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Trail Conditions: Trail is packed. The road walk to the trailhead is 1.2 miles. 2.6 from the trailhead to the summit. Trail between Abraham and Ellen not broken out. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes. Comments: Talked a group coming up from Battell Trail, they confirmed that the road is...

Mansfield via Long Trail - 2/15/14 Trail Conditions: Trail is packed all the way to Taft Lodge. We're planning on taking Profanity Trail but opted to follow the packed trail, which apparently deviated slightly from the actual trail (Long trail). Watch out for skiers. Special Equipment...

Hi, few folks are getting together Wednesday (2/5) at a tavern in North Reading for a mini gathering. We want to extend the invite to all of you, new and old folks to come have few drinks with us! I should be there around 6:30 pm, looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones...

Hi I am a novice XC skier, looking for a good and somewhat longer route to test pulling my pulk on skis. There are two routes I have in mind: From 302, take Zealand trail, Ethan Pond trail via Shoal Pond to Still water junction. I've never been on Shoal pond, and saw that there are couple of...

The trail is well packed all the way to the false summit. Snow field above the alpine zone sign is hard packed by the elements, you could hardly see or leave any tracks. The trail in the col is broken but soft packed. No big snow drift to negotiate at all. Very windy at the summit, no views of...

Van HO as usual is a well packed highway. The trail up Phelps is packed, and the upper section is very icy. The entrance to Tabletop's herdpath is obvious and the rest the path is packed too. Thanks Neil!! :) We both used MSR snowshoes with aggressive crampons at the bottom, and found that...

Trail is broken out. river is frozen but not solid, a section of ice about 25 feet away broke and fell as Kim was crossing it. At the junction, there are few tracks that ultimately lead to no way. We couldn't find the N and S craving on the trees. The path up Nye and Street were both packed, but...

Hiked up Slide Brook Trail from the outpost, down via the Brothers. Date: 2/13/10 (Friday) Trail Conditions: Easy walk from Garden to the Interior Outpost. Thin layer of new snow from the junction up. Minor blown-in near the 3500' mark, soft-packed snow all the way to the summit. More...

Whike hiking up Big Slide trail in ADk, we saw an animal track in the middle of the trail for a good mile or so. Here is a picture of the print, about 2.5-3" long, and here is the gait it made, almost in a straight line. Thanks

Wright, Algonquin and Iriquois from the Loj and back. Date of Hike: Friday December 25th, 2009 Trail Conditions: From Loj to Algonquin is nicely packed. Broken out but not pack from junction to Boundary. From Boundary to Iriquois was tough going, we apparently were the first to try the route...

We didn't made it to the trailhead, but was turned around at the first bridge we encountered. The bridge seems very iffy to cross. But based on this awesome report, I guess you can walk from here. You'll come to this bridge right after you take the left at the fork. Pic 1, pic 2, pic 3, pic 4...

From Pinkham to Tuckerman floor, thin slushy snows (it was a warm morning). Bare-bootable but I put on microspike for traction. The Sluice up to the top of the ravine: nice soft snow, easy to kick in. Great climbing conditions. Crampons will be a good idea :eek:. Washington to Madison Hut were...

Arm put together this trip earlier this year and I had been long awaiting for the day to come. A group of 7 of us, Arm, Giggy, Laura, Jen, Marc, Kim and I stayed a night at the Terrace motel Friday night and had an early start from Abol bridge campground. we hit the trail around 6:40 AM. Jen and...

1/3/09: A-Z Tr - Willey Range Tr - Avalon Tr to Tom, Field and Willey A-Z Tr - Willey Range Tr - Avalon Tr to Tom, Field and Willey Date of Hike: 1/3/09 Trail Conditions: Mostly packed down. Couple stretches between Field and Willey were covered with deep fluffy snow, all of us put on...

1/2/09: Webster-Jackson trail to Mt Jackson Webster-Jackson trail to Mt Jackson Date of Hike: 1/2/09 Trail Conditions: Nicely packed. Icy on boulder right below the summit. Easy walk in the woods. Special Equipment Required: We used snowshoes almost the entire hike only for better traction...

After my miserable Seward Range hike, I was all set to finish my ADK 46 on either Haystack, Basin or Saddleback, either one would make a great peak to finish. Many interesting hiking options were discussed to make this a memorable finish but I ended up picked the most ridiculous option which may...

What would my life be if I don't hike? I love that almost every Monday when I'm still nursing my aching knees from a weekend of hiking, I'm on a long email thread planning the next weekend. It's so good to have friends that share the same passion. Just before last weekend backpacking trip to...

But I climbed Osceola Slide on Monday (9/8/08). When NH_Mtn_Hiker invites you to a hike, you don’t suggest a trip like Mt Tecumseh via the ski trail. It didn't take me too long to come up with Osceola Slide, given that this man knows the slide like the back of his hand. We hiked in from East...

Hi, I'm planning an overnight stay near Lake Colden. Wonder if there is a place near Newcomb area where I can rent a bear cannister? I know th Mountaineer have them for rent, but they're in Keene Valley. Thanks!

After several last minute emails and phone calls with Jay on Wednesday, I decided to head over to ADK for some serious peak bagging mission. The plan was to hike Colvin, Blake, Nippletop and Dial on Friday; 5 Dixes on Saturday. A short hike on Sunday and driving home in the afteroon. Day 1...