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FYI... The Banff Mountain Film Festivals Radical Reels is coming to The Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA on Wednesday night, September 24th at 7PM. http://hermitlake.com for all the info http://regenttheatre.com/events/radical_reels.htm for tickets Films look amazing...hope to see some of...

Having recently quit my job without the next one in place, I knew I was craving an experience out of the ordinary – something that would feed my delightfully curious nature and snap me back into heightened sensation. An epic travel adventure was in order, and Cusco, Peru was the destination. I...

Just wanted to give a heads-up about two upcoming events celebrating the publication of the centennial edition of the AMC WHITE MOUNTAIN GUIDE, 28TH EDITION. Wednesday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m. AMC Highland Center, Crawford Notch, NH (Thayer Hall) Wednesday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. AMC Headquarters at 5...

A friend of mine sent out a most welcome email during the week to a huge list of people: “Anyone want to go snowshoeing this weekend? I’ll drive!” Well, yes, I most definitely did want to go snowshoeing during the weekend and the only thing holding me back was the lack of a car: perfect. We...

Can anyone who is familiar with Noanet Woodlands in Dover, MA tell me more about hiking in this property (owned by the Trustees of Reservations)? I am looking specifically for the elevation of its highest point (and elevation gain would be helpful too), which I think is a hill that has a view...

If anyone is interested, I will be giving a presentation on Wednesday, January 10th at AMC's Pinkham Notch Visitor Center on my two-week trek through West Bengal and Sikkim, India that I did last April. (If I knew how to link to my VFTT trip report, I would, but I don't, so I can't--just search...

Several times during the night I woke up as my sore muscles sought to find a more comfortable position. While I am usually a pretty sound sleeper, 12 hours in the land of Owl’s Head had thoroughly and completely worn me out, and even more, those hours had stirred me up inside. I was so...

From Saturday June 3rd...better late than never… For weeks I had been looking forward to this hike…my friend Nicole and I had planned to do a two-day Presi traverse staying overnight at Lakes of the Clouds hut, hiking along with her two uncles and cousin. I was so eagerly awaiting this hike...

I met Arlene Blum (www.arleneblum.com – if you don’t know who she is, she was the first person to lead an all-American and all-women’s climb of Annapurna in 1978) at AMC’s annual meeting at the end of January (she was the keynote speaker), and through a series of emails and phone calls back and...

On Saturday April 1st, I took a nice mellow hike up Mt. Willard with six friends, all women who are fellow team leaders for our upcoming Wilderness Heals hike. On the whole, the day was rainy and not too cold, but just before we headed out the skies looked relatively promising. The trail started...

Throughout the week I had planned to take a hike in the Blue Hills on Saturday, to at least get a little hike in on a weekend I couldn’t get up north. But alas, the hike was not to happen…my week had been crazy and sleep won out—by the time I got out of bed, ate “breakfast” and felt awake...

Back in early January I was looking at my calendar and thought how nice it would be to spend the last “official” winter weekend up in NH staying in a hut and hitting some nearby peaks. I picked Lonesome Lake hut for this adventure, and the participants were to be Poison Ivy (Amy) and her...

The idea of hiking Carrigain this past Saturday (1/7/06) came from Marty—it was to be his 48th NH 4000-footer, quite the cause for celebration. Unfortunately, he had to cancel the night before, so the participants on this epic adventure turned out to be Roadtripper (Greg), my friend Marie, and...

Does anyone have a Western Mountaineering Puma -15?? I was able to purchase one today for a pretty good deal, but am worried that -15 is not warm enough. The bag had a narrower cut than the WM Bighorn -25, which felt huge on me, mostly width-wise (I'm about 5'7"). I have spent cold nights in...

On Saturday morning May 21st I left the Lafayette Place Campground with 14 girl scouts (6th - 9th grade) and 7 adult leaders including myself. The plan was to hike up the Old Bridle Path to Greenleaf Hut, and then perhaps take a jaunt up to the summit of Lafayette and back before cooking dinner...

Can anyone tell me what the conditions are like going up OBP to Greenleaf Hut? This is my primary question, but if you also know what conditions are like from the Hut to the summit of Lafayette, and then the ridge, and then the Falling Waters Trail heading downhill, that would be great. I know...

Fellow VFFTers: I am trying to help a friend plan his "dream trip," and he has several requirements--here are his ideas: *Take group of people (ideally between 4-6 people ... just so you know the size group I'm talking about, 2 or 3 couples) *Drive to spot where there is a decent size river and...