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I need suggestions for crampons for hiking boots (no clip-style). I have a pair that are about 15-20 years old. They are terrible. I just used them the other day and I spent half the time outside just redoing the straps which keep coming undone. Besides that, the straps are fraying now and they...

The reason I'm posting this here is that I'd like to find some local hikers who I can hike with here in New England first. I live in Boston and have hiked pretty much everything in NH. This is a trip to see the upcoming solar eclipse in the Wind River Range in Wyoming. My aim for this trip is...

I know there is a somewhat popular loop that starts and ends at the AMC Cardigan Lodge, and involves the Holt trail, then going over to Clark trail to avoid the most sketchy part of the Holt Trail, passing over the summit and on to Firescrew, and then down Manning trail. I've seen a lot of...

I came across this map on alltrails today, when I noticed it features some short trails in what I had thought was the trail-less northern bowl area. The official map provided by the park shows no trails here. Here is a screen-capture from the map I had looked at on alltrails: What I am most...

The typical directions say to head north on RT 201 to The Forks, and then turn left onto Lower Enchanted Rd, a logging road that you follow carefully for almost 14 miles. However, I will be staying the previous night at a campground near Eustis. This ends up being a really long loop around the...

Thanks for the previous answers to my question about Thompson Falls (the one near Moat Mountain). I'm probably going there this upcoming weekend. I also want to revisit Glen Ellis Falls. I went here last Spring but found it nearly impossible to photograph from the base due to the spray. What I...

I want to plan a little mini-adventure to find this waterfall. However, it seems to be rather difficult to locate. I am trying to follow directions posted on several pages. They mention following High Street out of North Conway and eventually it turns into a dirt road, which I think is FR 379...

I recently purchased online an annual parking pass for WMNF parking areas. They gave me a PDF that I can print as a temporary pass. The PDF has a color background to it that might (I'm not sure) be related to the month the temporary pass expires on. However, I can only print in black and white...

At the end of September, I am doing a 4-day backpack in Baxter State Park. It will be pretty easy for mileage, with most days only being 5-6 miles. The hike will be a loop going counter-clockwise from the main parking area up to some ponds north of the mountain, and then south over Hamlin Peak...

I know it's a bit early to ask about this, but I need to schedule vacation ahead of time, so I'll need the best estimate I can go with. My plan is to do a 4-day backpacking trip heading north from the main parking area to some ponds, then circling counter-clockwise and heading up over Hamlin...

I'm looking to get some lupine shots this year with the mountains in the background, preferably as a sunrise shot. I know about the Sugar Hill fields, and there are some other spots as well. I was just wondering if they are out yet. I have been told early June is the time to do it, and this...

I googled for this but couldn't find anything. It's easy to find a list of NH mountains ordered by elevation of the summit, but in terms of building up stamina with increasingly difficult hikes (with not too great a gap between each hike), a list of hikes by elevation gain would be far more...

If it is a fee-parking trailhead, assume that you pay the fee, of course. I'm aiming to do a sunrise hike up Chocorua Saturday morning, and if I drive up Friday after work, I don't really want to deal with finding a campground that might lead to me needing to get up even earlier in the morning...

I know that you can have a smart phone track your route, and then go to a site and upload the data and have it tell you how many miles you did and how much elevation gain you did. But is there a site that will let you enter the information manually? Somewhere that you can perhaps trace a path on...

A couple years ago I went up Tuckerman Ravine in late June. There was still a small snow pack at the bottom of the ravine, and at the bottom of the snow pack was a carved-out tunnel big enough to stand in hunched over. I'd like to return to this when the snow pack is a bit bigger (and the ice...

I have had a Nikon D50 for while which I use with a 17-35mm lens almost all the time. I had a bag that fit it very snugly, with just enough room on side pouches for a couple spare batteries, wireless remote, and extra SD cards. However, I have now upgraded to a Nikon D800. This camera is a giant...

According to Wikipedia, there are two related species that have overlapping ranges in New England. Populus tremuloides is the Quaking Aspen, the same species known to blanket mid-elevation mountain slopes in the west and turn into large fields of golden color this time of year. I was not aware...

I am going to be at the bottom of the canyon in July where normal day temperatures reach or pass 115 F. Are the canisters for the Pocket Rocket stove safe under those conditions?

I usually go hiking with my brother but he can't go that weekend. I'm in the AMC but the Boston chapter has nothing interesting going on that weekend. I'm trying to make sure I do something every weekend so I can be sure to be in shape for my big Grand Canyon hike this summer. It would probably...

I'm planning to be coming down the mountain in the dark after photographing the summit from Bald Rock at sunset. I want to know if I'll end up with the car trapped in the parking lot by a closed gate. I tried calling their number but no answer.