Justin Chapman

Justin was born and raised in New Hampshire, and has spent much of his life exploring the White Mountains. Justin served as “Hut Croo” for the Appalachian Mountain Club’s backcountry huts in the late 1990s, and he has hiked a variety of long distance trails, including the Long Trail, The John Muir Trail, and the Teton Crest Trail. He has completed numerous races ranging in distance up to 100 miles. Justin’s longer day efforts in the Whites includes multiple Presidential Range traverses, Pemi Loops, and in 2020 he completed his first Hut Traverse- a route he had had his eyes on since 1999. Learn how Justin’s daughter, Adah, bested him at Bubba’s Backyard Ultra when she was just sixteen years old.

Justin recently retired from a career in public education after teaching for 22 years at Sandwich Central School in the southern White Mountains. He recently started his own outdoor adventuring company, Adventure Squam, LLC. Justin has two children- a 20 year old son who lives in Los Angeles, CA and an 18 year old daughter who lives in Gunnison, Colorado. Justin enjoys all time in the mountains, regardless of the season, many water sports, and crewing mountain athletes in ultra races and other endurance efforts.