Recent content by Brian02108

We did a Pemi Loop this past weekend. When we reached the concrete foundation on Garfield on Sunday morning, someone had left a pile of 5 Mountain House type meal packets tucked in a corner. On top of the meal packets were two different sized Crocs holding the entire mess down. As I was...

Found - Monday, Oct 26, 2015 All of the recent chatter about Hawthone Falls on the forum...I can't stay away.... A few hundred feet above Hawthorne Falls heading to the ridge. Doesn't seem like it has been there for too long (or has it been there for years??)... If you lost it on this epic...

Found a pair of sunglasses heading up to Vose Spur yesterday, before the talus field. Didn't look like they have been there too long. If you lost a pair contact Brian at [email protected] with the color and brand name and I'll send them back to you.

Hiked it this past Saturday, Livermore Trail is open, we went up North Slide and down South Slide. North Slide was slick with recent rainfall, but manageable. If interested, photos here... http://brian03104.blogspot.com/2014/05/05242014-tripryamids.html

Found a tool on Thoreau Falls Trail this morning, if you lost one e-mail brian02108 at hotmail dot com.

Mount Carrigain Sawyer River Road / Signal Ridge Trail Date of Hike: 04/12/2014 (Saturday) Trail Conditions: Sawyer River Road packed in and still covered with snow/ice. Signal Ridge Trail was slow and steady with plenty of snow. Water crossings are back, snow bridges are gone. Some...

Bondcliff Lincoln Woods Trail / Bondcliff Trail Date of Hike: 03/15/2014 (Saturday) Trail Conditions: After the big storm this past week, thought there would be lots of new snow on the trail and there was. Lincoln Woods packed in, Bondcliff was a different story, started getting substantial...

Mount Washington Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail / Crawford Path / Trinity Heights Connector / Gulfside Trail / Jewell Trail Date of Hike: 03/08/2014 (Saturday) Trail Conditions: All trails were nicely packed in from the start at Cog RR to the summit and back. Typical icy sections on Ammonoosuc were...

Mount Adams (and John Quincy Adams) Air Line (up) - Air Line / Gulfside Trail / Valley Way (down) Date of Hike: 03/01/2014 (Saturday) Trail Conditions: Air Line packed in until about a mile below treeline, then 3-6 inches of loose snow (threw on snowshoes until Airline Cutoff)...Air Line...

Mount Jefferson Air Line / Short Line / Randolph Path / Israel Ridge Path / Gulfside Trail / Jefferson Loop (same way back) Date of Hike: 02/22/2014 (Saturday) Trail Conditions: Had to throw on snowshoes almost from the start, Randolph got very deep in sections...above treeline was a thin...

Bondcliff Lincoln Woods Trail / Bondcliff Trail Date of Hike: 02/17/2014 (Monday) Trail Conditions: Lincoln Woods broken in, Bondcliff became an unbroken, deep snow route at higher elevations... Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes. Comments: Lots of sun and blue skies all day...

Mount Garfield Gale River Loop Road / Garfield Trail Date of Hike: 02/08/2014 (Saturday) Trail Conditions: Road and the trail still have lots of nice snow. Trail was broken in, but still plenty of snow to snowshoe or bare boot based on personal preference. At least one guy skinned up and...

Mount Washington to Lion Head Tuckerman Ravine Trail / Lion Head Winter Route Date of Hike: 01/31/2014 (Friday) Trail Conditions: All trails had a nice layer of compacted snow below tree line. A fixed knotted line is anchored at a steep section of the trail. Looks like another fixed line...

Mount Lincoln / Mount Lafayette Falling Waters Trail / Franconia Ridge Trail / Greenleaf Trail / Old Bridle Path Date of Hike: 01/18/2014 (Saturday) Trail Conditions: All trails broken in with boot prints. All water crossings were wet, but manageable. Majority of ridge line has a nice...

Mount Madison Air Line Trail / Air Line Cutoff / Madison Hut / Osgood Trail / Mount Madison / Osgood Trail / Valley Way Date of Hike: 01/04/2014 (Saturday) Trail Conditions: Air Line was broken in with boot prints, Valley Way broken in with boots and snowshoes, no traction was needed, but...