Medical Update - one bone on the outside of the right foot has an avulsion type fracture. Thanks to owning heavy leather boots, I can wear these instead of a medical splint type boot. Next hike...
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Medical Update - one bone on the outside of the right foot has an avulsion type fracture. Thanks to owning heavy leather boots, I can wear these instead of a medical splint type boot. Next hike...
Just done by another VFTT'er
http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?49056-Saddleback-amp-The-Horn
Date of Hike: 05 -18 - 2013
Trail Conditions: Muddy in some spots including down by a Beaver Dam, bog bridges up high are in rough shape, requiring careful negotiating which I failed to do.
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High Point is worthwhile & trails are there including the AT. Can park up top and hike up there. Trails around Bushkill Falls which is a tourist type area but worthwhile especially with kids.
My wife & I brought a couple of school groups up in the 1990's. I sent my info back into the USFS and they replied but they never sent a permit. We were 20 one time and 25 or so the 2nd, staying at...
How many SAR tales start similar. "got a late start, didn't feel our best, so we were moving pretty slow, missed the early morning weather report...." (OR when you say, they plan big trips, the...
I've seen this, they are dressed in white robes chanting Doom, Doom...as they climb the mountain and this big barbarian guy thins the herd. He did say He'll be back! (really) :D
Looks like he has...
What did you do in the High Peaks? The presi-traverse is maybe a little easier than a Great Range traverse but the weather & rock hopping are different than the elevation gain along the range. If...
Weather forecast? I'm thinking I'd op for Old Speck first unless the weather is expected to be stellar. Saddleback & The Horn is my favorite Non BSP hike in Maine. Did several years ago on the AT....
Anyone with a first hand account on the progress on Route 73?
This appears update from 5/10 on the DEC site:
Road Construction and Parking Area Closures: Road construction is underway on the...
See URL for once source:
http://newyorkoutdoors.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/dec-hikers-should-avoid-trails-in-high-peaks-for-time-being/
From DEC on Monday:
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They have begun biting in central CT. Was on Race & Everett last weekend & they were annying but not really biting as reported. Will be interested in seeing when they get to the Whites or ADK's as...
The books are mor for SAR then to lay any claim that you were there. (That's what VFTT is for :D) In case you were overdue & SAR found your car, they could check to see if you listed your planned...
Date of Hike: 4-27-2013
Trail Conditions: Overall, dry and in good condition, brook crossings not too difficult, a couple of downed trees easily avoided except on old section of Race Brook Falls,...
Date: 4/24/2013
Trail Conditions: dry, easy to follow, any downed trees or large branches easy to avoid, in lower section where a couple had been uprooted, the trail has been relocated...
My electric blanket? A beer cooler??? :D (I've got reservations early in the summer but I'll guess we'll hear before then)
Trail Conditions: dry, the bugs are out and bothersome, parked at the lot closer to Norwich Pond, the brook crossing the North Country Road was a little high after Friday Night's rain.
Special...
I'd probably look at 8/15 - 9/15. Anything after & you risk an early snow. Can still be crisp in late August. If you also need Hamlin, I'd recommend going up Hamlin Ridge over to Baxter peak &...
Thank you. Was thinking of switching from Hurricane to Cascade & Porter. Will stick with Hurricane when I am up during that time. Was thinking of Driving up Whiteface afterwards & Pizza & Mr....
If you go on a weekday, I'd pick Cascade but would avoid on a Saturday or Sunday due to the crowds. (It's Pierce or Jackson like)
On a weekend, I'd look at Wright or Phelps or Big Slide. (Big...
For now. I'd only go by the bushwhacks. Are they well marked? Depends if you're an old fisherman, the fisherman's bushwhack is basically just following the river upstream from the Franconia Falls...
The town of Middletwon has a booklet for hikes in & around town including Higby from another starting point than Route 66 or Country Club Road. It's a much better hike, IMO
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Any roadside historical sites in the area? The buildings at the Willey House or something from historical times that has been forgotten?
When we stay in Minerva, NY, we always stop at Aiden Lair....
My .02 on training direction & logistics.
I tried it twice in 2006 & failed both times. In May it was a training trip for a Presi-Traverse that I did in June. Training was M-F work-outs during...
No, I'm pretty sure sweating in stinky polyster (or wearing wet wool) for hours won't increase your chances & for the time being, it's still more males than females in the woods. (sure it's not as...