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Excellent hike on beautiful trails: Zealand, Ethan Pond, Thoreau Falls. Easy crossing of North Fork. Bushwhacked a short while up West side of Jumping brook on a fir choked drag road. Easy crossing of Jumping Brook followed by a stiff climb through open woods to a pretty mountain pond...

Access: driving 6.2 mi on plowed logging road. Start of logging road is on Rt. 26 approx 1.5 mi W of the ME-NH state line. This road snakes its way S and W, eventually coming out in Milan. Condition of road: from hard packed to glare ice in early morning. Road was well plowed, but not sanded...

Due to logging activity in the area, we were able to drive in over 4 miles to the start of the bw - parking at a large plowed-out spot. We don't know how far this road was plowed. Surface conditions were very good - a mostly supportive crust with a few inches powder, occasional nuisance spruce...

Does anyone have first hand knowledge of the Lincoln Trail? Does this trail get any activity in winter? Or do winter hikers predominantly hike from the Winslow or Rollins state parks? Thanks

We found a tent deep in the Pemi. Don't know how long it has been there. It doesn't smell good, but appears to be intact.

I spent 5 days at the Franconia Brook Campsite 2 weeks ago. Crossing over to the N side of the river was no problem providing one was ready to step into the water - knee deep at most. "Stepping stones" were there but not positioned to make a "dry" crossing. The round stones at the bottom of the...

Fran and I were pulling in to Dube's Pit Stop just before 5:30am. Our hearts sank when we saw the dark interior, but the lights went on just as we stopped the van. We were the first customers of the morning - getting there even before the kitchen staff. I notified the waitress (a Maine girl who...

Day 2 started ominously with vehicle problems. We had intended to have breakfast a Dube's Pit Stop at 5:30 in order to get an early start for Kent. As it turned out the problem with the vehicle was quickly repaired (and my ego bruised), but it was now too late for Kent so we decided on Scott Bog...

Fran and I spent Wednesday night at the Motel Arnold in Woburn, Quebec and were the first ones in their restaurant on Thursday morning at 5:30. (by the way, if you're coming into Canada from Pittsburg, - Canada Customs in Chartierville only opens at 8am) We then traveled ice and windswept snow...

Fran and I parked at the end of the Black Mtn. Rd and started up an 8' wide groomed ski trail. Ignoring the first 2 right turns, due to signs meant for skiers, we continued for a while and turned back when we realized our mistake. We walked back to that original 2nd right and headed out on a...

Julie, Fran, Fred, Keith and I followed the Sawyer River trail for a short while before turning right on a snomo trail and following that for a few minutes until we crossed a bridge. Heading on a 75 degree bearing through wide open woods, we eventually came up to the steep SW slope of Green's...

Julie, Fran, Fred, Keith and I met Sat. morning at the Nancy Pond trailhead just as the highway dept was clearing the parking area. (the driving conditions from both Lewiston or Manchester had been lousy) It was still spitting snow, and the dark low hanging clouds with the damp wind were putting...

On Saturday, Keith, Julie, Fran, and I set out for Flat Mtn. Leaving the parking lot we walked a few minutes on the Drake's Brook Trail, and then a little on a wide groomed ski trail. As the ski trail turned northerly, we started a bearing to the main peak. This took us essentially up the broad...

Keith, Julie, Fran and I started up the Greenleaf Trail this morning in weather and conditions more like April than January, with large patches of bare ground in the woods. The trail was hardpacked and rather slippery so 3 members of the troupe wore snowshoes - I tried my Kahtoola microspikes -...

Keith, Julie, Fran, and I parked at the condos and headed up a well broken trail for about 1/2 to 3/4 mile. Heading off on a 309-degree bearing - aiming for the north end of the col, in order to avoid the reportedly steep east side on the peak. The woods were wide open, presenting few...

On Saturday, Fran and I left the Davis Path parking lot at 7am in approx 0 degree weather with a stiff wind sweeping down the notch. Putting on our snowshoes, the DP showed signs of having been previously broken, but had filled in with approx 2 to 8 inches of snow. A few choice areas reserved a...

Ethan Pond Trail upper parking lot not plowed, so we parked by Rt. 302. Leaving the cars at 7:15, Fran, Laura, and I headed up the EPT on a broken trail, but only up to the Ripley Falls turnout - after that we were on our own. We encountered unconsolidated snow depths on both the EPTand SPT of...

Fran and I returned to Chartierville, Quebec to continue our search for a shorter winter access route to the border swath in the area of Boundary Pond. We eventually found a rather wide dirt road leading to the border swath at a point just north of Boundary Pond. The dirt road is shown as a...

Fran and I spent the weekend familiarizing ourselves with the Pittsburg border peaks in preparation for this winter. An approach from the US side appears to be out of the question, for us, unless the logging roads are open. So we headed to Chartierville, Quebec to drive the country roads looking...

After 2 unsuccessful attempts last winter to find the register on the "true" E peak, Fran and I tried one more time. Leaving the Sawyer River Trail, we followed the N shore of the Swift River up to the ski trail bridge. We then bee lined for the east E peak, through mostly open woods, where we...