Recent content by Lizzy

I know one camping spot..... If you bang a right at the "no camping" sign (right before the beaver dam), that is the start of the Mt. Nancy "herd path". Go up that a couple hundred feet and you will come to a small clearing with two paths forking off the far end. The left fork is the...

my 2 cents...... I understand that a lot of people love hiking and love the mountains and I am cool with that. It's not sharing the summits with a lot of others that bothers me. Hey, that's what we came for, right. If I can't appreciate someone else's right to a summit view, then what right...

[ Not to veer too far off the topic, but I did that exact route to bag Adams & Jefferson on the same day. Easily the hardest dayhike I've ever done, took me something like 13 hours, and I had to "empty the bucket" to do it. The Link was absolutely brutal, espcecially that first section...

Reminds me of that episode of South Park with Al Gore hunting for ManBear Pig. Hilarious !

I didn't know the bridge was out :eek: .....thanks for the info. I imagine the river crossing is pretty difficult that far down the river, has anyone done it recently who could provide some feedback ? I guess I will monitor the rainfall amount in the coming weeks and hope for the best. I am a...

I'm planning to do a 2-nighter with a couple of friends in a couple of weeks. I want to head up the the Dry River Tr. and find a good place to camp for both nights about 4-5 miles in (near the jct. of Isolation Tr.). From there, we plan to do a day hike on the 2nd day to Isolation &...

How about the "Wilderness Cabins" right off the Kanc ? They're on the right as you turn onto Bear Notch Rd. I've never stayed at one, but I remember looking at a brochure about them and I think they provide most of the basic amenitites. And IIR they cost <100 bucks a nite. Not really...

those nasty-ish beef jerky sticks with the even nastier processed cheese sticks.......never would touch them just sitting around the house, but I eat them all the time when I am hiking. I guess i do it for the sodium and the longer lasting energy that fat provides over simple sugars. And...

I guess there are TWO Square Ledges in the Whites. The one I am referring to is in the Sandwich Range.........between Paugus & Passaconaway......not the one in Pinkham Notch

Does anyone out there know if access to Square Ledge is currently restricted ? In my WM guide, it says access may be restricted due to peregrine falcon nests. I am planning a hike out there this weekend, but if access is restricted (how much it is restricted ??) I may change plans. Any info...

Flat Mtn Pond area is awesome. I stayed at the shelter last summer for a night and so wished I brought some fishing gear. What a gem of a pond ! The Sandwich Range in general is really a great area. Not nearly as popular as the Franconia / Crawford / Pinkham Notch areas, but just as...

having done both, I think the marathon is more of a challenge. You have to really train hard for several months and build up your endurance (if your serious about making competitive time). One similiarity between the two is that the crowds in a marathon are like the views on a Presi...

I agree. Enjoy each one as its own experience. I am still working on my 48, and I will continue to go to favorite mountains, trails, and ponds over & over again and share with friends the great places I've already been to, in favor of marching up a viewless peak because I haven't put a check...

I did the three Bonds as a dayhike last summer, and I thought it was pretty easy. Sure, it is a lot of distance to cover, but it is not particularly steep or grueling for any extended stretch (except maybe going from Bondcliff to Bond - which wouldn't apply in this case). I saw lots of...

Don't know if you've done this one already, but I don't think there's an easier 4k hike in NH than Osceola from Tripoli Rd.