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I'll be back in town for a few days and thought it would be fun to try to get some VFTT-ers out for a beer night. This place has worked well for a couple of past events. Close to public transportation and plenty of parking available behind the building. I'll plan to be there around 6pm...

Ryan and I recently spent two weeks hiking in the French Alps (with a bit of Switzerland thrown in for good measure) along a portion of the Grande Randonnée #5 (GR5). The route we followed began in St. Gingolph, on the shores of Lake Geneva, and continued south to the small French city of...

We had a good showing last time and some positive feedback on the location...so let's do it again! Thursday, Feb 4 6pm Tavern at the End of the World parking available in lot behind the bar the bar the location

Participants: Rocket 21, MEB, Mats Roing, Farmer, Juniper, Hamtero Parked at Five Corners which got the plow treatment just as the group started assembling. Rocket hit the trail earlier than the rest of us, so had trailbreaking honors for the first 2.5 miles or so through the fresh, soft...

Date of Hike: 12-12-09 Trails: Lonesome Lake, Fishin Jimmy, KRT, Lonesome Lake Trail Conditions: The trail was broken out to the hut, then quite a bit less so up to the Kinsmans. There were two hikers in front of us breaking trail who we met near North Kinsman on their return from South...

Going to try out a new location for this one: Tavern at the End of the World 108 Cambridge Street, Charlestown, MA 6pm next Thursday http://tavernattheendoftheworld.com/ google map This place has a great beer selection (like my fave 60 Minute IPA on draft!)and the food reviews are very...

Sept. 19/20. This little adventure strung together four trails I had never been on. Ryan and I headed out a little after 11 from PNVC and made quick progress to the Huntington Ravine trail. Before too long we were getting great views of the climb up ahead. The base of the climb -"the fan" -...

I recently returned from Italy where, among other things, I spent ten days in the Dolomites. My intention was to hike the entire length of the Alta Via 2, which is one of the two most popular of the marked long-distance high routes in the region. The route runs north/south and covers...

Who: Giggy, Mookie, Juniper First time doing the loop for all of us, and for Mookie, first time on most of the summits along the way. Mother Nature didn't cooperate with our plans, and on Friday night we nearly cancelled the hike altogether. Instead, we decided to go ahead and only bail if...

The participants: Paradox (and Zippy!), Henry, King Tut, Drewski and me. Paradox and I had arrived at BBQ headquarters on Thursday night and were joined on Friday morning first by Henry and then by Drew to start the hike. We headed out from the Garden around 8:30 and made steady progress to...

Participants: Stev-O, MtnPa, Juniper This hike was something that Stev-O had been wanting to do for a long time. He had a picture of the slide taken from Peak Above the Nubble and some info from a TR by Craig from last summer. I was in NH with no hiking plans and was very excited to join the...

Our original plan was to head up to Kingfield, Maine on Thursday night, hike for four days and bag all 10 of the 4000-footers in the area as day hikes before heading back on July 6th. The plan started to go awry when Kim fell ill and Jen and Hui Yeng were also not feeling great. Mardi had...

Participants: Ferrisjrf, Gillian, Sasquatch, Juniper, Adventurous, 7Summits, Swamp, Nif, Mookie, Dr. Wu and UFC Jason put this trip together (thanks JF!) and I joined at the last minute. I had originally planned to spend the weekend in the Great Gulf, but the forecast of more rain sent me...

Participants: Cruddy Toes, Dr. Wu, Darlene, Swamp, Juniper Saturday a small group of us hiked up Glen Boulder, after which Al went south to Isolation while the rest of us took our chances with the weather and headed up to George. It was my first time up GBT and I really liked it. Some clouds...

Participants: Dr. Wu and Juniper Traded what I hear was a beautiful day in Boston for a wet day out in the Pemi! Left the snowshoes in the car, but loaded up on rain gear. LW, WT to Bondcliff. Once on the Bondcliff trail we started to wonder how the water crossings would be. The first brook...

Hiked from the Watatic trailhead to Temple Road. Trail was in great condition and clear of trees from the ice storm from end to end. Must have taken a huge effort by many to clear this trail. Thank you to all who contributed to the effort!

Participants: MtnPa, Mad Townie, Stev-O, Donna, Juniper Short and sweet TR: Skied in from LW to the start of the Bondcliff Tr. Huge group led by Ed Hawkins left ahead of us. Winds were only concern for the day, but when we reached Bondcliff around noon we experienced only a few strong...

Participants: MEB, Drewski, Giggy, Juniper With the forecast calling for sunny skies and moderate winds, we headed for the northern presidentials. Driving north through snowy Franconia Notch, I was afraid they had gotten the forecast all wrong, but by the time I hit Rt 2 it was sunshine and...

Who: Mad Townie, Gooly and Juniper. Our group of five had dwindled to three due to the snowstorm and poor driving conditions. Then we had some additional complications meeting up at the trailhead, which led to a late 10:50 start! In hindsight it would have been even better if we'd started a...

Who: MEB, Little Sister, Dr. Wu, Swamp, Gooly, Ferrisjrf, Gillian, Mtnpa and me. Trail: Skookumchuck to Garfield Ridge, up to Lafayette and then Lincoln and then back the same way. The original plan was to hike to Hale via the Fire Warden's Trail, so a group gathered at the Mountain Bean...