Search results

Hello All! I just wanted to announce that the new edition of the New England Waterfalls guidebook just hit the market about 2 weeks ago. It took over 2 years to get this thing done. During that process, I personally revisited 100% of the waterfalls that are described in detail within the...

Four of us spent 2 nights backpacking from Zealand Road to Sawyer River Road from Sunday 8/5/2018-Tuesday 8/7/2018. Here was our general route (FYI - I'm not including every single trail in this): Zealand trailhead > spur to Zealand Falls Hut > Ethan Pond Trail > spur to Thoreau Falls > Ethan...

One person had hiked up this trail on Saturday but 4 of us finished the job breaking the trail out on Sunday. We found excellent snowshoeing conditions from start to finish. Snowshoes will still needed on this trail until 5-10 more people pack down the trail a little bit more. All stream...

This past May, I was able to finally able to pay an overnight visit to White Pocket in Arizona. I had been wanting to visit this place ever since I visited "The Wave" back in 2006. You can't get here without a high-clearance and 4WD vehicle, so I rented an early 2000s Jeep Cherokee in the...

I just finished up a new overview to hiking NH's 52-with-a-view list and thought I'd share. It is such a fun list to complete - as enjoyable as the 4ks in my opinion, and often less crowded. 52 WITH A VIEW LIST

Lousy weather today allowed me to finally finish my online hiking guide to Katahdin: Hiking Katahdin This one has been on my to-do list for a few years. If you've got some time available, I'd really appreciate your ideas on how to make this page better (i.e. feedback / corrections / ideas for...

Trail is 99.99% snow and ice free. Very little mud suprisingly. This is a fantastic, 5-mile round trip hike that is extemely family friendly. The falls are gorgeous right now, with some snow and ice to the side of the falls still lingering. There is even an iceberg in the pool below the falls...

I'm headed to Lake Placid with a group of about 20 people and I'm wondering if there are any good short family-friendly day hikes in the area. 0-5 miles round-trip I'd say. Any other recommendations on what to see and do in this area or within an hour would also be helpful. Thanks!

My latest creation...an overview of America's 59 national parks: NATIONAL PARKS OVERVIEW Suggestions for improvement / corrections / feedback / cricitism is most welcome. Help me make this the best overview of national parks on the Internet! Note: This page only covers the official 59...

I made this new page last night to (hopefully) help inspire some people to adopt some of the "orphaned" trails in the White Mountains. Can you please take a look and provide feedback and help me improve it further? I am going to add pictures of all the tools over the next few days (and also...

In the spirit of helping everyone (especially beginners) safely enjoy the 4000-footers in winter, I've developed a new page on my website that answers many of the common questions that people ask If anyone has any feedback or criticism, let's hear it. Also, let me know if there are any other...

Hello All, We would like to invite the VFTT community (including official members & lurkers) for the 2nd annual spring weekend at our cabin in Madison, NH! Last year about 20 or 22 people showed up and a great time was had by all. Info on this next gathering below.... GATHERING OVERVIEW...

Here are some brand-new webpages to help you find some great backpacking trips in New England: Backpacking in Connecticut Backpacking in Maine Backpacking in Massachusetts Backpacking in New Hampshire Backpacking in Vermont Each of these pages is still a work-in-progress, so please do let me...

I'm working on a list of trails that have a substantial amount of ladders/metal rungs/wooden blocks. Have I missed any? Maine - Beech Cliff Ladder Trail (Beech Cliffs, Acadia National Park) Maine - Beehive Trail (The Beehive, Acadia National Park) Maine - Ladder Trail (Dorr Mountain...

Anybody know the elevation gain for this 22-mile loop in Central MA? Thinking about doing this as a challenging day hike at some point. Thanks! - Roadtripper

Thoughts on this? https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/09/04/2014-21093/proposed-directive-for-commercial-filming-in-wilderness-special-uses-administration?utm_campaign=email+a+friend&utm_medium=email&utm_source=federalregister.gov I'm thinking this would REALLY hurt authors and...

I spent a few hours yesterday brainstorming up "tips" on hiking the NH 4000-footers to help improve this page on my website: Guide to NH's 4000-Footers I then posted my draft list to a 4000-footer group on Facebook, which added several more great tips. Here is the full list of tips so far...

legal question - do people actually own rivers/streams? or only the land leading up to the waters edge? Or is this different by state? most curious on ME, NH and especially VT!

Performed annual trail work last Sunday on my adopted trail. Cleared 5-6 small blowdowns, trimmed the whole trail, and dug the waterbars out a bit. Trail is now in great shape and only has a few small sections of avoidable mud. No blackflies out yet. Waterfall looked great with tons of water...

Feedback requested on various list of 4000-footer "superlatives"! 4000-Footer Superlatives Did I miss anything? Any errors/corrections needed? Can you think of any other superlative categories I could add? Thanks! - roadtripper