New Hampshire is built for mountain elopements — open ridgelines, alpine summits, and places that still feel wild, even when you’re close to home.
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This guide is here to help you move from “We want to elope” to “We actually know how to plan this.” Not by telling you what an elopement should look like — but by giving you a framework to design a day that actually feels like you.
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Monthaus is a thoughtfully updated mountain home located directly across from the entrance to Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln, New Hampshire. While the building itself dates back to the 1980s, the interior has been fully refreshed by the current owner, and stepping inside feels like entering a modern, well-cared-for retreat.
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If skiing is part of your identity, your wedding day doesn’t need to look like everyone else’s.
A Colorado ski elopement is simple in the best way: cold air, bright snow, quiet mountains, and the two of you doing something you genuinely love. Some couples want the wildness of a ski-touring sunrise. Others want a resort day with lifts, warm lodges, and an easy plan for guests.
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Colorado is one of the most searched elopement destinations in the country, and it’s easy to see why. Within a few hours of Denver, you can access alpine passes, turquoise lakes, wildflower-filled basins, and rugged mountain backdrops that feel straight out of a postcard. Whether you want a short walk from the car or a hike-to-your-ceremony adventure, Colorado offers an unmatched range of experience-first elopement locations.
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From snowy Colorado summits to early New England foliage, this summer was a whirlwind of adventures. I spent July chasing 14ers in the San Juans, August exploring Maine’s coast and mountains with Mojave, and September squeezing in a final Colorado trip before camping through peak fall in New Hampshire. Here’s the full recap before ski season kicks off.
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Remote, scenic, and surprisingly mellow, Huron Peak offers one of the most rewarding hikes in the Sawatch Range. With golden aspens, broad alpine meadows, and a snowy summit panorama, this 14er feels like pure wilderness from start to finish.
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Short, steep, and rugged, Mount Princeton’s standard route offers a classic Sawatch 14er experience. From colorful alpine tundra and sprawling boulder fields to a panoramic summit above Buena Vista, this hike delivers nonstop views and a true taste of Colorado’s high country.
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Steep, grueling, and geologically dramatic, the Carter Dome loop through Carter Notch is one of the White Mountains’ most striking routes. Towering cliffs, glacier-carved ponds, and sweeping Presidential views make the effort unforgettable.
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Notorious for its long, wooded approach and viewless summit, Owl’s Head isn’t most hikers’ favorite 4,000-footer. But by biking Lincoln Woods and using the Black Pond and Brutus bushwhacks, the day becomes shorter, drier, and surprisingly enjoyable — with the steep Owl’s Head Slide offering the hike’s best challenge and views.
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Steep, rugged, and relentlessly scenic, the Glen Boulder route to Mount Isolation offers some of the most dramatic views in the Whites. From the perched boulder and Gulf of Slides outlook to the quiet summit deep in the Dry River Wilderness, this hike delivers challenge and reward in equal measure.
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From mossy forest trails to sweeping alpine ridges, this route offers some of the Whites’ finest views. With a stop at Zeacliff and a final push to West Bond’s intimate summit, hikers are rewarded with panoramas of the entire Pemigewasset Wilderness.
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Some weddings are beautiful. Others are truly unforgettable. Danielle and Tom’s Mount Washington summit wedding was the kind of celebration that reminds me exactly why I do what I do — this is the dream.
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A steady climb through rolling alpine meadows leads to one of Colorado’s most distinctive summits. With its broad, blocky crown and dramatic cliff edges, Uncompahgre Peak stands apart—geologically and visually—from any other 14er in the state.
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A short, stunning alpine hike with wildflowers at your feet and endless San Juan views overhead. Handies Peak may be one of the easiest 14ers, but with peak bloom and golden light, it felt like walking through a dream.
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An early alpine start, a gnarly 4WD road, and one of the best effort-to-reward summit views in Colorado—this detailed trip report covers everything you need to know about hiking Mount Sneffels (14,150’) via Yankee Boy Basin. Includes trail conditions, driving tips, scrambling sections, and what to expect from this iconic San Juan 14er.
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In 2021, as the world stood still during the pandemic, Natalie and I did something that felt radically freeing—we bought a van and built it out into our own tiny home on wheels. We were inspired by all the dreamy YouTube channels and Instagram reels of nomads chasing sunsets, waking up in mountain vistas, and living cozy, curated lives on the road. The builds were beautiful—sometimes more inviting than real homes—and the promise of freedom, spontaneity, and adventure pulled us in like a tide.
And for a while, van life was exactly that: magical.
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If there’s one thing I’m learning about my relationship with summer, it’s that time seems to slow down. Part of me is grateful because, in the winter, I feel like I’m living ski trip to ski trip, one storm to the next — and before you know it, winter is over. May lasted forever. June lasted just as long.
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There’s a certain irony in loving the wild.
Nature — vast, open, and boundless — gives us a sense of freedom, of possibility. Yet for many of us who spend our days scaling peaks, chasing rivers, or carving through snow, a deeper wilderness often haunts us: loneliness.
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Here I am, writing this post in June, reflecting on the wild contrast from just a month ago when I was still immersed in deep winter. May kicked off with a snowy surprise. I spent a week in Summit County, a tradition I've crafted over the years, visiting in early May to take advantage of the epic snow conditions and the quieter crowds at Copper and A Basin.
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