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Middle Sugarloaf and North Sugarloaf (in New Hampshire along the road to Zealand and Hale) via Zealand Rd and the Sugarloaf Trail Equipment: snowshoes essential (I normally wouldn't bother posting about this type of hike, but I didn't see any other post-snowfall trail reports, so I figured I...

Table / Peekamoose / Lone / Rocky / Balsam Cap from Denning Date of Hike: 4/17/2013 Trail Conditions: Dry until the river crossings. Some minor ice patches as low as 2300 ft (of elevation), but don't become more frequent until around 3500 ft. Near complete snow/ice cover about 3700 ft. On...

Date of Hike: 2/14/2012 Trail Conditions: Crawford Path: from US-302 to ridgeline near Pierce summit, hard-packed snow, no ice, very easy hiking. From Pierce down to Eisenhower-Pierce col, mostly hard-packed, but a few drifts 2-3 feet covering the track, easy hiking but route finding not as...

Dates of Hike: 1/21/2012 - 1/23/2012 Balsam Lake Mountain and Graham from Mill Brook Road on 1/21 afternoon. About 3 inches powder near trailhead up to 8 - 12 inches on the summits. Some two - three foot deep drifts high up on Graham. Snowshoes - essential. Eagle and Big Indian from Seager...

Date of Hike: 1/18/2012 - 1/19/2012 Short version: It's finally winter in the Catskills. Prepare accordingly. It's snowing as I write this near Belleayre, so this report is already out-of-date. Long version: Windham High Peak from Peck Road via Escarpment Trail Black Dome & Thomas Cole...

Date of Hike: 12/16/2011 Trails: Undermountain Trail, AT from Riga Junction to US-7, roadwalk Trail Conditions: Muddy compared to the norm for the area. Soft swampy ground, especially between Jug End Road and US-7. No snow on trail. Just some snow in woods, on the north-facing slopes of...

Mt. Madison via Valley Way from Lowe's Dates of Hike: 1/13 - 1/14 Appalachia was not plowed out on 1/13, so we parked at Lowe's, paid for parking, and walked two miles along US-2 to Appalachia. On 1/14, Appalachia is nicely plowed out, suitable for any car. Trail Conditions: Powder, Packed...

The AMC Maine Mountain Guide is now in the 9th edition from 2005. Does anybody know when a new edition might be coming out? Also does it have trail descriptions and maps for the 13 eastern Maine 4000-footers? (Old Speck is covered in the AMC White Mountain Guide.) And is the whole Maine AT...

November 4-5, 2009 Trails: Herd paths, bushwhack, Spruceton Trail, Diamond Notch, Devil's Path Condition: Light snowfalls during the past two nights. Light dusting of snow the following mornings, nearly all melted by afternoon. No ice on trails. Some icicles off trail. Trails wet with...

A photo taken five years before the invention of lightweight portable batteries: http://www.shorpy.com/node/29?size=_original

I'm considering walking part of the Long Trail, maybe Lincoln Gap to Smuggler's Notch. I would like to start Thursday or Friday morning, or possibly a day earlier or later. Is there any taxi service, hiker shuttle, or any here on VFTT who can give me and a friend a ride from my car to the...

Dates of Hike: August 18 - 21 Trail Conditions: The 1.7 miles south of the suspension bridge were dry, flat, and easy. The first crossing of the Dry River, in thigh-deep water, was treacherous, potentially fatal, exciting, and manageable after spending 10 minutes to scout out a spot to cross...

Date of Hike: July 13, 2008 (This was day 4 of a longer hike over the Bonds, Zealand, Twins, and Garfield.) Trails: Started this day at 13 Falls Tentsite. Lincoln Brook Trail south to slide. Up and down Owl's Head. Continued south on Lincoln Brook Trail, to Franconia Brook Trail, to Lincoln...