves and distant mountain under a blue sky.
Calm lake reflecting autumn trees with colorful leaves and distant mountain under a blue sky.

4 Pieces of Essential New England Hiking Gear for Fall

Don’t go peeping without it.

As a relative newcomer to New England, my first leaf-peeping season blew me away. For a former Pacific Northwesterner, the colors are jaw-dropping- except for a few glorious stands of golden larches in Washington State, there's precious little autumnal color in the evergreen Pacific Northwest, where I spent the last decade. But fall in northern New England requires its own specialized kit to stay safe, dry, and stable on your journey to take in all the sugar maples and quaking aspen you can handle.

Continue reading about the Fall hiking essentials for New England, written by Benjamin Tepler here.

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