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September 10, 2011 Long Trail from Smuggler's Notch to the Lamoille River is in good shape. A few blowdowns from Whiteface Mtn to West Settlement Rd. Also, a VAST snowmobile bridge is unusable about a mile up from the iron gate on West Settlement Rd. The suspension bridge over the Lamoille is...

After work on Friday, we posted a car at Coddling Hollow and drove to the access road for the Babcock Preserve and Ritterbush Pond. The two-mile hike in to Spruce Ledge Camp took just about an hour. The water source is a spring and stream crossing the LT where the side trail takes off up the...

Left Greensboro, VT at 0445 and drove via Dixville Notch, NH, to Startton, ME, and the Caribou Valley Rd, parking just short of the AT crossing. Bill Dallmeyer and I hiked up the CVR following directions by George Brown of the Maine AMC Chapter. Directions, slightly modified: Hike straight...

Great hike - all trails in perfect shape. MATC has the best trail crews in New England. The (private) dam across the outlet of Pierce Pond could be problematic in high water. Two possible ways around it - Harrison's Pierce Pond Camps has a (private) corduroy bridge that connects a blue-blazed...

Friday, August 5 Left Greensboro, VT, at about 4 pm for the drive to Bingham, ME. Twenty minutes were lost getting by the Danville construction on Route 2. I’d arranged on Thursday afternoon for lodging on Friday night in Bingham, Maine, for a ride to Long Falls Dam Rd after breakfast on...

Loop hike up the Notch trail, down the Notch and up the Arm on the Mahoosuc Trail, May Cutoff, Speck Pond Trail, and a road walk back to the car. All trails in perfect shape. Took Bill Dallmeyer through this favorite stretch - we both think Mahoosuc Arm is a tougher stretch than the notch...

Posted a car at Stratton Pond Brook Rd and was driven to Long Falls Dam Rd by Sue, proprietor of the Stratton Motel (at 0430 so we could get an early start). Trail in excellent shape! I have to nominate the MATC for the best, most consistent trail maintenance and improvement program, at least...

Trail from Rte 118 to Belvidere is perfect. A couple of blowdowns between Belvidere and Tillotson Camp. Some puncheon could be renewed north of Tillotson Peak. Trail crews have renewed the trail since the winter. Three day-hikers seen in 10 mile morning jaunt. Fourfingers and Screwloose...

Saddleback Range, Spaulding, Abraham via AT, Firewarden's Tr; July 13, 14 July 13 - Saddleback Range between Perham Stream and Maine 4. Strenuous hike - section between Orbeton Stream and sag between The Horn and Saddlback Jr similar to Mahoosuc Arm in root and rock treadway. Distance from...

10 July 2011 Trail design, treadway, blazing all excellent. Very recent blowdowns - mostly last three days: seven or eight leafy hardwoods between Plot Road and Coddling Hollow; two or three half way from Plot Road to Round Top Shelter; One half way from Prospect Rock to Round Top. Trail crews...

June 19, 2011. Temps in the 60s, a good breeze - NO BUGS! Northern Frontier Section has done a fabulous job on it's whole stretch of the LT. No blowdowns, evidence of recent work, excellent blazes. Some puncheon just north of Laura Woodward Shelter and another stretch about halfway to...

June 17, Middlesex Trail, loop up Hunger, return via White Rocks. Trail in excellent shape, easy to follow. Nice three hour morning jaunt with time for views on Hunger. Needed equipment: DEET !! (The mosquitoes were as voracious and swarmy as any cloud I've ever seen. This is a trail that...

May 29 - 30, 2011 Conditions: muddy / slippery / well-maintained. No special equipment needed, other than waterproofed hiking shoes. Having to work until 2:30 on Sunday, we chose a shorty hike for the first overnight of the year. Started at 4:00 from Hazen Notch after a week of spectacular...

This is a honey of a trail - even-tempered and a sweet hike the whole way. Left the trailhead at 0730, on top of Moosilauke the Bald around 9:20 where we sheltered from the wind in lee of the rocks. Spectacular 360 degree views, a somewhat cold wind. The treadway and layout are all excellent...

Greenleaf Trail to Greenleaf Hut on Tuesday afternoon - I now remember why I prefer the Old Bridle Path - though a bit longer and a couple of hundred feet more in climb, it's more even in climb and a better treadway. There are the agonies / red rocks, but it's a bit easier. Greenleaf trail is in...

A great boon to hikers - day-hikers, slackpackers, etc - Susan at the Stratton Motel will transport you to trailheads across western Maine (and pick you up at cities farther afield). Yesterday we drove in (almost) to the Caribou Valley A-trail crossing and decided that this was a foolish...

Did both peaks from, and returned to, Caribou Pond Road (Caribou Valley Road). Steep, well-rocked in general. Easily followed, well-brushed out and blazed. MATC does an excellent job. The AMC Maine Mountain Guide suggests that "the last mile of Caribou Valley Road is in poor shape; low...

Greeley Ponds Trail to height of land in good shape - a deadfall blowdown to be slid over or limbo'd under at 400 yards in. Osceola Trail to peak all excellent - this is a steep trail with good footing. Proper equipment - forgot my trekking poles, but this allowed me to grab trees, roots, etc...

Trip up the Webster-Jackson Trail and Jackson Branch on Friday afternoon was pleasant, if windy. Trail in excellent shape. Puncheon in good shape to Mizpah Springs Hut. Saturday morning trip over Pierce and Eisenhower and down Edmands Path also good. Puncheon between Pierce and Ike could use...

Up Burrows to LT, down Bamforth Ridge to Alpine Trail, along Alpine Trail to Monroe and then to LT two tenths south of summit. Return via LT to clearing and then back down the Burrows Trail. All trails easy to follow. Mirabela is right about the usage of the parts of the Alpine Trail. Yellow...