We took the Blueberry Mountain Trail from Glencliff, parking at the gate. Everything was dry as a bone, and the ticks were out. A few blowdowns on the lower section of trail, easy to get around.
...
Type: Posts; User: Umsaskis
We took the Blueberry Mountain Trail from Glencliff, parking at the gate. Everything was dry as a bone, and the ticks were out. A few blowdowns on the lower section of trail, easy to get around.
...
Route: I skied up Elephant Mountain Road, then bushwhacked to the summit. My ascent route was definitely not the best - I went up too far to the west, and encountered a lot of thick stuff loaded...
Today I tried to drive up the East Branch Road to climb Cupsuptic Snow, but looking back over maps and satellite images, I think the East Branch Road wasn't plowed all the way, while a right fork...
Three cheers for duct tape and plastic shoping bags! The bags were held in place by my gaiters and snowshoe bindings, all of which held the duct tape in place. My feet were the driest part of me...
I took the usual route to Mendon up the old road (the first half mile was groomed for skiing, then another half mile or so had been broken out; after that it was unbroken). I accidentally took a...
In preparing for a hike in Vermont tomorrow, I discovered that my 18-year-old, hard-used LLBean Nor'Easters have finally bitten the dust. They've been threatening to do so for a few years now. The...
I was reading through this website (http://www.firelookout.org/towers/me/hiltonlegacy/page2.htm) on Maine firetowers and saw a listing of a "ground house" type fire lookout on a ledge on Katahdin,...
Is Coddling Hollow Road (for access to Laraway Mt on the Long Trail) in good shape? I just realized that my Long Trail book is 15 years old, and road conditions could have changed since then,...
It may not be waterproof, but the park has issued its own detailed guidebook with a very good map this year (though I don't know if this is actually new or is an updated version of a previous guide)....
Ah, yes. I get it. I guess I don't eat enough clams.:)
Is it supposed to be the swirls in the rock look like the swirls on a clam shell? They're more obvious in your photo than they looked to me on the trail.
Silly question, I'm sure, but whenever I've passed it, I've wondered how Clam Rock (Great Gulf Trail) got its name. It doesn't really look like a clam.
Sounds like a great hike. I love the 20-milers. They make you feel a bit older the next day! :o
A fun little trip - funny how you get just as exhausted after a short hike with little kids, as you would after a long hike by yourself! The absence of other children to hike with, coupled with the...
Great trip report! You and Alex are such an inspiration!
Yes, the BP officer indicated that the length of the Lincoln Pond Rd. through the Tim Pond Rd. - "all the way to the other end" he said, had been converted to a groomed snowmobile trail. That makes...
I answered my own question with a trip out there this week. If anyone wants to hike these peaks in the near future, it might be useful to read my trip report, as the access has changed this year.
Knowing it would be a long and arduous trip, I prayed for several things before I set out in the car: first, that I could get to the starting point - at least, a reasonable starting point if not the...
I know this has probably been addressed in the past - but I didn't see anything recently and I know these things can change often....What kind of winter access is there (or isn't there) to the...
Wow, thanks for starting this thread. I'm planning to hike up there soon, and I've been wondering what's open and what's not. I've only ever done Goose Eye and Old Speck, but I want to do MORE! on...
I think the little baggies made for picking up dog poop (is that what is meant by wag bags?) would be thinner and use less plastic, i.e. better for the environment than ziplocs. I've never used them...
Well, you all raised way more questions than I thought of when I started this thread. A few things that might be worth pointing out are:
Yes, I suppose the whole insurance thing would only work...
Disclaimers first: 1) this is NOT a thread about whether people should or should not pay for their own rescues. That has been hashed out over and over again and I'm hoping not to get any of it...
Ah, even hikers have this issue! Never had it until I had kids. Now I'm struggling with that extra 15 pounds and not being able to exercise much because to go out and walk with the girls means we...
When my kids grow up, I'll have 2 rules (among others): (A) Can't take the car out til you know how to change a flat, without having to think about it; and (B) can't take a GPS into the woods until...