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Trail has great snowshoe track to summit. Skiers widened trail below Borrows JT Winter parking well plowed Wore Snowshoes car to car

Trail well formed snowshoe track on compacted base. Parking lot plowed for 5-6 cars

Abraham trail is broken out to summit and to Lincoln. Snow was drifted in on the ridge in excess of 3' in areas. Pushing through the trees on the ridge because of the snow base. It looks like the ridge is not hiked enough to create a compacted base.

Hiked from Ski area using the snow ca tote road and Binder ski trail. Had a hard time finding the side trail off of Sugarloaf. Stay right of the open area after the the ski lift and you will hit the corridor which is well defined. Lots of blow down, and tree litter. Some route finding in the...

Stratton Pond Road, Parked at the Loop, hard pack road from snow mobilers New bridge was nice no stream crossings needed Did the FWT in micro-spikes up and down. Trail to Avery and West summits from col would have worked in snowshoes as well

Hard pack road to herdpath. Start of path was very difficult lots of bowed over trees refrozen in arches blocking the lower section along with blowdown and frozen blocks of snow that were dumped of of the trees. Top section was open and I don't know if i was on the path or not I just headed up...

Very firm track and bare booted up to the campsite junction then put on snowshoes just when it got steep. At the open area above the Cirque i put on Crampons to get up, I saw SS tracks from the day before but felt more comfortable with Crampons SS the rest of the trip . Some blowdown between SC...

Short notice but I am hiking the Crockers tomorow from CVR and possibly Abraham from FWT on Friday just in case anyone is in the area and wants to hike

Hiked Sugarloaf and Plateau from Elka Park Faint tracks part of the way to the Col. 1" crust on top of soft 8" -12" of powder, deeper up higher and where drifted. Broke trail up to Sugarloaf and Plateau with Catskill 3500 club Snow started sticking to snowshoes later in the afternoon which...

Well after forgoing the long drive to the White Mountains for a number of years I decided it was time to get up there and enjoy all they have to offer. So the kids and I went up last Saturday for probably the best weather week so far this summer. We stayed at the Lost Pond Valley Family...

I started a new list this weekend the Adirondack 46. I was decided to get the tuff stuff out of the way and decided to attempt Allen and the Santinoni's in a weekend. I actually thought of doing one long hike on Saturday and a short hike on Sunday since I have a 7-hour drive. I should have...

Well I didn't plan on finishing this winter but after a 6 summit blitz 4 weekends ago I new if the planets aligned I could plan a finish. First things first..I spoke to my wife to arrange 4 days off to go hike and complete the twelve I had left before the end of winter. Tough sell but she knows...

I am planning this hike for this Saturday 3/20/05 Question is from Moonhaw road does anyone know the snow conditions and how bad it is going up BC and Rocky from this direction? Is there any remains of the herd path to Friday and BC or is it completely filled in with new snow. Trail conditions...

I am looking for a good insulated jacket and was always planning on getting a MH or Marmot down insulated parka or even a Feathered Friends for around camp and at rest stops. I am now second guessing myself and thinking of either a: Wild Things Belay jacket with Epic fabric and Primaloft 1...

Well I went up to the Catskills to finish my Catskill 35 list on Balsam Cap and Rocky over the weekend. I finished the way I started in August 03 with a solo backpack. I left LI at around 4AM and arrived at the Denning TH at 7am. I geared up and went in to set up camp at the legal site just...

For all of you Adirondack experts can someone recommend a good campgroud with: good views good shaded private sites a lake or river (Canoe rentals a plus) Clean bathrooms and a shower house is also a must I usually stay at public campgrounds based on past experiences but not necessary...

Can anyone tell me if they have had experience with the REI Mountain 2 Tent? I am looking to get a winter tent and they are having a sale. Also if you have suggestions for another winter tent; 2 person, vestibule, no single walls (sorry Bibler)... I am looking for a less expensive tent...

I would like to know if any of you have been to MT. Rainier and what your experiences have been? My brother has moved to Seattle and I will visit every 1-2 years. I was thinking about enrolling in the RMI 1 day school and two day summit trip. I know I would have to train quit a bit before...

I just got a Garmin 76S GPS for my birthday, and wonder what software people use. Reading some threads it sound like Garmin's mapsource software is not very upto date. National Geographic has better Topo maps. The National Geo maps are not downloadable to Garmin. The questions is how far off...

I am wondering if any of you who use pac boots in the winter have a problem with heel lift. I hiked the Blackhead range and got blisters on my heels because of too much room in the heel. I cant seem to lace down the boots to stop this. Any ideas I dont think it is poor fit just not enough...