Recent content by wolftone

Date 16 Feb trial conditions 2ft light snow with a 1/2" crust. Well-broken on the Kelley trial, but unbroken (well, it's broken now) on the Lawrence. Snowshoes required. weather just above freezing with light-to-no wind. Very comfortable. views excellent from the ledges co-conspirators...

Route: AT up to the peak, Ranger's Trail down. Recommend this rather than the other way - AT affords nice views from the ridge at the cost of some pointless up and down. Ranger's Trail easy but boring. Weather conditions: barely above freezing at the top. Wind gentle when in the trees and...

Congratulations on your first VFTT trip report and on bagging #5/48. I'll be following your progress with great interest.

I'll be attending the NATO telemark workshop on March 15/16 at wildcat/tuck's. There are still 6 spots left in the class. I'm looking for someone to share travel expenses and moral support. Are you in? http://www.telemarknato.com/schedule.html 15-16 Workshop Wildcat, Tuckerman Ravine...

thanks! Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Now I just have to cross my fingers and hope it doesn't rain on Friday night. ho ho ho -k

24th? I'm up for anything, if on the 24th. Usually, I'm hiking in the whites but on that day I'll be on the way to visit my relatives in Syracuse. In the mood for some backcountry alpine skiing? I'll have telemarks and skins in the car from my adventures in vermont on the 23rd.

I will be skiing downhill in VT on Friday, then heading west to visit my family in Syracuse. I'd like to do some backcountry (skin w/ telemark skis) or cross-country skiing between these two destinations on Saturday. With the majority of the adirondacks in that region, I should have a lot of...

48! I'm planning on doing flume/liberty on Sunday as well. I was going to do a through-hike from Osseo to the liberty springs trail. This requires a car-spot, but we will have arrangements for it. Also, it's #47 and 48 for me. There may be champagne involved. Let me know if you want to...

I usually go for the MWO high peaks forecast at http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/mountains.html They sensibly only forecast 24 hours, which avoids that feeling of false confidence typically associated with "extended" forecasts. It's hard enough to forecast 10 hours in the Whites, much...

I'll be heading out on Saturday to finish my 48 on liberty/flume. Come join me and Kaya the Wonder Dog in celebrating the end of one list and the beginning of some other one. The trees should be showing some fine color in franconia notch and beyond. Depending on conditions and the comfort...

Canid vs. Canid One earlier poster mentioned "wolves ripping into your dog". Is this a real issue? Most of this discussion so far has focused on the danger presented by wolves to humans and livestock. Do we have any empirical information on the potential harm from wolves to unleashed dogs...

Norge! If you're looking for a subtechnical alpine experience, Norway is hard to beat. The mountains are about as pretty as anywhere else, but the DNT hut system is amazing. The huts are varied in size and level of accomodation, but they're generally cheap (for local definitions thereof) and...

mice and men Too bad you had the foresight to save a gem like the presi traverse for #48, then had no views. Sometimes it works like that. At least you had the same triumphant view as everyone who ends on Owl's Head.

Cairns and such Yes, there is little indication that the spur path goes to Isolation. The AMC maps don't have enough resolution to show that a spur exists. I thought it was a bit fishy that there is a fresh new sign pointing to Mt. Davis (but not Isolation) immediately before the spur. If...

long way to monroe I was part of the Isolation crew - we were all wondering how in the world you were going to get to Monroe in the limited time available. Sorry to hear you didn't. Hope the hike was good anyway. There's a reason it's called Isolation, I guess.