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Is it practical to leave the Black Pond Trail just south of the Pond and head directly east to Franconia Falls? I was tempted to try that on a recent hot day. I know there are traditional alternatives to get to the Falls coming from Owl’s Head: east across from NORTH of the pond, or the...

Found Monday July 15, 2019. At least that's what I think it is. I thought it might be some important piece of medical gear so I wrapped it up and carried it home. But a search shows it's probably just a vaping pen. My family is upset at me, says these things can explode so it's outside and I'm...

I'm planning a leisurely south to north traverse next Sunday (9/16/18)-Tuesday. That's what I've got, no flexibility in dates. I've done the Presidentials Summer, Winter and in between, snow and rain, but always lucked out with reasonable winds. But looks like I'm going to get steady sustained...

The NYNJ Trail Conference has the 7th edition "revised 2005" on sale for $7.50 this month ($10 non-member) plus $7.25 shipping. My latest is the 7th edition dated 2001, which I have always thought was the final one. Does anyone happen to know if there are any changes made in the 2005 revision...

I just finished a big chunk of the Mattabessett as a multi-day trip. There is virtually no water in any of the usual streams, even some I have never seen dry in 40+ years of hiking in Connecticut. If there is any interest I will post references to what water I found. This is probably not an...

Date of Hike: 09/21/2015 Trail Conditions: Dry, Water Crossings easy, no Downed Trees. Special Equipment Required: None Comments: Upper two Black Brook crossings dry; lower two fine. Coincidentally noticed tiny but useful pool at about 3500 feet, N44° 08' 28.0" W71° 32' 05.2" WGS84.

I posted a notice a few weeks ago that I found a camp chair along the bank of the E Pemi beyond the Bondcliff trailhead on the former Wilderness Trail but the post apparently did not take.

Small pair of spectacles, probably reading glasses. Sitting on shelf-like knob of tree. In a flat spot just to the West of the Franconia Ridge Trail, a little bit North of the Flume summit.

Is anybody sharing information about the easiest walk from Lower Bondcliff Trail to the Thoreau Falls Trail, to compensate for the removed Pemi Wilderness Suspension bridge? Basically I'm looking for a route to substitute for the bridge, and I haven't been there for awhile. At one point in a...

I have always advised that nobody should sleep in the White Mountains without a lawyer, a surveyor and a lobbyist for the party currently in power among your hiking partners. But here's a question, just in case you're out on your own. A typical rules area: 200 feet from a trail or water...

Date of Hike: 7/31/10 Trail Conditions: Lower portion excellent. A little bit of mud, some minor step-over blowdowns. Lower and middle portion up to Shelter not bad. More mud; a few blowdowns that require easy negotiating but no real problems. Signs of recent maintenance well done. Many areas...

EDITED TO ADD: Post #58 of this thread, 7/8/2015, has attached a text description of the Route as of that date, a GPS Track file, and an overall map of the Route. Message #60 adds some minor updates as of a trip I took in October 2018. Off and on over the years I've looked at the South Taconic...