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A hiker was killed by a falling tree limb Friday on the Nipmuk River Trail in Burriville RI. The TV article showed tall pine trees in the area. Friday had winds above 50 mph...

To add elevation data to a Caltopo a gpx export I use gpsvisualizer. com.

I use Caltopo, which is free, to plan routes. You the export the routes as a gpx file

According to New Hampshire Public Radio 11 WMNF employees have been laid off. There are about 100 employees.

I went up the Bucklin Trail in October and did not see any indication of a trail or herd path heading toward Pico

It has been 4 months since I last checked and the EMS website is still not up. I guess online sales are not part of their business plan.

I see some winter reports for Mt Success over the years on New England Trail Conditions. (NETC).

I really like the snow depth graphs at the various sites. It will really help figuring out where to go.

I would second the Wapack recommendation. We section hiked it in April a few years ago. Great to have dry trails when there is still snow up north

Scott Simon of NPR had a commentary on Morning Edition Saturday this morning

The trail was in great shape in June 2024. Look in New England Trail Conditions (NETC) for recent reports

Same thing happened to my 25 year old boots. At least I was in my living room

I started using poles in my 60’s while hiking in the Castle Ravine area. There are so many stream crossings in that area.

I have had a Suunto Ambit 3 for the past 8 years and am thinking of getting a new watch. For hikes I use my watch to display distance hiked and altitude. I use my iPhone with Avenza Maps to track my progress. I create my routes on Caltopo. I have been looking at the Suunto Race S as an...

Website still down but it does list the open stores

The EMS website is down again. Not sure not having stores in the population areas of southern New England is a winning strategy.

Have you tried Caltopo?

Mt Rogers is the only hike I have done in Virginia, but we really enjoyed it. Easy hiking with wild ponies as a bonus

Does anyone have an update on the Mt Major parking lot? The initial report said it would be closed for 12 weeks.

My last hike was July 1. Plan to go tomorrow before the humidity moves back in.