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The WMNF just posted to Facebook their latest update on open roads and closed roads: https://www.facebook.com/WhiteMountainNF

The only caution, which you will find in the hiking guide books, is that the Precipice Trail and the Beehive Trail are closed for long stretches during the summer to protect the breeding areas of falcons. And a second warning: I'm told, though I haven't seen this myself, that the Beehive, when...

Hiked up Mt Crawford yesterday. The MWO had forecast temperatures in the teens on the higher summits, and I made the mistake of thinking that Crawford would be like a higher summit. It *looked* like winter, but the Davis Path was thoroughly packed down (to nearly the point of being icy to the...

Sales of the Hikesafe cards bring in a surprising (to me) amount of revenue for NHF&G, which seems to me to be, by itself, a good reason to purchase one for yourself. The sales do, indeed, subsidize rescues in general...

Some summers ago, I was camping in the woods a little below the summit of Whitewall Mtn. The forecast had been for clear weather, and I was sleeping in my tent without, of course, the rain fly. I woke up being rained upon, and I dashed outside to throw up the fly quickly and to bring in my pack...

This discussion veers back and forth between the circumstances of the death and matters of appropriate gear. I'll make three further comments on the latter. In winter, I pack a lightweight down sleeping bag and a bivy sack in case of emergency. I own a down winter bag, but it's very bulky, and...

I'm just curious about the decision to start the rescue on foot, rather than calling in a helicopter right away. That's a long distance, especially through snow. I've hiked as far as Bondcliff in winter, from Lincoln Woods, and the trail was already broken. Fresh snow would make for very, very...

I happened to hike up Bondcliff on the last day of the search without knowing, in advance, what was going on. The first sign that something was going on was a row of parked ATVs at the end of the Lincoln Woods Trail (the Franconia Falls Trail end). The second sign was the National Guard...

I actually enjoy the view from Isolation, though the view from Davis is nearly the same but better. I can see the attraction of the Glen Boulder route for the journey, not the destination. For myself, and also because I like the journey, I prefer to hike the Davis Path from 302.

As Puma concolor says, in our Northeast hiking world, there's the matter of tagging the new summits when the lists get revised. But what if you started with the latest list? I did that. Rather, I've wanted to hike the *old* 111 list, and I still need to tag Middle Abraham. I've scouted the...

I began hiking solo when I found that I had very few good friends who enjoyed hiking as much as I did, and I immediately found that I enjoyed it. It quickly became a 'thing' for me, and I hiked the NE 115 and the Hundred Highest by myself (even going back to do over, solo, the seven summits that...

I'm 5' 5", and I enjoy the Castle Trail, but one or two of the scrambles take me by surprise every time I go up.

Some years ago, I wore a pair of Salomon Men's X Ultra Mid 2 GTX Multifunctional boots that had the grippiest soles I've ever worn (Amazon.com | Salomon Men's X Ultra Mid 2 GTX-M, Black/Aluminum, 9.5 M US | Hiking Boots). It was some sort of proprietary sole, not Vibram (which, as noted above...

The Davis path past Stairs is a great favorite of mine. The terrain varies, and it's very rare to see another hiker between Stairs and Isolation, except for the occasional one who has missed the side path for Isolation. There's just one small boggy bit. I try to hike this annually, though this...

Thank you for for the article. I was wondering why I was seeing road apples all along the Weetamoo Trail yesterday.

I'm the fellow you met at the junction of Great Gulf and Six Husbands. I'd been looking for your post under 'Trail Conditions' and just found your trip report. 'Thunder Dan' wasn't the only one to descend Six Husbands that day. I met one fellow with a large pack descending just as I reached...