Recent content by DLhiker

Great day on Algonquin with some friends who drove all the way from VA for one day of hiking in the dacks. we had 3" of new snow on an icy crust all the way to whale's tail. Need spikes or crampons from the waterfall on. the snow deepened to a new 8-12" at the wright junction and deeper as we...

Does anyone know if there has been new snow accumulation in the high peaks this week? I heard something about lake placid getting 7" yesterday. I'm headed up on Friday and will be prepared with both crampons and snowshoes. Trying to anticipate trail conditions.

I'm loving BC skiing more every time I do it. I have been using a set of fischer s-bound outbound crown skis. They seem fine, though, i have nothing to compare them to. Question: Can anyone recommend climbing skins for these skis. I see a lot of options on the web, but I'm not sure if...

Love those shots of uphill leanto. I was there in mid January...about half that much snow.

Packed in from Upper Works to Uphill leanto. Snowshoes the whole way. Streams are not all frozen, making some crossings tricky. Broke trail to cliff. Clear trails to 4 corners and skylight. Marcy was windswept down to ice. We all switched to crampons. Bushwacked from Marcy to Gray...

Any innovative ideas out there to add more warmth to my 0 degree down mummy bag? bivy's, liners?

Skied the truck trail to marcy Dam, then up to Phelps junction. Used snowshoes to Indian Falls, then Tabletop, then Phelps. Skied out from phelps. Excellent trail conditions, all snow, no ice. We ahd expected to break trail, but a solo hiker ahead of us on Tabletop broke it open. Phelps...

Three days of day hiking, two nights in the Keene Valley Hostel. We hiked Marshall on Wed from upper works. We were reading as low as -13 driving in the Upper works road. Blue sky, no wind...very cold. The temp never rose above zero according to our mercury, but it was a perfect sunny, windless...

thanks Great help! As it turns out, we decided to grab other peaks and leave the dixs for another day. I need the four peaks...and I want an adventure, so I think I'll be headed in there more than once. Thanks everyone.

thanks for the help. It looks to me like an even trade off. I dislike hiking roads, i.e. the elk lake road from the caretaker's home. So I am leaning toward the boquet route--a new approach for me, and hence, an adventure.

Hi, I'm looking for helping on approaching the lower Dix Range in winter. I know the Elk Lake approach, but have heard of people going in the bouquet and up E.Dix (Carson or Grace, I'm not sure which it is). Under current conditions, which would you recommend for a day hike with the hope of...

yes, we did it on 12/21/06. I posted a trail conditions report. Excellent trip, but a loooong day. i left troy at 4:00 a.m. and was back there about midnight. Great day up there!

thanks! I'm impressed with your six green squares!

I'm hoping to hike the Sewards on Thursday. Does anyone know if the Coreys road gate is still open? Is there a place I can call to find out?

Has anyone been on the Whiteface road recently? Is it in good ski condition?