Recent content by Brian

I'm in. I work in Durham. Brian [email protected]

I'm tired of making the drive alone and hiking alone. Would like to find some hiking partners in my local area who like to do full day hikes in the Whites! Brian

For those who are interested the 'bridge' across the beaver pond that flooded the Guinea Pond Trail washed out some time before last year. However one can still get around the bog easily. From the northeast (heading toward Sandwich notch road) one goes further to the right and the where...

Hiked several trails between Chocurua and Mt Passaconway up Liberty to Chocurua summit (still sunny with blue skies at the time) down Beeline (a grove of chantrells near the top!) up Beeline-OldPaugus, (favorite spot) down Lawrence up Square Ledge (really impressive cliff) to Passaconway down...

Route up Sandwich Dome Trail, down Bennett, Guinea Pond trail to Black Mountain Trail to Algonquin back to Summit, down Drake's Brook All trails in fine shape; Guinea Pond trail has some blowdowns and some mud. Many fine mushrooms for the picking; chantrelles and King Boletus...wish I had my...

Thanks to all. From this and other threads it sounds like they are worth the chance. Now all I need to hope for is some decent snow! Brian

Oh, I think they were Yukon Charlies. They have a picture of that 'prospector' on them. I snowshoe a lot and have Koflach plastic boots. I have a pair of Sherpa Snowshoes which are really nice but they are too small for my combined weight when facing deep snow. The $74 price tag is very...

All I can say about these snowshoes is that they are currently quite cheap at SAM's Club and look fairly good. But I have never heard of them and have a sneaky suspision that they would work great for about two hikes and then quickly degrade. Anyone have any experience with these snowshoes? I...

Maintaining Owl's Head Trail Dr. Dasypodidae, I would gladly hep with the maintenance of the Owl's Head trail. I would have done the Davis Path as well, but that is SO far to drive. The Owl's Head trail is an hour closer driving time. Can you point me in a direction as to who to contact...

In my humble opinion the trail is so used that to try and block it off just destroys the wilderness more as people move around the obstacles in every possible fashion. The first time I went up Owl's Head was a couple of years ago and it was quite an ugly site in several places. Lots of blowdowns...

They will stay motionless as well hoping that you don't see them or think they are just sticks. But as soon as they think they are a target, off they go! Brian

We have come across lots of garter snakes on our hikes and have found them everywhere throughout the Whites from our furthest northern point (Rodger's Ledge up in the Berlin fishery region) down to Waterville Valley. Then again, we look for them. So far, we have not had the luck to stumble on...

Is there anyone in this group who would feel comfortable with a car swap? The Mackreth and I would like to do this traverse from Gorham to Wildcat. We could meet at Pinkham, swap keys, and we would drive the car down to the Gorham trailhead and swap keys 'en route. Drop me a note if anyone is...

Mackreth and I would also like to do this hike but have always considered doing it in reverse. We had planned on spotting a bike at Pinkham and coasting back down to Gorham. Put it off because of the long drive and now I no longer have a car that can hold a bike. Maybe a key& car swap is in...

Chimney decent on Whitewall Bill, Could you tell me where this chimney is? We have made an ascent up the cliffs just to the south of the slide from the Zeacliff trail junction. Its a nice scramble on reasonably trustworthy rock (given that most of the rock is loose and junky). Its a nice...