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Anyone know if there is a standard width between the logs on a bog bridge? My foot got wedged between two logs yestersday and it took myself and two others to get it out. I have fallen off many bog bridges but have never gotten stuck in one. -MEB

It’s been over three months since I have been on a hike. My last hiking adventure was back in February over Presidents Day Weekend when I spent a few days in the Adirondacks. Upon returning home though my right foot was giving me trouble. After a week of incredible discomfort I awoke on a...

So...for the past several weeks I have not been hiking due to a foot injury and I am terribly afraid of getting out of shape. I was given clearance to do the stationary bike at the gym and as much as I dislike biking I will continue. Usually I have a book to read but forgot one today so I...

A Grid-i-licous day!! Yesterday my quest for the Grid finally ended! I started my first “list” in November 2003 but I can not remember when it was that I learned what a Grid was and when I actually began keeping track of it….maybe sometime in 2006? It’s been a most wonderful journey and I have...

Date: march 16 Trail: stony brook Used microspikes up to the the last stream crossing up high. Snowshoes needed from here on. Lost the trail for a little bit before the junction with the Carter-Moriah trail. From here on I was able to follow the trail for the most part but it was slow going...

Went up the Ammo from the cog paking lot. Base raod is plowed and drivable. Lots of snow and wore snowshoes the entire day. Trail breaking was slow. Some patches of ice but the not enough to switch over to crampons. Snowshoes make more sense when there is a lot of snow. There is quite a bit...

Beautiful walk up to Redington via the roads. Herd path over to South Crocker very easy to follow. Some ice on the Crockers and trail is on great shape. CVR drivable with high clearance vehicle. -MEB & Mt Drew

First few miles up to the cabin on the Fire Wardens trail wet and muddy. Windy and peak-a-boo views from the summit of Abraham. Spur trail to AT in great shape....some ice and lots of moose sign. Some ice on the spur trail to Spaulding and Sugarloaf as well. Went down via the ski trail...

On July 7th sister and I headed out on the Long Trail from North Adams, Ma. You have to walk a few miles in MA before reaching the southern terminus...and an exciting few miles we had....who would have guessed we would encounter some big thunder storms on our first day! Thankfully we survived...

Date: April 25 Trail: Liberty Springs Trail No snow on the lower portion of the trail. Wildflowers are starting to bloom. Saw a few trillium and some pretty yellow ones. No problem on water crossing and very reshreshing seeing it was about 85 degrees. Higer up we encountered the monorail...

Date: April 11 Trail: Signal Ridge Trail The road walk was the easiest part of the day. Water crossing a little high but relatively easy to get across. There was snow on the trail right from the beginning and we wore our snowshoes the entire day. The monrail is fprming and it was pretty...

Date: April 10 Trail: Garfield Ridge Trail Road walk to the trailhead not bad. Hopefully the bridges will be worked on this summer. First crossing not bad, the second one I took my boots off and waded across and the third one was easy. The trail is free of snow to just below the halfway...

Day 1. Esther & Whiteface After some coconut coffee, a sharpie flavored breakfast sandwich and some driving around we finally arrived at the trailhead. This was my first hike in the Adks and I was looking forward to some new terrain. Right away the trails lived up to what I had been...

Date: March 7 Parked at Beaver Brook and did the bushwhack to the Gale River Rd. The US Forest Service has put up signs along the way so there is no issue finding the road. Gale River Trail had been previoulsy broken out and no problems on the stream crossings. The trail to the summit of...

Date: 03/04/09 Not much new snow down low from Monday's storm. Did the Black Pond bushwhack and followed the old tracks. At the slde we followed the old tracks again up on the left for about 3/4 of the way and then took the herd path to the summit. Lots of snow up high but easy...

Date: 04/20/08 Trails: 19Milebrook Trail, Wildcat Ridge, Polecat Conditions: 19Mile in pretty good shape as long as you stayed on the "monorail". We started pretty early so the snow was nice and firm. There are several sections where the was no snow at all. At the junction we put on our...

Date: April 5, 2008 Trails: 19 Milebrook, Carter Dome, Carter-Moriah, North Carter, Imp Trail Equipment: Snowshoes, which we wore snowshoes all day. Carried crampons but they stayed in the pack all day. 19 Milebrook Trail and Carter Dome nicely packed out up to Zeta Pass. There was...

Trails: Bluberry Ledge-Rollins Trail-Dicey Mills Conditions: 3 to 5 inches on new snow and more as we got higher. No problem going over the ledges with snowshoes. Rollins Trail easy to lose in many places. Going was slow as we had to plow our way through all the tree branches. Dicey Mills...

03/22/08 Trail Conditions: Trail well packed to Mt Osceola Trail. From there we encountered about 4 to 5 inches of fresh snow with occaisional wind blown hard-packed snow. Climbing the steep part to East Peak was slow and tedious as there was close to a foot of fresh snow along this part...

Hey all, I've got this Friday off and am looking to head to NH for some hiking. I'm thinking of the Wildcats and Carters. If you interested let me know :) -MEB