Recent content by Mansfield

Great hike! Thanks for the great report; had a great time and learned a few new things. A few thoughts/questions: When Joe went in, I noted (and Joe later confirmed) that the current was strong and immediately pulled his legs downstream, under the remaining snow/ice bridge, while he struggled...

" the only way to recover is to go back to the summit of Jackson." You could keep heading down the Webster Cliff trail (hang a right at the junction of the spur path to Webster); I made the same mistake on a windy cold day this winter, makes for a longer descent but better than going back up...

I used my swiss bob sled to get down Wildcat D last year - are there other 4000' peaks in the whites that are good for sledding? - Tuck's is out for me :)

In my 5 years of hiking in the Whites, I have encountered moose on two occasions. The first was a benign cow/bull viewing from a trail by Lonesome Lake, (1st photo) the second a surprise encounter on Cabot. My wife called out something like "look at that steaming pile of...." when she was...

Does anyone know the condition of the slide on the way up to Wildcat A, from Carter Notch?

Does anyone know if the Taft Lodge on Mansfield is open year round?