Not familiar with this at all but very familiar with EQX. My best guess is that it was a seasonal flow and that the outward/upward projection was gravity fed pressure as opposed to a geyser. I know of several area springs that flow heartily, if not actually upward into the air, in Spring and...
Non-scientific study here but I live under New England's largest (most populated) bat cave and the number of bats hovering around my yard at dusk has risen from 1 to 2 to 3 over the last couple summers. Others report similar small increases in the area.
Mtnrs route is class 2 max. All I remember is a big boulder field. You'd have to forcibly strike your head against a rock to find difficulties there in summer. I don't remember any red tape either. Unless you wave a flag around looking for attention you can often just park-up-down-out...
It seems that the very best freeheel skiers mix it up. They can do the tree or bump run in tele turns but switch between parallel and tele in an unconscious art form.
We started our kids on freeheel gear and told them to just make parallel turns so they could keep up. Then they started...
It's a good weekend to visit the Northshire;
Saturday - Magic Mtn has events plus discounted tickets for back/side country skiers, the Black Magic extreme challenge and their Winterfest
Saturday Night - Film Festival at Burr & Burton Academy with films from Winter Wildlands, Nato and Ski...
I tried it, results not impressive. I plunged knee deep into water headed to an ice climb. Took off boots, scrubbed socks in snow, the whole thing. It probably worked but my feet were fully wet, cold and miserable through the day.
Also, last winter I took up nordic skating and falling in...
You're right, I can't think of a single experience that is directly relatable to New England, mostly due to AK's big rivers which are like frozen highways. New England is more creeks. Here's a few experiences; friend fell in (right through) ice while XC skiing (long distance, 50 miles from the...