Recent content by Fisher Cat

I remember Bowman being built, and watched it slowly be grown back in by cover. My great uncle hoofed my brother and I to the top of Bowman too, based on an internal reckoning and compass only he possessed in October of 1981 - according to our family's hiking log. I just wanted to chime in...

Bought many a pair of hockey skates, hiking boots, and my first Sher-Wood stick from there

Yup, I was 11 at the time. Both my father and great uncle were involved in search operations for this incident. Left a big impact on the local community but the example of my dad and great uncle were motivation for me to get involved in SAR operations in later years with Gary Carr, USFS Ranger...

Yup, a router, vise grips, and a good heavy, stable table. I made some back in the day. When it came to retire some (translation: throw out, those were the days before retired trail sign auctions) they gave me first choice if I wanted to keep some. I took the Cherry Mountain Trail sign I had...

Haleakala has great hiking, but no matter what ( time of year, cloudy, etc) wear heavy sunscreen. At that altitude you WILL get scorched.

I don't get to post here often, but as the Region Leader for AMC Volunteers in this region, I'm following it with interest. The lack of prep for almost 40% of the hikers we see in our Region is crazy. The proximity to 93 creates a lot of these situations for those not familiar with the rigors of...

When the 7 is gone, the trunks go on

Have not chimed in on this in awhile, but if you do not feel Littleton is out of range, I would highly recommend Chang Thai on Main St. I've eaten Thai around the world, yes including southeast Asia - and the Big Island of Hawai'i as well- which has some incredible Thai establishments, and enjoy...

My ACL had been weakened by previous injury (partial tear, no surgery), and then completely tore years later. After having 'a go of it' without surgery, I submitted and had it done. The surgeon told me to get it done before I was 30 to help the healing process. My surgeon was the former personal...

I enjoy S I and II as long as you don't get a site near the dumpsters!

I will vouch for that spot on Valley Road as well. I have parked on the side of the road many times and have felt comfortable doing so, but then again, I grew up on Valley Road and still maintain good friendships with the people there. Many people park on the old Carter Cutoff section and then...

ha ha 3, 16, & 26, some of my favorite numbers. And the less people who know '13 Mile Woods' the better.

First, we have an EXCELLENT crew in the Franconia South Region. This project to brush out that section of FRT is a group effort to help out the adopter who has that assigned section. So they really bust hard, not only their own trails, but helping a fellow regional adopter is awesome. All credit...

I'm the RL over Franconia South for AMC Adopt a Trail, and all I can say is we are in the process of brushing out the section of FRT between Little Haystack & Liberty. We spent almost 10hrs in hot stinky sticky humidity last July brushing out, and its better than its been in years. We are not...

Having worked in the ski instructing/racing world for many years, all I can say by extension is: How then can so many ski areas along the I-70 corridor in CO exist? Well, simply because they have each made themselves a unique destination. I've skied all over CO, but heck, the much longer trip to...