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No avy forecasts after today and high possibility of closing Cutler River Drainage by the end of this week; source.

The Cog is now selling a $10/day pass for any use of the railway property, including hiking on trails that cross the tracks.

As far as I can tell, I left my Leki Makalu poles leaning against my car in the Lowe's store parking lot and then drove away. Doh. If anybody's found them (and they aren't a tangled mess), I'd like to arrange to get them back. PM me here or email jtniehof at gmail com

Yard sale on Cabot today. Found a compass and whistle on the Kilkenny Ridge trail, around 3500' heading up Cabot. PM or email me a description and I'll get it back to you. I use gmail and my username there is jtniehof (like here, but with my middle initial.)

Found a hat on the Kilkenny Ridge trail, around 3500' heading up Cabot. Looks like it had been embedded in the monorail and melted out. PM or email me a description and I'll get it back to you (I'm going to wash it first). I use gmail and my username there is jtniehof (like here, but with my...

Found two hats inside of each other on the Bunnell Notch trail, just up from the junction with the York Pond trail. Looks like they had been embedded in the monorail and melted out. PM or email me a description and I'll get it back to you (I'm going to wash it first). I use gmail and my username...

This feels like it should be an answered question but I haven't found much. Is there any reasonable winter parking near the Mt. Clinton Road/Base Road junction to have the shorter roadwalk in to Edmands Path, or is it necessary to walk up from the Crawford Connector parking lot? How heavy is...

I haven't seen anybody mentioning doing Wildcat from the ski area yet this winter, so some beta...the short is no real change from years past. The uphill route is either Polecat all the way (per this page) or Stray Cat-Middle Polecat-Catnap-Upper Polecat (this page). It isn't posted at the area...

Found a hat yesterday afternoon (9/30) on the east branch of the Isolation trail, about 0.1 mile down from the Davis Path junction at a nasty crawl-under blowdown. PM or email me a description and I'll get it back to you. I use gmail and my username there is jtniehof (like here, but with my...

I realize it's way OT on this site but the only Uintas forum I've found appears dead. I'm flying into Salt Lake late (9pm) and want to out towards the trailhead early. I need to pick up a fuel canister and matches beforehand. The REI in Salt Lake doesn't open until 9am and the furthest east I...

Yes, it was a busy weekend for me...somehow my Dirty Girl gaiters, pattern Spacin' Out, disappeared in the parking lot for Downes Brook/UNH trail. If anybody found them, please drop me a line. My email's with gmail and my username there is jtniehof.

Lost a Fiskars folding saw somewhere between the Rocky Branch trailhead (off 16) and the Isolation spur. Went back in the woods for a bit so it might be hanging around weird environs of Engine Hill. If you happen to come across it, drop me a line. My email's with gmail and my username there is...

Found a Nalgene back in the woods a bit from the Rocky Branch Trail, maybe a mile in from the parking lot. Folks who found it thought it might have been there awhile. If you might have lost it, care about it enough to want to arrange ship or pickup, and can provide some description, drop me a...

Seems a lot of previous recommendations have closed. I'm going to have a group of 6 coming off Mansfield on Memorial Day. We are likely to be hungry and very stinky. Recommendations for a place to eat (maybe with a patio?) in either Stowe or Waterbury on our way back home? Good beer a plus but...

Very "general" backcountry because I don't think anybody in the northeast uses these things...but has anybody figured out what bizarre logic goes into the folding pattern of the USFS maps? It's not accordian, it's not repeated-halves or anything like that, it's just...WEIRD. I just made the...

I think the mountain lion thread is pretty buried now, so forgive me for starting a new one to link this article: Want to Save Money on Car Insurance? Buy a Mountain Lion. For those who don't want to jump into the theatre of the absurd with no introduction, the argument is that deer strikes...

According to the Globe. I'm caught a bit flat, especially since they don't have another lined up. I understand the reasoning but will miss the space.

Potentially of interest; man from Vermont was reported missing on Mt. Harvard and his body was recovered just below the summit. Denver Post

I'm finally crawling through BP's "gear guide" issue and the "new thing" is "Gore-Tex surround" which (they claim) brings breathability to waterproof footweard. Here's Gore's blurb. Anybody have any experience with this? I've had just about zippo luck with WP footwear...Keen had an eVent based...

Two related questions: -How's the access from the Gunstock end during winter? I'm thinking primarily of the Ridge trail over Rowe, which I'd think would be able to mostly avoid ski area operations, but also the Round Pond trail, which probably not so much. -Is going up the front/north of Major a...