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Trails: Lincoln Woods, Osseo Trail, Franconia Ridge, Lincoln Slide, Lincoln Brook, Black Pond bushwhack, Lincoln Woods Trail Conditions: Lincoln Woods and Osseo Trail were in great shape, with only 1 or 2 boggy sections once you get near the Flume cone. Franconia Ridge in great shape like...

Trails: Firewarden's Trail, AT Trail Conditions: Muddy sections on the lower FWT. Not steep until the final mile to the col - where it is a long, strenuous staircase, which had great footing all the way. There is one section once you hit height-of-land where you hit a fork and if you look...

Trails: AT, bushwhack, AT Trail Conditions: Some pretty wet sections on the bottom mile to Crocker Cirque, and steep but stable rocks on the steep ascent to the ridge leading to the S. Crocker summit. Bushwhack was a little thick once leaving the S. Crocker summit, but cleared quickly and was...

Trails: Firewarden's Trail, Abraham Side Trail, AT, Sugarloaf Side Trail Trail Conditions: Everything was in pretty good shape. 2nd water crossing was knee deep, but refreshing due to warm temps. Wet sections on the first couple miles of the FWT, but avoidable. Clear path to the Abraham...

My wife and I are planning to do a full-moon presi traverse this Friday night-Saturday morning (weather and cloud-cover dependent), and we were wondering if anybody would be in the area and willing to give us a ride from the Highland Center to Appalachia? We are shooting to be on the trail by...

Trails: Carter-Moriah Trail Conditions: Everything was in good shape. A little wet and boggy towards the summit, and areas of many bugs. Equipment: None. Comments: First time on this section of the CM trail. Parked in the dirt area just before the trailhead. Gradual incline the whole way to...

Trails: Lowe's Path, King Ravine Trail, Airline, Gulfside, Osgood, Buttress Trail, Six Husbands Trail, Mt. Jefferson Loop, Gulfside, Randolph Path, Lowe's Path Trail Conditions: Lowe's Path is in good shape. King Ravine Trail has some boggy sections up to the junction with Short Line - after...

Trails: North Twin Trail, Fire Warden's Trail, Lend-a-Hand Trail, Twinway, North Twin Trail Trail Conditions: North Twin was flat and dry up to FWT. FWT was in great condition like usual for an unmaintained trail - a handful of stepovers, one duck under, a couple of boggy sections, but...

Trails: Lost Pond Trail, Wildcat Ridge Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail, Stony Brook Trail Trail Conditions: Lost Pond was wet and boggy in spots, but fine overall. Wildcat Ridge trail up to E was steep and wet. No issues along the ridge and down to Carter Notch. Carter-Moriah is super steep up...

Trails: Airline, Star Lake, Osgood, Valley Way Trail Conditions: Airline was wet (obviously), but nothing terrible for the day after a massive rain. Steep, rocky, and rooty but once you get to Durand Ridge, it was dry with good footing. No blowdowns that I can remember. Everything above...

Trails: Livermore Road, Mt. Tripyramid Trail (via North Slide), Livermore Road Trail Conditions: The road is, well, a road. Couple of stepovers heading on the short portion of the Mt. Tripyramid Trail to the slide. North Slide is eroded towards the bottom - so skirt to the left. Middle and...

Trails: Beaver Brook Trail Trail Conditions: A couple of small stepovers. A little wet in places with a few remaining ice and snow patches on the ascent along the cascades. Once the trail flattens out above the campsite, it becomes a little muddy. All navigable. Equipment: None...

Trails: Bike Path, Liberty Springs Trail, Flume Slide Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Greenleaf Trail, Old Bridle Path Trail Conditions: Liberty Springs to Flume Slide Trail junction was its usual wet self. Flume Slide Trail was fine for the majority, a couple duck-unders. The crossings are all...

Trails: Gale River Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Frost Trail, Twinway Trail Conditions: The usual mixture of dry, damp, and boggy sections on the Gale River Trail. Crossings are easy. Garfield Ridge Trail is wet with a decent number of ice patches leading up the Galehead hut. Frost Trail is...

Trails: Mt. Kinsman Trail, Kinsman Ridge Trail Trail Conditions: Damp trails but clear up to the Bald Peak junction, once you start climbing the trail was fairly eroded, more than I remember from last fall. It was very wet, rocky, and rooty - with only a few patches of ice that were easily...