Recent content by CFDingman

Date of Hike: May 22, 2010 Trail Conditions: Direttissima -- Mainly dry, a little moisture here and there, with lots of blowdowns in the second half, but nothing that you can't easily go over or around. Black flies. Glen Boulder Trail -- Mostly dry. A few blowdowns but nothing difficult...

It was a remarkable wind. As noted in BIGEarl's report, we came across from N. to S. Twin about 40 minutes after his group and were pleased to meet up with them as they returned from Galehead and we prepared to head up there. We were likewise impressed with the wind and had done our share of...

Stony Brook was broken out until about 2500 elev. Sunday morning, at which point (N44 20.158 W71 09.057) a well-broken bushwhack diverged uphill and to the right of where the unbroken trail was not readily apparent. The bushwhack took us much higher on the ridge than the regular trail; it...

Interested, but still sorting out my weekend plans at this late date. I will post again if it works for me to join you.

I'd enjoy tackling any of the peaks on your list, especially the Maine ones as they are close to home. However, I'm still fairly new to winter hiking and on the slow side, though I am working on it. :o From the enthusiasm your post has generated, I'm guessing you'll have speedier companions...

We were in the dark for about twice as long as the whole bushwhack ought to take! Our bearing was off on the way out, but far worse on the way back - we spent about 3:10 in dense woods without ever finding anything like a path, and over 2 hours of that was definitely in the dark - maybe 2-1/2...

Brutus Rooney bushwhack route Hi, I was with Al Dwyer and Bob Humphrey group when you met them on OH on the 9th. One of our company mentioned afterwards that you were doing the "Brutus Rooney bushwhack", but none of us knew that route. Can you offer any further description, for future...