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This came to my attention: Closure Order Issued for Sabbaday Falls Trail The White Mountain National Forest Saco Ranger District has determined that the Sabbaday Falls Trail and parking lot needs to be closed for public safety and to protect National Forest Property. This closure will be in...

I have a couple of multi-day trips planned this summer, and would like to carry a backup battery for my iPhone 5s. If you've had good luck with a particular product, I would enjoy hearing from you. Thanks.

It was difficult to decide whether to approach SW Twin from the north (Twins) or the south... but after a number of folks weighed in, it was decided that we would approach SW Twin from the south / Franconia Brook Trail. Tim Lucia, Lew Dow, Barb Audin and I met at 6am and began hiking the...

My husband and I went to Greenville, ME and the nearby Little Lyford Pond Camps, in part, to allow us time to explore the crash sites and debris field from the 1963 B-52 plane crash. There are many good articles available, including one that includes an interview with one of the survivors, Lt...

Mount Deception, East - 11/9/14 Drove up Cherry Mt. Road from Rt. 302. The gate is open. Some frozen snow on the road, but not much; safe to travel. Began bushwhack at USFS Camp 7. Took a direct compass bearing and followed it to the summit. There was a couple of inches of snow, but the...

Steve, "Skipper," and friends Karen & Ken R. and I visited three NH Fire Towers today - all in the Ossipee Mt. area. Green Mt., Effingham - This peak had been on Steve's bucket list for some time. The summit is located in (tiny) Green Mt. State Park, surrounded by the Society for Protection of...

8/17/14 - Bill Magyar, Lew Dow and I hiked several peaks in the Pittsburg area this past weekend. Road are in terrific conditions. So. Deer: Big Brook Bog Road can be easily driven to about 2300' (which we used); the logging road going up the west flank appears to be open Prospect / Perry...

Steve and I visited Bear Island (fire tower list). Drove to the end of Meredith Neck, parking at the Cattle Landing Public Dock (no trailers allowed). Paddled our canoe approximately .8 miles easterly, to a dock on Bear Island used to access St. John's by the Lake Chapel. Lovely .2 mile...

Trails: Hancock Notch Trail; Sawyer River Trail Trail Conditions: The trails were a mix of beautiful dry woodland trails, to slight mud, to walking down the middle of the brook bed rock hopping over the water. The trail east of the HOL was more rugged and wet than the west of the HOL...

Trails: Rocky Branch Trail (off of Jerico Road), Stairs Col Trail and bushwhack. (Redlined trails up to the junction with the Davis Path, then hit the bushwhack peak on the way out.) Trail Conditions: trails are in good shape. There was one small trail relocation on the Rocky Branch Trail...

Trails: snomo, Cohos Trail, bushwhacks Route: Not the best idea of mine... but I tried to follow snomo trails north from the Swift Diamond Riders warming hut about a mile before CSP on Diamond Pond Road. Tall grass, muddy tread and deerflies sent me scurrying into the woods... and I whacked...

Trail - Boundary Swarth; Fourth CT Lake Loop Trail Distance: 2.2 miles round trip; about 1 hour... leisurely Parking: four spaces, well marked, in the parking area just prior to passing through the US border. Conditions: the Boundary swarth was a little bushy and muddy, but there were...

Lew Dow, Bill Magyar and I hit this peak by whacking up from RT 3, parking at the Third CT Lake boat ramp. Beth Zimmer / Damselfly btzimr at gmail dot com

Lew Dow, Bill Magyar and I bushwhacked these four peaks over the weekend of July 19-20. We approached all four from the East Inlet Road north of Pittsburg (note: my auto GPS showed this turn off Rt. 3 as "Scott Bog Road." The road was in pretty good shape. That said, there were a few small...

Parked at "hairpin turn" and hiked a loop out to Lincoln Woods via Hancock Notch Trail, Cedar Brook Trail and Pemi East Side Trail and Pine Island Trail. Along the way, from the HOL on Cedar Brook Trail, we bushwhacked to East Hitchcock. Trail Conditions: The trails were largely in really good...

6/23/14 Approached from the west off of Bog Dam Road. Woods full of hobble bush, but otherwise not too bad. Closing down on the 3K's / NH200. Like-minded company welcome :-) Beth Zimmer / "Damselfly" btzimr at gmail dot com

6/22/14 Trails: Ice Gulch Path, Peboamauk Trail, Cook Path, Boothman Spring Cutoff, bushwhack Trail Conditions: Trails were in good shape; the trek through Ice Gulch was as rugged and physical as advertised Comments: Ice Gulch is not appropriate for dogs; absolutely beautiful... it was...

Sun. 6/22 - hiking some trails in the Randolph area and bushwhacking Black Crescent S Mon. 6/23 - bushwhacking Black Crescent N & M Experienced hikers / bushwhackers, please. Beth Zimmer btzimr at gmail dot com

Steve, Gorbo, Larry, "Rueben" and I hiked Big Coolidge (3K). We approached it from the east. Very steep and cliffy at the top. Closing down on my 3K's and NH200... and open to new company with similar goals. Beth Zimmer aka Damselfly btzimr at gmail dot com

Mt. Hale -Little River Road to the end / parking area; room for a dozen cars or so; nicely plowed after recent storm -Winter foot path -North Twin Trail -Former Mt. Hale Trail (aka Fire Warden's Trail) There was a good foot of new snow up there. A group of four were heading up to No. Twin...