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I just happened on this video and had never seen it before. Found it pretty interesting. If its existence is common knowledge I apologize.. The use of the term "ice block" is a little off putting however. Snow blocks? I own a old Army mountaineering snow saw and don't think I would like...

Good news for us Mainers: 13,500 acres in Maine’s Western Mountains now protected by conservation agreements – Daily Bulldog Did you know that Maine's privately owned, but publicly accessible northern woodlands known as the "North Maine Woods" at 3.5 million acres is the same size as the state...

Anyone still have any of these? I took mine out to go to a wedding today, and was curious. If I recall, they were built by one of the Limmer boys after he moved to Vermont a while back.

Over the years I have "sled road whacked" into Red Pond under the brow of Mt Guyot, and Carrigain Pond under the brow of Mt Carrigain. My next target is the tiny set of ponds located 2 km 123 degrees true from the summit of Mt Hancock. N44.07354 W71.47169 The area looks like it may harbor...

Today I made the drive from Berlin, NH to Upton, ME on Success Pond Road. The road is in great shape except that the short ATV section from Berlin is rather cobbly. It appears that they have been working on the road all summer. There is a lot of deep loose sand on the roadbed in places so I...

Am I late to the party again? Is anyone else using Windy.com for weather and maps. I love the ability to find trails I have been on in Spain and all over the world on this ap. It also explains why weather sometimes is weird.

According to what is printed on my old T-shirt from Limmers, they have been making hiking boots since 1919. However their web site history has a few other dates. If they are really 100 years old this year, there ought to be some kind of centennial celebration at the "Old Green Barn". Of...

For some exotic mountain scrambling adventures check out Gautam Khetwal's U Tube posts. Some pretty fine non-technical scrambles in India.

Started out on Saturday at 6:00 AM heading for the new Berry Pickers Trail up the East side of Saddleback with access from Reeds Mill Road in Madrid (ME). The access description is as follows "To reach the trailhead, turn off ME-4 in the center of Madrid village and cross the Sandy River over...

Nuff said!

OK, this is not a typical VFFT subject, but I'm pretty sure that some of our member do hike across the water at times. If so, this may be of interest to you. Trip Insurance: Over the past several years I have been using an insurance plan which covers accidents, medical, and repatriation in...

Heading to Spain today for two months hiking in the Pyrenees and another through hike on the Camino de Santiago. Big smile on my face! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fp1wwHLAVo

While doing my usual winter planning for the upcoming summer in the Spanish Pyrenees (low cost hiking and travel), I was taking a YouTube look at one of the summits on my summer bucket list (Bisaurin from the Lizera Hut) and watched a winter day hike on the same peak. As I watched the video I...

Anyone want to identify the location of this old photograph?

Anyone interested in going to Spain this coming summer to do some hiking in the Spanish Pyrenees? This is not a Camino de Santiago trip, but walking on other historic trails. For example, the http://www.justapack.com/hiking-the-cami-dels-bons-homes-in-spain/ might be a choice. The schedule is...

Here for your reading pleasure is a very old trip report: http://thoreau.eserver.org/mewoods.html

This past Tuesday, 10/11, I Hiked with my dog from the Wild River Campground on a really nice familiar route. Familiar because I was the Adopter of the Black Angel trail in the very early 1980s and spent several summers in that area doing trail work. Tuesdays route was as follows: Wild River...

In preparation for my upcoming solo backpacking trip to the Spanish Pyrenees I executed and had notarized the following attached document. At 76 years old and soon to be 77 I thought it would be prudent to prepare for what will eventually be occurring in the fullness of time. Just not during...

I will be walking the GR 11 in Spanish Pyrenees from August 25th until September 14th. My planned itinerary is to walk east from Roncesvilles to Ordesa National Park with my last night spent at the Goritz Refuge. I hike reasonably slowly and will be following the stages in the Cicerone Guide...

A few years ago when I lived in Wentworth, NH I attempted to trace out the path of the abandoned Stevens Brook Trail which used to run between Buffalo Road up over the Carr Mountain ridge and down to Stinson Lake Road. The hike was a really nice open bushwhack and there were a few identifiable...