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I found success on Mt. Success; I completed the 52WAV list on Monday, 11/7. Success Pond Rd is VERY rough but the side road to the T/H is very clearly marked as is the actual T/H. Frost covered leaves at the beginning of the trail. These gave way to light snow on trees, then on the ground...

Date of Hike: 10/26/16 Conditions: Higher peaks to the west were in the fog due to upsloping. Mt. Parker and peaks east and south were in the clear. Seldom used trail covered in leaves, wet at start, covered with very light snow higher up. 10 mph winds on summit, chilly. Special Equip...

I parked at the end of Alton Mtn. Rd near a skidder and big pile of logs. I had read you could go further, but a big rock sticking up in the road just past the pile deterred me. But the road was pretty good from then on, so I had a mile road walk, uphill on the way back. I think most pickups...

I'm working on the 52WAV list and would like to do 4 peaks in one hike (Eastman, N/S Baldface, Eagle Crag), but the weight of my medicare card slows me down and I'd like (ideally) to camp between the Baldfaces and finish the next day. Any experience or thoughts on doing this. Is it...

Stinson Mountain is the only peak I have visited where one can be joined on the summit by someone on a snowmobile. The trail begins as a hiking trail, crosses a snowmobile trial, later joins it, and finally splits off making two options to get to the summit. We did the snowmobile trail which...

Light snow and high winds had covered parts of the well-packed trail. But 2 people using snowshoes repacked it. Nice views of Lake Winni and the Belknaps on the ascent. The views from the top are north: Sandwich range, Carrigain, Mt. Washington and more. Met another man who had tried going...

Working on 52WAV had to go tag Avalon which I had been past twice but never ascended. Also served as an intro to winter hiking for a friend. Wore microspikes from beginning to end. Light snow over a slushy base at bottom, snow gradually increased with elevation. Stream crossings easy...

A few years ago I was able to emerge from the trees on the Jewel Trail and make a bee-line for Sphinx Col. I didn't make the summit due to high winds. I hoped to do the same today and complete my W484k. But the snow was neither deep enough nor solid enough for a direct route to the Col. So I...

(Date of hike 3/6/14) Road walk and Zealand Tr to Hut--totally packed. Fun group at the hut, Beowulf soon to start the PCT. Met 2 men near the hut just completing a S-to N Bond Traverse (congratulations!) who reported a well-packed trail from their snowshoes. But winds rose over night and I...

All trails were in great shape w/ just a dusting of snow. Beyond Black Pond I had the trail to myself. Instead of following hikers' footprints I followed fox, squirrel, moose, mice and more. I wore Hillsounds until around 3000' where drifts started forming along with postholes where others...

A perfect day for a hike to a summit with a 360 degree view. I used Altai Skis from the well-plowed parking area up the Sawyer River Road to the trailhead. I tried these skis on the SRT but discovered that their partial skins did not provide enough friction on the well-packed trail. I...

Light frozen slush at beginning became deeper with large footprints higher up. Water flowing in many places. The very pretty Fire Warden's trail had deep snow on the ridge but was still solid enough so that only microspikes were needed on the whole trip. Clouds parted on the way down for a...

Well packed all the way, perhaps a little less near the summits. Wore microspikes the whole hike. Bobby (my crampons) and Billy (my snowshoes) enjoyed the views without doing any work. One good thing about this out-and-back is that you ascend Liberty twice and get the greats views again...

Light snow all day. Trails well packed with dusting of snow that increased with elevation and time. Started with Microspikes, switched to crampons for the steep parts of Avalon and kept them on until return to jct. w/ A-to-Z Trail where I put on snowshoes to tune up unused snowshoe muscles...

Trail Conditions: Very light coating of new snow covered weekend traffic. Edmands packed all the way to top. Equipment: wore microspikes entire hike. 10 mph wind at summit (NWS Higher Summit Forecast way off as usual), robins at 3400' eating Sumac and at trailhead. Why haven't they migrated...

Two inches of loose snow on top of hard crust was already packed by an early hiker wearing snowshoes. I used micro-spikes until about the 3300' level where the loose snow deepened, necessitating snowshoes. I met the earlier hiker who had just notched #574/576. Congratulations! He had made 2...