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Apparently police have been fining hikers. I don't know if anyone here participates in the mooning tradition, but i thought you might care to be warned, since it seems the police didn't bother to warn anyone. Here are the threads i read about this...

Hi. I read once somewhere a reference to dispersed camping (x ft. from the trail and from water) in the area of the Amon. Ravine and Jewell trails. Does anyone know if this is truly legal? What part? Where is best? And if not, is there a place nearby to camp from one's car as a (distant)...

2nd week in June, high peaks area (Lake Colden, Algonquin): Is there any chance this year the flies will be gone by then?

I thought it was interesting that not one but TWO different ranger stations had no info but suggested i ask here instead. So... I'm checking for any last ditch info on the conditions going up either Airline, Valley Way, King's, Great Gulf, Six Husbands, or Osgood. Anyone been up there this...

I'll do more ranger calling, gut-checking, and probably forum pestering before then, but i'm starting to contemplate the sanity of my Presi plans for the last couple days of May. We're trying to train for some major western u.s. climbs, and we thought we'd put up camp up the Great Gulf, and on...

It's been a long 19 months since my last visit and hike in New England. Just after Memorial Day i'll be back. I have 2 days and am looking to do Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, and Washington. What trail(s) is YOUR favorite, must-do-at-least-once trail involving any of those peaks? I'd...

An occasional visitor to your blessed land, i'm back to ask some questions about a trip 10 or so days from now. If i were hellbent on hiking up Mt. Greylock via the Hopper Trail, is parking obvious? Is there a decent and at least semi-legal campsite part way in? What's the best source for...

I get such thorough and varied responses from this board, that i'm encouraged to just keep asking questions. sooo... Any reason why i shouldn't stick my Merrel Torque gore-tex boots in the washer along with a couple old blankets? They are starting to smell and look not so nice. Does the...

I've been checking weather for an upcoming trip on Wunderground and the Mt. Washington Observatory site. Does anyone know of a way to get an even more specific forecast and conditions report for the Franconia Ridge?

As in, are there any? I had some REI ones that actually snapped, and my pricey Komperdell titanium ones basically glued themselves shut, locked into the dwarven position. Has anyone had any luck with ANY poles actually lasting through a hiking season? (I'm not east coast, so EMS-only brands...

I'm plotting my semi-annual business/hiking stop in New England, so it's time once again to harass this board with stupid questions! To start with, is there a weather station anywhere up on the Franconia Ridge? Before doing Mt. Washington last year i like doing the daily internet check on the...

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I'm going to be approaching (and hiking+one night camping) Mansfield from the west, and we need an inexpensive place to stay when we're done. Hopefully someplace with a courteous owner that won't mind if we stop by to drop off a large bag the day before we check in. Any ideas?

A thread i started got moved to Trips and Events. I think maybe the title was misleading... "ADK trip submitted for experts' approval" It's really just an advice question about a route...would you see fit to move it back to the Q&A board? i think it will be seen by the right people there...

Does this sound reasonable? Day 1 starting at around 1 p.m. from Adirondack Loj, taking the trail to Marcy Dam, then through Avalanche Pass, making camp between Avalanche Lake and Lake Colden (i've read a couple of mentions of sites there), and then dayhiking (or day-turning-to-night hiking) up...

If one were to hike a short ways up on either the Sunset Ridge or Maple Ridge trails, is there any legal and suitable backcountry camping to be found? Also, just how difficult IS Maple Ridge? We'll have just driven in that afternoon, and i was hoping to camp someplace on the mountain, but do...