Recent content by Tarencil

Nice report, D&M! I was up on my "fall getaway" last weekend as well and was wondering if I'd run into you, but it looks like we were on opposite sides of the Whites this year.

Had a chance to check out some of this trail yesterday. Three of us started at the south end, went up and over Prospect Mtn., and turned around a short ways after the unmarked section. Our favorite views were east into Maine, but there were also good outlooks to the south and west over this...

Good luck, Mats and MEB!

Arrested Development, through Steve Holt, provided us with some great sayings for staying motivated on the trail. "There's no 'I' in 'win'!" "Don't ask 'can I?,' ask 'I can!'" "You can control your bladder when you're dead!" Great report and congrats on the 48!

The Ogunquit (ME) Museum of American Art's primary exhibit is currently a room full of paintings of White Mountain scenes. It'll be up until the end of October. The museum is generally open 10-5 (1-5 on Sundays)--for more info, try its website. It's a couple of miles off of the main drag in...

Date of Hike: Saturday, July 11, 2009 Route: Parked at Garfield Trail and took it to Garfield Ridge Trail to Garfield summit to Galehead Hut to Frost Trail to Galehead summit, back to the Gale River Trail, down to its trailhead, roadwalk back to the car. Trail Conditions: Some mud, but not...

Mohammed Ellozy's site, http://home.earthlink.net/~ellozy/, has great information about hiking the 48 including plenty of stuff on multi-peak hikes. And if you have any questions about the content, Mohammed posts here on VFTT! :cool:

I was a little ways to the west, in Castle Ravine, yesterday. Just one snowfield near the trail, roughly a 10-foot square and not too deep. I'd say you should be all set next weekend. For what it's worth, there weren't any bugs, but of course that can change in a hurry!

The KPT is very wet, but even when the trail runs in common with a stream bed, it is nearly always possible to stay dry by rock-hopping. The rocks were wet and slippery in today's rain but should dry soon. One large blowdown about halfway up with a fast-developing herd path on its left. I...

I was stopped by the border patrol today. Waited in line for 3-4 minutes and was immediately sent on my way after assuring the officer that I and my passenger were U.S. citizens. Creepy, but not a day-changer. Assuming that the checkpoint is going to exist somewhere, does anybody know why...

Nice report--brings back some fond memories. Thanks for sharing the story.

Agreed, good luck to everybody competing! If you're not familiar with the Barkley, I highly recommend reading up on it even if you're not a runner. Matt Mahoney has probably the best site on the race (check out the stories from past years) and the Washington Post did a feature back in 2007...

Taking a picture of yourself and two others is tough! This was about the 4th try and we were pretty frustrated. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pMzL6nOMbfzk9aQj4CjWZg?feat=directlink The matching outfits were not planned...I promise...

Date of Hike: 03/29/09 Trail Conditions: A few rocks poking through down low, but still plenty of snow, especially higher up. Trail is hard-packed and looked bare-bootable with minimal impact. When the Sosman and Mt. Tecumseh trails both head for the summit, the Mt. Tecumseh trail is...

I agree with Jason, it was a great day in the woods. It was my first time doing trailwork, I think I'll look at trails quite a bit differently now.