Recent content by Forester Jake

Saturday was a nice sunny day for a "wintry" trek to the summit of Mt Mansfield via the Long Trail. Conditions were fresh snow and a mix of snow and ice at & above treeline. Parked at the Trout Club parking lot and ascended to Taylor Lodge / Nebraska Notch via the Lake Mansfield Trail, which...

Nice! I agree, there are several sections in this area that need reblazing and/or a few more. The section up & over Whiteface is really poor and in deep snow, extremely easy to lose the trail! On the same day as your hike I too was on the Long Trail- from Nebraska Notch to the summit of...

Originally cut out by ski legend Peter Ruschp in the early 70s this trail was abandoned and nature took over. Over the past year volunteers of the Stowe Conservation Commission have been granted permission to restore this cool trail that traverses the top of Sterling Ridge. At one point there...

Saturday 9/14/13 Conditions: cool & wet, socked in above 2600' Parking: Upper Pinnacle lot Trails (1): Stowe Pinnacle Trail to Pinnacle Conditions- damp trail with good drainage, a few wet & muddy spots. Heavy traffic up & down (very popular local hike) with some loud & obnoxious folks...

This afternoon Fisher Cat and I needed to get out so we went for a quick hike up Elmore. Parking at the Elmore General Store, Scott donned his Micro Spikes and I wore my crampons. We struck across windswept Lake Elmore and up onto the Catamount Trail. Picking up the trail to the summit...

A few weeks back I had an opportunity to do some bushwacking off of our adopted trail, the Osseo Trail. My goal was quite basic... not only get a feel for the remote lay of the land but (hopefully) also stumble across some cool things. As an experienced woods worker all my life, I've kind of...

Very cool, congratulations!

Amen brother! Excellent series of photos and thoughts, I need to do the same... Last year we visited Welch & Dickey for the first time and thought to myself what an awesome place to enjoy a sunset-moonrise-moonset-sunrise overnight photography bivy :) Awesome my friend!

Great essay Fisher Cat!!

Gotta say Lincoln... home of The Mountain Wanderer & great conversations with Steve Smith, the trailhead to the Osseo Trail :) & the Pemi Wilderness, and top it all off with brews and great food at the Common Man!

Hey guys, great pics and TR, nice work too! Sorry we couldn't get over to join you guys. Yeah, KC does a nice job blazing

Great photos! I can't wait until I can actually get up there to explore & shoot... still on my to-do list :)

Oh, and super cool photography!! iphone?

WOW!!! Lriz, truely amazing and motivational! And a huge CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'll be cheering you on over here in Vermont for a smashing success in the Vt 100 :)

Cool shots! Always fun to have the time to explore creative photography in the mountains! Have you ever explored the principles behind "tilt shift" photography? (think creating those super cool "toy like" images) I think you'll find it both fun & fascinating! You can create the effect with your...