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Hurricane opened on Wednesday.

Right. There will be about 500 other cars parked there as well. LOL. Just be careful, as there is a lot of traffic and congestion in that area with all the hikers and other visitors/tourists.

Yeah, you get to higher elevations in the woods and there can be snowshoe depth snow all the time at this time of the year. Happened to me a few weeks back and I was ok bare booting but it was a typical post-hole adventure for the last 3/4 mile or so to summit. Wasn't even a monorail. I was...

White Mountain Cider House is comparable but IMO meaningfully better, although not quite as good as it was under its prior ownership. Libby’s was high end in terms of price but I didn’t think delivered the value for what you paid. I have no problem paying high prices for high end food. But the...

Libby’s on the main strip? Went there years ago and didn’t think it delivered good value given the cost vs what you got. Food was ok but expensive. But that was years ago.

Too much reliance on all these sites anyway. Folks should simply learn to be cautious and prepared. Plenty of general info on backcountry hiking to learn from plus the various articles and books on rescues. I know that is a generalization and it a good idea to use available resources, but at...

Higher elevations (even in the notches) can present challenging conditions as you guys know. I'm still sore from a few weeks ago and that's just from various 52WAV hikes. Summer conditions at trail head and full on winter trail conditions at higher elevations. I don't really enjoy the trail...

I've been up the slide and to the summit cannister. It was a lot of fun and very enjoyable other than the slide is a bit sketchy is spots but ok if you are a slide surfer ;) The summit area is a little dense but is a pleasant and mellow environment.

I printed it out. Like 600+ pages.

Thx. What does the asterisk denote?

And on Iron Mt., there is a very faint and barely noticeable trail to the old mine, and there are still tailings piles where the tailings are of sufficient iron content as to stick to a magnet. Green Hill Rd. is nice. Highly recommended hike if you are looking for something mellow.

This is super excellent. Thx!!

Ken, thanks for the information about parameters. I have the 2019 edition so am a little behind. I'm guessing that Iron Mt. was removed because the summit is mostly wooded and the views to the west are further along at the south ledges (but are nice and the hike itself across the top of the...

Also, there should be a book on slides. Maybe I'll need to publish that someday. Many, like Landslide Gully on Webster and the slide on Whitewall Mt., are downright sketchy but beautiful. Maybe someone has a list somewhere. I know we have occasionally discussed slides here .

2019 edition of the book says Carr Mt. and Mt. Wolf are the most recently delisted. Never been to either. Not sure why Black Mountain (Jackson) is on the list -- the views from the summit are very obscured. Better off with the Doubleheads (North is listed but South is not -- South has good...

The red area above Mt. Surprise Rd. is USVLT managed lands, part of which are owned directly by the USVLT (it prefers to manage lands and not also own them, as there is a conflict of interest by their own admission when also owning the land). The darker red above that is Merriman SF. To my...

Thx. But otherwise it's private land. Interesting.

Ultimately people will need to be encouraged to hike other trails if the lot is full. I think someone mentioned signage as a potential solution. And the mountain bikers are overflowing the water tank parking up the road so although I mentioned that as an alternative, it probably doesn’t help much.

Yes indeed. And from what I can see there is no way to expand it.