Recent content by Woodsman

Found January 20 on Greeley Ponds trail between Kancamagus Highway and Osceola Trail junction. Email me with description and I will return to you. Jay Baxter [email protected]

Date: October 20, 2015 Trail Conditions: Dry, with just a few icy spots in the shade at higher elevation. Special Equipment: None Comments: It turned out to be a crisp, mostly sunny fall day after a rainy night. Great views from the top; colors appeared to be about peak or slightly past...

Date of Hike: October 20,2014 Traill Conditions: There was lots of leaf litter at lower elevations. The trail from Eagle Crag down to Circle Junction is fairly wet in many places, but there were no deep water or mud obstacles. However, it did make the leaves quite slippery in places. The ledges...

Date of Hike: October 9 & 10 Trail Conditions: Generally good except for an long stretch of water and mud that continued for 15 to 20 minutes. This begins a short way above the ledges on the western side of Sugarloaf where the trail starts to level off and continues a point just below the...

Driving the road October 9 & 10, I discovered several pieces of heavy equipment (bulldozers, etc.) along the road. There are a number of areas where fresh dirt has been spread and smoothed. It looks like some culverts have been repaired or replaced. I'm not sure if this means there will be more...

Date of Hike: September 26, 2014 Trail Conditions: Scattered blowdowns here and there, several of which appeared very recent, but none were major obstacles. Both trails also had a number of muddy spots, which was a little surprising considering how dry it has been recently. After entering the...

GPS locations: Summit N 44 08.6619 W71 36.2942 Cairn at intersection of Owl's Head Slide with Lincoln Brook Trail: N 44 08.2620 W 71 36.9462 I have a GPS track (DeLorme GPS), but I think it is unnecessary. The herd path is really quite obvious. In June, the Lincoln Brook Trail was quite easy...

Date of Hike: July 2, 2014 Trails used: Flying Mountain/Valley Cove, Valley Cove Road, Valley Peak, Acadia Mountain & St. Saveur Trail Conditions: Generally dry, but lots of roots and rocks and frequent scrambles made the going surprisingly slow. Valley Cove Trail is closed between the cove...

On my recent hike up Owl's Head in June, I GPSed the summit cairn at N 44 08.6619 W 71 36.2942. Here's a picture of the summit cairn with the unusual birch tree I believe Tim is referring to beyond it. I wandered off further north and found the mountain to clearly be sloping downhill, which...

Date of Hike: June 27, 2014 Trail conditions: Rocky and rough, throughout, with a number of wet areas/running water below treeline. Special Equipment: Gloves were nice to have going across the Knife Edge; there are a number of places where grabbing onto the rough rocks was helpful. Poles...

Dates: June 17 - 19, 2014 Trails: Lincoln Woods, Franconia Brook, Lincoln Brook, Owl's Head Path, Twin Brook, Twinway, Bondcliff, Wilderness Trail Conditions: Franconia Brook crossing was a little challenging, but I was able to get across with dry feet 50 to 100 feet downstream of the trail...

Date: June 11, 2014 Trails Conditions: York Pond Trail is a little muddy in spots along the brook, but nothing major. Kilkenny Ridge Trail has major issues with blowdowns. The worst area has crawl under and climb over trees just after the trail heads south from the York Pond Trail. This is in...

Owner found and on its way to him. Jay Baxter

While skiing Tuckerman's yesterday, I found a hoodie type layer in the woods near the top of the Right Gully. Please email me with size and brand if it's yours. Jay Baxter [email protected]

Date: 4/10/14 Conditions: Excellent snow cover on the ski trails, but highly variable on ridge line with everything from bare ground to ice to deep drifts. The AT was a little hard to follow in a couple places, particularly one spot in the col between the two summits, where the trail dips down...