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How about potential tent sites near the boulder? I'd like to camp as close to the start of the vose spur bushwhack as possible.

I've read that the bushwhack starts about .7 miles south of the wilderness boundary on Carrigain Notch trail and climbs a ridge. Apparently, there is a large boulder about 4 feet high which marks this location. Is this the best place to start if going up Vose Spur rather than cutting over from...

Google Earth used to have the trails labeled. I just reinstalled with the latest version of Google Earth and can no longer see trails in the White.

I figured that might be the case. What is typically used for lights? I know those lights used for opening day events can be seen from quite a distance.

This was in the Lowell Sun. I thought it would make for interesting discussion. How feasible is a beacon like this to keep those lost moving in one direction rather than walking in circles, etc. http://www.lowellsun.com/letters/ci_4831733 Life-saving idea The Lowell Sun Article Last...

Not the best pic, but it looks like there's something in the lower-left corner, east and below Pierce and Eisenhower. I can't think of anything that would be there. Is anyone familiar with this? Is it just rock or did something used to be there, etc.? The pic is from the summit of Isolation...

Good point. There's only four of us so that should work. Glen Ellis to 19MB it is.

We're hiking the ridge to bag A & D tomorrow. It's not clear to me what the most convenient route would be. It should be dry in the morning and wet in the afternoon, so I planning on spotting a car at the 19MB trailhead then driving back to the Glen Ellis lot and going from there. Is Pinkham...

click the "roads" option and the trails will be there, unnamed, but there.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll check to make sure the right footprint made it into the bag. I may pass on the footprint for backpacking in favor of something smaller and lighter or nothing at all, but will keep this one for camping. As long as it doesn't trap water between the footprint and...

I bought the footprint for my REI halfdome 2 tent. It seems too large to me. It looks to be sticking out of the ends enough to catch water. Has anyone noticed this and is it an issue. General input of footprints may be good too. I figured I'd use it for camping but question if it's worth...

I saw a deer running towards me one day. It came within about twenty feet of me and a friend of mine which is exactly when its antlers fell off. Very cool. My friend kept the antlers which I imagine was fine with the deer considering we opted not to keep the deer itself. It's simply...

Simply awesome. This was a great trip that I've been looking forward to since we hiked Bond and Bondcliff last year. Everything was about as ideal as it gets. We stayed the night at Zealand hut, our first time at a hut. Then, we enjoyed a long day in the mountains. Full Report Here

Looked like lightning for the carter-moriah range, so we changed plans and hike galehead. I had low expectations but was very surprised. Great trail and condidtions. Nice views from different outlooks. Foliage was just starting to come in. A great day in the mountains. Full Report Here

Flip-Flopped our plans. Rain from Ivan on Saturday was just too heavy to bother. Went shopping in North Conway instead and hiked on Sunday. Cooler but no rain. Glad to get Cabot off the list. Getting there is no fun and I didn't want to finish the 48 on it. Spent the night at hiker's...