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Time for the annual pre-winter tuneup climb on Mondanock. Trails were bare with some trace visible snow. No real accumulations though. There was some ice on the trail, but nothing we couldn't work around. White Cross was icier than White Dot. We brought microspikes, but didn't use them...

. . . Carter Moriah Trail, Carter Dome Tr., 19 Mile Brook Tr. - Lot of trails. Trail Conditions: Snow on top of ice. Hard scrabble snow down low and about 8 inches of new snow up high. Some icy spots, but nothing too treacherous. Special Equipment Required: We wore microspikes to the top of...

Heading there next week!! Thanks for the report and the intel.

Anyone have any insight into either of these 2 crampons. Looking for a pair for hiking that will fit well on my sorel style boot. My current crampons don't work well with soft boots. Thanks in advance.

For those interested, the NH Supreme Court upheld a negligent hiking award today in the amount of about $9,000.00. The Defendant required a rescue on the Franconia Range in bad weather when his artificial hip dislocated. If I do this right, a link to the decision should be below...

If at first you don't succeed, wait a week and go back after someone else has broken the last mile of trail. Mark and I went back and finished Garfield today with Andy, Colleen, and Stella the dog. Trail is well packed out all the way to the top. Lots of snow up high. Given the amount of...

Congrats. You guys had a long and tough day.

3700' is right. I guess I was a little loopier than I thought last night.

Set out a little after 8:00 am with a temp of -10 at the car. Mark was excited about his new telescoping poles until he realized they telescoped on the trail. After a couple of duct tape repair attempts, Mark was down to one pole and we proceeded to the Garfield Trail. We were pleased to find...

Liberty & Flume via Bike Trail, Liberty Springs Tr., and Franconia Ridge Trial - 1/24 Parked at the Basin. Trail is a little choppy in spots down low. Some solid ice spots required care, but were microspikeable. Snow is a little heavier up high with a couple of fresh inches on the Franconia...

After last week's hike of Field and Wiley, we jumped to the other side of Crawford Notch today for a quick trip up Jackson before the storm hit. Wore microspikes all day. For the most part, the trail is set up nicely. A little ice near the bottom, and the chute at the top is a bit tricky...

Trail Conditions: Some snow, some mud, a little ice. Is it April? A lot of bare spots down low. Not much snow up high, but there is enough and it is pretty well consolidated. 2 water crossings that required care. No blow downs, looks like someone had been through with a saw recently. We wore...

Trail Conditions: Icy. Not much snow. No issues with water crossings. A couple of blow downs that were no big deal. We wore microspikes all day. There were a couple of spots where crampons would have been useful, but it never lasted long enough to justify digging them out of the pack...

Taking my first trip to the Adirondacks in September. Any suggestions on: - Good 2-3 night backpacking trips. - Dayhikes - Places to stay? Thanks.

We crashed on the Livermore Road on the second night. It started to rain a little bit on the way up South Tripyramid so we beat it down to get off the ledges before they got really wet. Plenty of solitude on the trails, but we saw people on the summits and at the shelter.