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I left in my bunk at the AMC Zealand Hut on Sept 16.

Date of Hike: 10/19/2016 Trail Conditions: Dry to wet, but not /that/ wet. Lots of leaves have fallen and a couple of blow downs Special Equipment Required: None Comments: Beautiful fall day, 50 degrees at the summits, but very windy. 35mph sustained and 50mpg gusts. Had both summits to...

Date of Hike: May 11 2016 Trail Conditions: Very wet and muddy. Lots of downed trees. The water crossings weren't difficult to get across. The first signs of snow were around 3100' but it wasn't enough to put the spikes on. The last 2 miles of the hike including the spur trail were the...

Date of Hike: 12/26/15 Trail Conditions: Very wet in the lower sections. Dry in the upper and summit. Special Equipment Required: None. Waterproof boots I guess. Comments: Beautiful day, 45 degrees at the base, 23 towards the summit. When we got above treeline is was 35 in the sun and no...

Can anyone recommend a company that sells hiking pants, more specifically, soft shell pants, for fat hikers? With all the hiking I've done, I should have lost weight but I haven't. I need size 42 pants and I seem to have trouble finding them. EMS doesn't sell anything over 38" waist. I've...

Found on 9/19 as I was doing a road walk from Nineteen Mile Brook Trail Head to South Imp Trail. The poles were just past the parking lot of Nineteen Mile brook trail on the side of the road. Looks like someone maybe leaned them up against their car and then drove off. You can PM me here or...

So I'm in the market for new boots and I decided to try a pair of trail runners. I saw "hiking shoes" at EMS, tried on a few pairs but didn't like them. I ended up buying a pair of Brooks Cascadia 10. I was wondering what everyone's thoughts are on boots vs trail runners. I know there is...

Date of Hike: Sept 27, 2014 Trail Conditions: Dry. A little muddy and wet near the parking lot but it's not bad. Special Equipment Required: None. I used fingerless gloves for the first time when climbing the caps. I should have gotten gloves a long time ago for rock scrambles. Comments...

I didn't see any recent trail reports for Mount Jefferson so I thought I would ask here. I'm planning on hiking Cap Ridge Trail this weekend. It's supposed to be beautiful weather, 75 on Sat and 81 on Sun. I've recently seen some pics of Washington where some ice is starting to build up...

Date of Hike: 7/17/2014 Trail Conditions: Below treeline was wet with a few blowdowns. It did rain for 2 days prior to this hike. Special Equipment Required: None. Gloves would be good for the boulder field but not required. You may want poles for the tablelands but anything below that they...

Do the AMC huts have padding on their bunks or do I need to bring my own? I'm doing an overnight on the Bonds and my pack is already kind of heavy, I'd like to leave the air pad behind if I don't need it. Sorry if this has been asked, I did a couple of forum searches and couldn't find an...

Date of Hike: June 8, 2014 Trail Conditions: Dry. A little muddy once you get past Wildcat D but not bad. Still a couple of snow and ice chunks (off trail) between some big rocks. The Water crossing at the beginning of the trail was easy to get across. Special Equipment Required: None...

Date of Hike: 5/25/14 Trail Conditions: Wet and muddy. Some ice left above 3500' but you can easily get around or over it without spikes. Special Equipment Required: None. I suppose you could wear your winter/waterproof boots as the trail is very wet and muddy. Comments: Great day, very...

Date of Hike: May 14, 2014 Trail Conditions: Blueberry Ledge Trail was bare. At about 3700' the monorail started but spikes weren't needed. The first half of the Rollins Trail coming from Whiteface had a lot of snow and ice. You don't need snow shoes, spikes would help but if you don't own...

Date of Hike: 4/12/14 Trail Conditions: Icy, Hard Packed Snow, 2 or 3 downed trees. Very soft snow above 2200'. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes and spikes. Mostly snowshoes. Comments: Beautiful day, the climb up was great as the trail was mostly hard and packed. Once the temps hit 60...

Bunnell Notch trail and Kilkenny Ridge Trail. Beautiful day. 30 degrees at the base and 19 and the summit. Light winds. Both trails were completely packed down. We micro-spiked it the entire way.

I'm looking to hike Galehead this weekend. I was wondering if anyone knew when the gate gets closed for the winter? or is it closed already? Thank you.

Date of Hike: Nov 9, 2013 Trail Conditions: A little muddy, a handful of downed trees. Ice flows starting at the higher elevations and light snow towards the summit. Special Equipment Required: We carried micro-spikes but didn't use them. The last 100-150' of gain would probbaly have been...

I lost my Panasonic SZ1 Lumix today on the Willey Ridge Trail coming from the Willey House/Ethan Pond side. I lost it on the descent. My last picture was at the bottom of the ladders. I noticed it missing while I was at the stream located at 2715'. So somewhere between 2700 and the ladders...

Anyone know of any forum boards or meetup sites for finding a hiking partner for the Juneau Alaska area? I've already posted on summitpost. I'll be in Juneau the last week of July and I'm looking to get one hike in while I am there. Hopefully with someone that knows the area/trails.