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I just wanted to share a unique and enjoyable route with anyone that is interested. Charlie, Scott, and I took a day off on Thursday (3/18/10) to do a rather long traverse - Little River Road in Twin Mountain to Lincoln Woods. It was billed as 23.4 miles on trail, but we executed a nifty...

Started near the chapel at Sugarloaf Ski area parking lot, walked east over to the condos at Bigelow Mtn Road. At the far end of this road are signs leading 50 yards along an XC ski trail over a brook to the blue-blazed trail leading to the right up Burnt Mtn. Trail is in good shape, no...

Please allow me to bring up the subject of bushwhacking... Recently, a member of this site mentioned to me that too many people are discussing bushwhacking around here, and it should be kept more discreet. Who cares if it is trendy - is this subject becoming taboo? Other threads have discussed...

In the course of crashing through the brush off-trail, I have come across Private Property postings a few times. Sometimes I heed them, sometimes I don't. I guess I try to be pragmatic about what harm, if any, my crossing that line will do. There is an unspoken rule that even though you might...

I guess this is more of an ethical question, since I'm sure most people on this board are responsible enough to know how to hike safely after a few cold ones. If you saw a group of people drinking alcohol in a public place such as a popular summit (especially when children could be present)...

I did a couple easy bushwhacks near the thriving metropolis of Barnjum, Maine over this past weekend. The hardest part was driving the 4 or 5 miles along the really rocky logging road to get there, but my little Subaru was up for the challenge. The first peak I wanted to hit was Farmer...

I was looking over my copy of Forest and Crag yesterday, and I have to say that I am amazed by the collective knowledge and experience of Guy and Laura Waterman. I have also read accounts about the larger-than life visage of Ethan Allan Crawford and his efforts at constructing the Crawford...

I'm planning to be in the North Conway/Fryeburg area on Saturday and Sunday for a friend's wedding. I might have time to bag a peak or two, but I would only have about 5 hours of daylight on Saturday afternoon to do it. I generally hike 2.5 miles per hour, but I could go faster if the trail is...

Hi folks... I've been meaning to suggest this for awhile now, but I've been too busy planning peakbagging expeditions. Is anyone interested in getting together in Newburyport sometime soon? I know we have a good number of VFTT'ers that are local... I will volunteer to get this organized if...

I found a huge trash pit next to an old logging camp near a lesser-used trail in the Pemi yesterday. There was literally tons of refuse - oil drums, metal pails, paint/creosote cans, mason jars and glass bottles, a washing press, pitchers, a bed frame... This stuff has ostensibly been left...

I had heard of this loop from DMS, and since I wanted to hit all of these peaks on one trip, I had to give it a shot. This area is located just east of Rt 3 outside of North Stratford, NH. While working on the New Hampshire 100 Highest list, I have discovered that there are dozens of beautiful...

I have begun to take an introspective look at my activity on this website, and I am starting to question exactly why I post trip reports. Does anyone else ever think about this? There are so many possible ways to explain the motivation behind posting a TR, and it is quite possibly a combination...

I just wanted to report that I did some bushwhacking to the three NHHH peaks of the Pilot Range this past Saturday. While researching a route to take, I noticed that the USGS quad maps show an old logging road that approaches the summit of middle Pilot Ridge from the southwest. It looks like...

If a Wilderness area is supposed to provide "opportunities for a more primitive experience", would it make sense to limit the amount of modern technology that hikers bring with them? What item or items do you feel should not be allowed to comply with the spirit of "primitive recreation"?

I was out at Owl's Head with my friend Dave today and I wanted to report that we came upon a USFS ranger on the summit as he was taking down all cairns, signs, and markers from the area. I had noticed that someone had removed all the rocks and reduced the 2 cairns at the base of the slide to...

On Wednesday I had an idea - with all the crummy weather predicted for this weekend (again!) and the forecast calling for a warm, clear day on Thursday, I hatched a plan to call in sick to work and do some bushwhacking. Well, here I am on Friday morning, hoping that nobody notices the fresh...

On Sunday, July 15th, I had the good fortune of finishing my ADK 46 and Northeast 115 lists on a spectacular day with 2 good friends on Big Slide Mountain in New York. This was the culmination of 4 days of intense peakbagging in order to knock the remaining 7 peaks off my list. Each day had a...

On Saturday, I was planning an easy trip to my 45th ADK High Peak - Rocky Peak Ridge. My friend Cory was coming along, and we had originally planned the standard route of going out-and-back by way of Giant Mountain. Giant was my first ADK High Peak in June, 2005, and I was open to the idea of...

I took Thursday and Friday off of work to hit the Adirondacks for a few days. I'm getting close to finishing the 46, but since the trip is 5 hours of driving from my house on the seacoast of NH, I have to make the most of it when I drive all the way over there. This was my 5th time making the...

Hey ADK folks... I am embarking on 4 days in the Daks to finish my 46 this weekend. 4 of the 7 peaks I have left are Allen, Gray, Cliff, and Redfield. I was hoping I could get all 4 of these on the first 2 days by taking the main herd path to Allen from Upper Works, then bushwhacking over...