Recent content by bryan

If nothing has changed in the last couple years Baker is readily approached from the west via prong pond and various other roads that were well maintained courtesy of atv corridors. Got my sedan to the western slope of Bakers main peak with no issue. Just below the western sub bump is a talus...

parking to access this area in winter is on town hall road not far beyond where the houses end. i don't know the mileage in from rt 16, but can tell you from the winter parking it is about 3 miles to mountain pond trail and roughly another mile to the start of slippery brook trail. the parking...

date: 8/10/14 trails: thorn mountain trail conditions: the trail starts a short distance up a private driveway on thorn hill road in jackson and is marked with a small sign (start is adjacent to a transformer box). unfortunately the street number escapes me. the trail is shown pretty...

date: 8/10/14 trails: davis path, bushwhack, unofficial trail conditons: we started up davis path keeping an eye out for the unofficial trail to hope that we expected to see on the right in the first quarter mile or so. though in hindsight the start is fairly obvious, about 200 yards past...

date: 8/9/14 trails: dublin trail, pumpelly trail conditions: dublin trail is nice shape. some wettish ledge in the usual places. pumpelly nice as well and it was great to see the heavy rock work being done to stabilize the badly eroding steep section dropping down off the ridge. some...

date: 8/9/14 trails: tamposi trail, bald mountain trail conditions: nice large parking area on willard pond road. the trail was in nice shape and well marked. maps of the trail network can be downloaded online. equipment: nothing in particular. comments: real nice early morning hike...

date: 8/2/14 trails: weeks brook trail, bushwhack, province pond trail conditions: weeks brook trail was wet and slightly vague in spots. we followed it to around 2200 at a little swamp and left the trail towards rickers knoll. woods were sprucey and scrappy, but never bad. they opened...

date: 8/1/14 trails: round pond road, tower road, tower trail, south ridge trail conditions: parking area on round pond road is relatively limited and spill over onto the road itself is heavily prohibited. nice walking on the roads, a bit eroded down to round pond. tower trail and south...

date: 8/1/14 trails: unknown trails conditions: parked at the public end of howe lane north of stewarts peak where the grassy road the trail follows to start goes left. there is a sign reading "cross minks and tower". i walked for a bit less than .5 on the road until it reached an old log...

date: 7/31/14 trails: ski trails, herd path, bushwhack conditions: headed up the ski trails on the right side, facing up, and after getting to the top of the double chair took northwest passage to wilfreds gawm. the going was good until the final climb where the trails were pretty...

date: 7/26/14 trails: campground road, bushwhack conditions: i parked at the upper day use lot where the road to russell pond first forks to the various camping areas. i headed up the right branch of the road and followed it to its end heading into the woods at campsite b7 (if memory...

date: 7/26/14 trails: coppermine trail conditions: trail was generally dry with some exception in the shaded brook drainage. some wet ledge if trying to get up near the base of the falls. equipment: nothing in particular. comments: a big congratulations to becca on her redline finish...

date: 7/26/14 trails: veterans trail conditions: trail was mostly dry and in nice shape. equipment: nothing in particular. comments: a bit of a hike before a hike. nice early start with cool temps and somewhat hazy, but nice views. first time on these peaks i have driven by so many...

date: 7/25/14 trails: old mast road, square ledge trail conditions: trails were mostly dry all the way except for a couple notable muddy spots on square ledge trail. minor brook crossings on square ledge trail not a problem. equipment: nothing in particular. comments: nice hike. not...

date: 7/19/14 trails: east pond trail, bushwhack, mt osceola trail, greeley ponds trail conditions: parked at east pond trail and left another car at greeley ponds trailhead. we hiked up east pond trail to roughly 2100 feet and headed in to pick up the main drainage of pine brook which...