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I climbed this 20+ years ago and vaguely recall a limited view toward the east from a small clearing near the summit, with the tower long gone. Anyone been up recently (or at least in this century)? Thanks in advance!

What is the average 'on-foot' speed through fir waves? I'm a very vague time/distance keeper of my own travels, but impressionistically, I think I progress at about 3 hours per mile (0.3 mph). This is an empirical question, thus begs data. What better source of collective wisdom than vftt...

Any water sources along the ridge herdpath between Dix and Macomb, reliable in mid-summer? Thanks

Ever since spraining my ankle running along a smooth, flat trail, I've been mulling over footwear in general. These wedges of foam that I teeter on.. is there another way? After training here and there barefoot on local trails, and eventually allowing myself to graduate to vibram five fingers...

Anyone have a recent glimpse of how much, if any, of the 7 is left (snow in upper king ravine)? It's one of the few square inches of the presis that doesn't have have a webcam trained on it ;)

I've seen enough beaver dams, I shouldn't keep being so impressed with their engineering. But I still am. In Heywood's Meadow at Walden:

Over the next few weeks I'll be exploring the patchwork of green space that makes up the Western Greenway in Belmont and Waltham. The map shows an envisioned ring route which is at present partially completed. What better little project than exploring the various trail networks in this area...

The more I look into and explore conservation land around here, the more I discover I haven't been to yet. It seems like some places have the potential for surprisingly long sections of trail, particularly if you get creative. And it's so nice to save the 5 or 6 hours of round-trip driving for...

EDIT: Change explained below It was early and dark. It took me a while to figure out what exactly those little dots darting about in front of my light might have been. Could it be? Yes! First snowflakes I have seen this year (big puff of steam emanated from the photographer) Getting...

...including sleep, and weather permitting of course. If the current rainy forecast holds, this trip will become trail hiking to pleasant pemi peaks... since I learned in Slides 101 that slide + wet = not good I have an oddly tight schedule - will be at North Twin TH at 5:00 PM this Friday...

Some form of this trip had been in the works for over a year. They day had come; we had made it past the gathering of kilt-clad folks, it was time. An approach on a wonderfully cool and clear morning had brought us to our first highlight. We enjoyed all the charms of climbing a new slide -...

...somewhere in the Whites. I have many projects in mind and am always open to others. It's been too long since I've enjoyed standing on a large open slab of rock (or swath of scree even) enjoying the view. Let me know by PM or here if you might be interested.

Feeling that I was missing the mountains more than the city would miss me, I nipped out for a quick fix. This was also the first time I had been up to the whites this year without carrying ski equipment; it was very nice being unencumbered. Some running, some walking, some idly looking at...

I was on my bread-and-butter afternoon trail run on the skyline loop in the Middlesex Fells today when I wondered, how much climbing is there? It tops out at 317' on Bear Hill (including that as an add-on), yet a good amount of time is spent climbing and descending the many bumps (fells) along...

Up Sharon ledges, across Temple Mountain and South Pack to North Pack, then return. Trails clear, though there is dense spring growth of some grass and brush across the trail, particularly around Holt Peak. I didn't find any ticks on me. I hope that means that there weren't any ticks on me...

Judging by the responses to the recent SE NH trail running inquiry, there seems to be a number of trail runners here. Get together for a trail run? My local habitat includes the Middlesex Fells, Walden, Blue Hills, Wachusett, Monandock, Wapack, etc. I have been known to migrate to northerly...

Since some people were curious about how my quest to reach a patch of snow would turn out, I thought I'd post. Although the TR features skiing, 95% of the time and physical effort was spent hiking! And I love hiking. (Or I wouldn't have skied this weekend). The drive up Saturday followed a...

Hmm, why do I run on trails and not on roads or the track? Some of this and this might have something to do with it. Looping back around to the summit various ways allowed a rather short-term (and not well-aligned) rephotography project to unfold Given the thick clouds moving in from the...

After casting about for what to do after work today, I happened upon the idea of a trail run at Wachusett. It's nice to be able to loop around various ways without too much backtracking, and not too much driving to get there. The ice storm damage was almost entirely cleared from the trails...