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Swiss topo maps are works of art, and the NY Times has an excellent article on the people who craft them.

The shipwreck of Shackleton's Endurance has been found under 10,000 feet of water.

Winter Retreat

Will soon be hiking the Town Line Trail with a friend who is finishing redlining the AT in NH. Hardly a full day's hiking even for an old man :) So was thinking of doing the Blueberry Mountain Trail from Long Pond Road afterwards. I remember that there was logging around the Blueberry...

It's three years since I have done any real hiking ... today I did the Mt. Tecumseh Trail -> Sossman Trail -> service road loop. I noticed a bench replacing the long decayed original bench on the east facing Sossman Trail outlook: The wood did not look very weathered to me, so I suspect it...

‘America’s oldest ski shop’ is a New Hampshire landmark. I never knew that the main store was in Littleton, not Lincoln.

Snow is almost over in Thornton, about 6" of wet heavy stuff.

At 0.6 miles the Skookumchuck Trail crosses a small brook (Jordan Brook, I believe) that can be intimidating during snow melt (I once turned around in the spring, unable to find a suitable crossing). A friend told me that she had seen (and used) a bridge near the trail last spring. A bridge...

A Paper Mill Goes Quiet, and the Community It Built Gropes for a Way Forward:

I suspect that several VTFFers have had hip replacement, hoping for some information. I have started developing osteoarthritis of my left hip, and can rarely walk more than a couple of hours before the pain becomes too severe to continue. OTOH currently I have little or no pain at rest. My...

Over the years I have been curious about what camera setups were used for the spectacular wild flowers in the annual spring wildflower thread. This year I decided to ask!! Please tell us about the camera, lenses (if applicable), filters and tripod or lack thereof you usually use. If you use a...

Just read a post by TJsName about a trip on Carriage Road, no mention of snowmobiles. Did you see any? Posting rather than sending you a PM so that we can all see your reply ;)

Looking out of the window it seemed that today's snow would be a bust. Going out I had a pleasant surprise: at least two inches of fluffy stuff on the ground, and more to come. No giant accumulation, but probably enough to cover most of the ice.

Not sure whether this has been reported, but the bridge at the start of the Mt Pemi trail has cracked, and a replacement bridge has been built a few feet away:

From the road status thread: Let me reply in a new thread ... The trail itself is excellent and as clear as any maintained trail. The start, however, is not obvious if you do not know what you are looking for. Lord knows how many times I have gone up it, but I once missed its start and...

I started late, and in the rush to get out I forgot my camera on a gorgeous day :eek: :eek: Bad start, but apart from that everything was wonderful. I started, as I usually do, at the Depot Camp trailhead and used the Pipeline XC ski trail to reach the ski area, adding half a mile each way...

Date of Hike: 7/12/2013 Trail Conditions: Trail wet (obviously :)), otherwise no problems Comments: An unusual and very rewarding hike. I wanted to do 3,000 feet of elevation gain, with the option of adding another 300 feet if I felt fit enough (that would have brought the total to 1,000...

From another thread: The price certainly seems right ... any other suggestions before I order it? From the specs: 52" is pretty low, and from what I have read fully extending the center column greatly decreases stability. A taller model: is obviously heavier. On the other hand, I will...

Today I wanted a short walk (60-90 minutes) in the woods, so I drove to the Smart's Brook trailhead planning to do the classic loop over the XC ski trails: Tritown -> Yellow Jacket -> Pine Flats. But: When I was about ¼ mile from the upper end on the Tritown Trail I noticed a well worn path...

Wow ... This afternoon I was watching the thunderstorm approach on the radar ... then it reached us :( There was a narrow band, so I expected it to pass us fairly soon. It did, but in the brief period it was over us there were very strong winds, and soon enough the power went out. I tried to...