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FYI, on Thursday afternoon the parking lot was still gated shut.

I believe it was Guy Waterman, longtime caretaker of Franconia Ridge Trail, who came up with the name "Truman Peak."

FYI, both the new geology map and a new reprint edition of Lee Vincent's book, Ten Year on the Rock Pile, can be found at www.bondcliffbooks.com

So far it hasn't been much of a storm up here in Littleton--just lots of wind and maybe a half-inch of blown-about snow.

The gate to Jefferson Notch Road (from the Cog Base Road) was open Thursday afternoon so I guess we can all assume the road is now open. The previous day it was still closed.

This was truly an elevation event. Here in Littleton we had a brief mix of rain and snow at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, then all rain and wind after that. Instead of adding to our snow on the ground, over the last two days we've lost just about everything we had. Hard to believe that just a...

Stunning photos for sure! Somewhere in my files I have a newspaper article from the 1870s that was written shortly after the falls were first discovered. If I can track it down I'll make copies and make sure I get a copy for you (and John). Your uncle would be very proud of your photographic...

Great stuff, John. Where there any remains of the fire tower scattered about the summit? Just curious.

I drove past the work zone today and right now all they are doing is cutting trees and brush on the south side of the highway. A note in today's Coos County Democrat says the completion date for the Route 2 project is August 27, 2010, so I guess we can expect a year's worth of stops and starts.

The night of the Mt. Madison tragedy chronicled by Nick Howe in Not Without Peril was one of my more memorable nights in the Whites as well. The previous day I had hiked up to the Zeacliffs where I camped out for the night. Shortly after I set up my tent in the woods not far from the cliffs, a...

There's also the renowned Polly's Pancake Parlor just up the road a few miles in neighboring Sugar Hill.

Make that "weddings" and not "weedings." Wouldn't want anyone to think this JP was uprooting fragile alpine vegetation.

How about a Justice of the peace instead of a minister? There's one in Whitefield, NH, who has performed summit weedings in the past, including one atop Bondcliff.

Foster's usually archives my columns on their website. Unfortunately, my article on the recent 4000-Footer club meeting isn't archived yet. FYI, The Record Enterprise stopped running my column a year ago due to budget cuts by the publisher, Salmon Press. The column still runs in The Courier of...

The suspension bridge was built in 1959-1960 and opened to use in the fall of 1960. Prior to that, hikers utilized the former No. 17 Trestle, which stood a few hundred feet downstream of the bridge. (If you've visited the bridge, you no doubt have seen the trestle abutments.) The trestle was...