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Unfortunately the native ladybugs don't swarm... only the invasive Asian ladybugs. The invasive types also bite.

The bridge onto the Sentinel Mountain Trail from the Daicey Pond Campground is out. Looks like they have wood stacked to build a new one in the spring. I would have liked to know this information before hiking in... I thought others might too. Ya think they might have warned us when we made...

Thanks for all the options! VFTT is awesome. Happy Holidays!

I know this is late, but I am trying to link up with a friend over the holidays(post newyears actually) to do some X-country skiing, maybe winter hiking, if no snow shows up. He is in New York, I am in New Brunswick, (Canada, not New Jersey), So NH maks a good halfway point. Problem is... his...

Perhaps... or perhaps the humans were not using the hoists properly (Bears smarter than people?) or they needed to be improved. Trust me, the well made ones work.... however, I have seen many half-cheeked ones that wouldn't. just my 2-pence.

I am not up to speed on this issue, but why aren't they installing proper bear poles (ration hoisting systems) or large fixed bear canisters at the campsites? They are pretty much a given at most campgrounds in Canada... even eastern Canada. They pay for themselves in reducing incidents and...

Thanks to you all for replying... I think we will head to Flagstaff and hike the Bigelows...

Ahhh... thanks for the info, but we are headed west. Looking for a spot roughly 1/2 way between Bangor and Mount Royal (Montréal). Good to know though, because my wife and I might camp out that way some time.

I climbed the Grand Teton with a friend who had been weathered off 3 times before. Let me tell you, we were happy to be heading down before noon, because rain was moving before we got back to the saddle.

Hey all... My wife and I will be driving from Bangor to Montreal and were looking to spend one night in a campground somewhere in Maine, NH or the Magog region of Québec. We were hoping to find a nice tenting campground with a decent hike nearby (2-3 hours). Our route can vary depending on...

I love my whisperlight International... even ran Military fuel in it when I was in the army. However I did have the flow valve gasket fail in Baxter this spring and I did not have the right replacement gasket in my kit... nothing you can do then (my own fault for not verifying my repair kit)...

I mentioned it in the another recent bear post, but is deserves mentioning again here. Terry DeBruyn's book Walking with Bears is an excellent account of one researcher's work with black bears, which can give you much insight into this amazing creature's psychology.

Pepper Spray is nasty... we had to use it on each other during training. Basically the second half of the day was a wash. All the trainees went back to the lodge and showered and then proceeded to take heavy doses of "painkillers" until the wee hours... I suggest single malt scotch, neat:D... or...

Now that you mention it... the deer flies were kinda thick Thursday evening on my owl survey (Fredericton, New Brunswick). Worst I ever saw though was in '95 at Fort Drum, NY. We decided to run the trails in by the medical facility on the north side of the base. It was the only time Maj Gould...

The theory of the big heavy boot (as it was explained to me) is that the muscles in your feet are not as strong as the muscles in your legs. Which is why, at the end of a long day backpacking, you feel much less fatigued if you are wearing the heavy clodhoppers. (Mine are Fabianos... bought...