Recent content by Nate

What I found was that the trail is still there, and is still being actively maintained. In fact, if the guide hasn’t been updated since 2009, I suspect that the main reason is because not too much has changed since then. From what I saw, it still pretty much follows what is described in the...

With that in mind, back in January I set out to hike the Warner Trail. Since I was traveling solo, each day had to be an out and back walk, so that I could finish at the car at the close of each day. Thus, it took me four days to cover the entire 33 mile trail (which I basically hiked twice...

In any case, since I was interested in hiking the Warner Trail, when doing my homework, I found that there was a dearth of information online regarding this path. I know the Friends of the Warner Trail maintains this website, Warner Trail, where an online trail guide is provided. But...

When looking into the Warner Trail a few months ago I found this thread. I think I originally heard about this pathway from the seventh edition of AMC's Massachusetts & Rhode Island Trail Guide (which is the only copy of the Mass. guide that I currently own), which came out back in 1995. Back...

I was looking up some things just now, and I stumbled across this thread. I know this discussion dates from years ago, but what happened after this conversation left off? Were those remaining VFTT decals ever sold? Was that second batch of VFTT patches ever produced?

Towards the end of last week I had the chance to do some hiking in the western half of Mass. At one point, I wanted to take a shortcut across a fair-sized lake. Having been in southern Vermont the previous weekend, I saw how similar-sized lakes still had a good amount of ice on them, so I...

By the way, this topic even came up in the New York Times a couple of months back: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/us/a-national-park-for-maine-proves-a-hard-gift-to-give.html?_r=0

Having visited Mill Brook Road a couple of times within the past year, I suspect that there is enough logging activity going on in that area that the road's gate has been removed (as well as due to the camps that are located further up the road). If there is any logging going on this winter the...

To add to Tomcat's post, having been in this area recently, I found the easiest way to get to Barren (especially when coming from Monson), is via Elliotsville Road (which is the well-marked road that goes to Borestone Mountain). Starting your odometer where Elliotsville Road departs Route 6/15...

I recently made a return trip to Deasey, and found things much changed since I was last there five years ago. These days the best approach route is via Stacyville, as the roads coming in that way have been repaired and the Whetstone and Sandbank Stream Bridges are both open to vehicular...

Andrew, this tower is in decent shape, so I didn't have any concerns when climbing it. It's in about the same condition as the Milan Hill tower.

For those who have, or are in the the process of visiting all the fire towers in New Hampshire (including ones that aren't maintained by the state) are probably aware, one of the most elusive fire towers still standing in the state is the one on Whitcomb Mountain, since it's not depicted on the...

Jim, I second Roy's post. Chandler looks like an interesting mountain, one of the last decent ones before the land flattens north of Baxter. On the topos it looks like it has a nice open summit, but in the satellite pictures it looks like it might have gotten overgrown subsequent to when the...

Paradox, thanks for the trip report and for getting the register pages from Middle Osceola dried out and returned. When I was up there at the end of July, all those pages were a soggy mess back then too. I felt bad about leaving it there, but during short stops on the summit there's not much...

Jim, thanks for the trip report. I have fond memories of traveling The County around this time of year, having Quaggy Joe to myself, and being able to score large bags of potatoes from roadside stands, with the Aroostock hills rolling off in every direction. Since rain has kept me in the...