Recent content by TwinMom+1

Thank you Andrew! Since both Sentinel and Holbrook are state parks, though, and not on the list of those to be opened, I take it I would need to violate official dictum against not hiking on state park trails. Trying to balance being respectful from enjoying a peak somewhere on that day. THanks...

What's group consensus about Mt. Pisgah in Willoughby State Forest, Westmore VT for an eclipse viewing? - I've read that Vermont closes trails for mud season falls during this time, so not sure this will work. Info says South Trail is a 3.4 mi RT/1450' gain trek - very doable starting from...

Recommendations for adventure books suitable for a 17-year old girl - ? Since this group is learned, well-read and wise. :-) It's for a holiday gift exchange so I don't know the recipient, but I'd like to represent a gutsy girl or two that hikes, climbs or does other non-wimpy things. Like the...

Update: Berlin Fish Hatchery just returned my call. Because of vandalism and groups having parties all night, they are back to locking the gates. It's opened between 7 am - 7:30 am by the staffer whose shift begins at 7:30 am. Closed at 10 pm, even if there are cars in the parking lot.

Since this group is the gold standard on hiking info: where's a safe overnight car spot near the Starr King trailhead - is overnight parking permitted right at the trailhead itself, if not should we go to the winter lot on the highway? Also we were planning to traverse from York Pond Tr. to...

Hi Billy - yes that was us! Belated thanks - that was such a bluebird day - I hope you had fun too. Eisenhower was our 1st 4K 20 years ago, when the boys were just 8 years old. It was fascinating being back at where we first discovered the guys' love of being above treeline and comparing reality...

Thanks Nartreb!- we tried finding Prospect Hill in Waltham a year ago but got lost and ended up in some housing development of McMansions. We thought perhaps the place was no longer a hill but maybe I missed something. I'll have to go surf to see if there's another Prospect Hill. Any guidance on...

Any recommendations on great Boston area treks with some elevation gain? I run a meetup for folks on the autism spectrum and their friends/family, and lately I get limited enrollment when I book hikes in NH. Looking for new Massachusetts area ideas to accommodate the group. I run Wachusett...

Thank you for that! Will keep it in mind.

Anyone hiked in Olympic Nat'l Park and if so, can you comment on the availability of short hikes or non-hiking things to do? Or are there bucket list, must-do hikes there that we'd kick ourselves for missing? Our 27-yo son broke his right fibula (walking up the stairs at home, 3 days after doing...

Is Foster's Crossroads General Store closed permanently? Twice in the past two weeks it's been closed. A post on Yelp says it's being razed for a Dunkin's location while one on Google says it's closed. Such a bummer - recent additions like the Wandering Moose and Twin Mountain Cabins suggested...

Wow Andrew you're my go-to the next time I have a question anything North Country roads. :-) thanks for the detail. And thanks to everyone else, too. After some older parent health issue-delays we finally got to do Sugarloaf/Groveton yesterday Sun 11/8 for #52 of 52WAV. The road was fine - some...

thank you Lefty E! for helping with the biggest impediment: the spouse who needs arm-twisting that the car would survive. Success Pond Rd. was quite the religious experience a few weeks back, as in I've rarely prayed so hard for the car to make it up one extremely sandy hill. Good to know the...

many thanks, and will do! The Percy Peaks certainly were great. We tried to get to Sugarloaf last year but failed to use the odometer for the exact 8.2 mi drive, picking the wrong parking area 2 mi short and wandering down ATV trails instead. Amazingly Google serves up Zillow listings for that...

An overdue plug for the Wandering Moose coffee shop on Rt. 3 in Twin Mountain. Posted hours 6 am - 2 pm, great Cafe Monte Alto coffees, bakery treats and breakfast/lunch sandwiches. https://wandermoose.com/