Recent content by RickB.

In 1972, two friends and I climbed Isolation, breaking out the entire hike and using the Iso Express slope, starting and finishing in the dark. We encountered the spruce band you reference and it cost us a couple of hours (RT) to get through it in the deep snow. Fast forward 50 years and our...

You can also hike in your nnn-bc boots. They will take microspikes and are fine with snowshoes. Just be careful of that front bar...

There is no open season for spruce grouse which is a different species from ruffed grouse.

Trail was consistently well-packed snow with a sticky 1" layer of new snow atop. Summit stretch has shallow, wind-packed snow, minor drifting and a little ice. I hope all this get covered with lots of snow in today's storm! We wore Microspike ST's almost car-to-car, removing them on the descent...

Crawford Path and WCT to Pierce summit had packed snow. Crawford Path between Pierce and Eisenhower had a combination of packed snow and occasional high drifts. Very little ice anywhere on the trip. There were a couple of easily managed blowdowns. Conditions required no special equipment. We...

Congratulations. Nice to meet you on South Twin, Tim.

Large purple fringed orchid. Ossipees, July 17.

We were up there yesterday. Diapensia, Lapland Rosebay and Alpine Azalea were abundant between Eisenhower and Monroe, better higher up, but there wasn't much going on on Eisenhower itself. We also encountered Avens between the peaks. Enjoy the hike and flowers!

Pogonia is lovely, nartreb!

Small Whorled Pogonia, central NH

I've been meaning to resurrect this old post, just to inform any forum searcher that the southern trailhead has been closed for a while (sign at south end indicated access to the trail from the north only) and that the trail up to the ridge south of Prospect was falling into obscurity a few...

Another day in the Lakes Region, 5/15/13. I messed up a setting while swatting black flies and picking off ticks so these will have to do. Rhodora and Bumble Bee. Rose Twisted Stalk. More Yellow Lady Slipper.

Fringed Polygala from Crawford-Ridgepole today.

Yellow Ladyslipper. Today in the Lakes Region.

Yes. Carpet-sized, plus and the fur was consistently white. This shows most of the area: