Recent content by CrazySage

Date of Hike: 3/12/16 Trails: Mount Kinsman and Kinsman Ridge Trail Conditions: The lower elevation section of the Mount Kinsman Trail (up to the Bald Peak spur trail) was pretty clear, with patchy ice in the morning and slippery mud in the afternoon, with no snow to be seen. The stream...

Date of Hike: 2/27/16 Trails: Pine Bend Brook and Mt Tripyramid Trails Conditions: Compact, and slick, snow. The whole trail is still snow covered, with a nice firm base. This makes for a pleasant walk at lower elevations, but makes it rather nerve-wracking on the steep sections, where...

Date of Hike: 1/2/16 Trails: Carter-Moriah Trail Conditions: Snow. There is a good, albeit thin, base of snow on the trail from start to finish. The trail is in great shape with no obstacles (someone has done a wonderful job of clearing blowdowns). Very little exposed ice. Special...

Date of Hike: 10/3/15 Trails: Franconia Notch Bike Path, Flume Slide, Franconia Ridge, and Liberty Spring Trails Conditions: The bike path is everything that a bike path should be: gentle and well-paved. The lower part of the Liberty Springs Trail is everything that an approach route should...

Date of Hike: 09/26/15 Trails: Dodge Cutoff, South Imp, North Carter, Carter-Moriah, Carter Dome and 19 Mile Brook Trail Trails Conditions: All trails are clear and mostly well-maintained. There are a few sections toward the top of the Imp Trail that are beginning to suffer from erosion...

Hi all, Thank you to those who have pointed out the posting on NETC. I've sent off a message to see if it's mine and I'll keep y'all posted. You are a great group of people, and I'm happy to belong to a group that looks out for each other. Hike safe, Jen

North & South Hancock via Hancock Notch, Cedar Brook and Hancock Loop Trls – 4/25/15 Date of Hike: 4/25/15 Trails: Hancock Notch, Cedar Brook and Hancock Loop Trails Conditions: The very start of the Hancock Notch Trail is down to very patchy snow, but the snow depth becomes deeper the...

Hi all, I lost a lightweight blue sled (with a bright orange S-biner) somewhere on the Hancock Ridge Trail, most likely on the climb up South Hancock, on Saturday, April 25, 2015. Though it would be nice to recover it (you could contact me at jenglish one at worcester dot edu, with the one...

Date of Hike: 3/29/15 Trails: Mt. Tecumseh Trail Conditions: Firm, hard-packed snow allowing for bare-booting. No postholing, not even deep footprints, as long as you remained in the center of the trail. Stepping off-trail though (to let someone pass) left me thigh-deep in snow! The...

M & S Carter via Dodge, Imp, N Carter, Carter-Moriah, C Dome and 19 M Brk Trl-2/28/15 Date of Hike: 2/28/15 Trails: Dodge Cutoff, Imp, North Carter, Carter-Moriah, Carter Dome and 19 Mile Book Trails Conditions: All trails are pretty well broken out, but that does not mean that they are...

Date of Hike: 12/20/14 Trails: 19 Mile Brook, Wildcat Ridge and Polecat Ski Trails Conditions: The 19 Mile Brook Trail was a well packed highway all the way to the Wildcat Ridge Trail. At the junction we stopped and switched to snowshoes because it looked like there had not been any traffic...

Date of Hike: 5/3/14 Trails: Blueberry Ledge, Rollins and Dicey’s Mill Trails Conditions: The Blueberry Ledge Trails started off bone-dry, but snow started appearing around the upper staircases in patches and soon became monorail. Most of the tricky climbing spots are clear of snow. The...

I'm hoping to day hike Abraham via the Fire Wardens trail sometime over the first weekend of June, so I'm going to follow your post for additional info too. However, I'm going to avail myself of a local campground rather than backpacking. This will be my NE 4K 66th peak.

Hale via Firewarden’s Trail Date of Hike: 3/29/14 Trails: bushwhack from Seven Dwarfs Motel, North Twin Trail, Firewarden’s Trail Conditions: Saturday was very warm so the snow was the consistency of mashed potatoes. I took an epic posthole (with snowshoes) when we were on the North Twin...

I know that the Gorham-area received 10 inches of fresh snow last night (Wednesday night). I haven't heard any reports from the Twin Mountain yet but I would imagine that they received a goodly amount too.