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Trail is in great condition although that may change with the sleet/rain/etc we are getting today. Snow levels varied from a few inches to 1.5-2' of snow up high. No ice at all.

Hoping that enough snow had fallen from the storm on Friday we headed up to do Wittenberg. We found that there was barely enough snow to snowshoe on with snow levels varying between 1' or so to 3-4". The upper section of the trail is more treacherous then I've ever seen it with very light...

Headed up Peekamoose after work for a full moon hike. No snow down low with full snow coverage showing up around recon rock (roughly 2800'). I used my stabilicers up high but they weren't necessary since there was very little ice. I'd guess it hasn't gotten above freezing in quite a while...

Went for a quick hike up Hunter via the Becker Hollow TH Monday afternoon after work. It was bone dry down low on the trail. At about 3000' when it starts getting steep I started encountering snow and had to stop and put on my stabilicers. On top there is up to 4" or so of wet, dense snow. I...

I hiked the Devil's Path last weekend in 10:15 and was happy since I was only a few minutes off my previous best time from 5 years ago. I wanted to change it up and did it from west to east (starting at Spruceton Rd). Having now done it in both directions I'd recommend doing it the traditional...

Even now almost three days later I'm still amazed at what I am about to write... On Saturday I was out doing a training hike (after a 5 year break I'm once again going to do the Devil's Path in a day) and had decided to do the Burrough's Range Loop. I started in Woodland Valley and decided at...

Was looking to hopefully do some snow free hiking but was unfortunately proven very wrong on that account. Parked at Peck Rd trailhead and hiked over Windham, Burnt Knob and to Acra Point and back. There is still alot of snow out there (1-2.5') and I wished on many occasions that I had brought...

Went for a quick hike up Peekamoose on Sat. The snow level is now at around 3100-3200' (just a bit past recon rock). Once encountered, the snow was a consistent depth of 1-2' of hard packed snow. Even with the warm weather I was able to bareboot to the summit with very minimal postholing...

Went for a quick hike up Tremper after work. Much of the trail has running water on it and there are 2 large snowfields up near the summit where I was happy to have had my stabilicers. Otherwise a nice hike on a pretty unrelenting trail with alot of clouds and periodic sun. I'd imagine the...

Started at Devil's Notch TH and hiked/snowshoed over to Spruceton Road, over Hunter and back. Long day in perfect conditions and weather. No snow down low but snow quickly starts at around 2500-2800'. Wore stabilicers for half of hike and snowshoes for rest. 1' of snow at 2500' and up to 4'...

Headed up Plateau via the Devil's Path for a quick but lung burning snowshoe on a very beautiful day. Trail is hard packed and compared to doing Hunter the previous week there were very few post holing incidents (with snowshoes on of course). There are some previous post holes at the very...

Snowshoed up Hunter via Devil's Path on a very warm afternoon. Even with snowshoes I was constantly sinking in up to my knees and in some spots even further. If you can, start early before the snow softens up or else you'll get to swim through snow with the consistency of concrete as I did. :eek:

Broke trail up Hunter via Becker Hollow TH Sat morning. 6-10" of snow down low building to 1-2' mid way with 2-3' up top. Snowshoes a must! Great weather and an exhausting but fun hike.

I'm staying in Ludlow VT next weekend (Martin Luther King weekend) and am looking for a good one day snowshoe trip (6-10mi) that I can do with my dad. I'd like it to be challenging (decent vertical) and have good views and not need anything over stabilicers in regard to traction devices (I have...

Wittenberg-Slide Loop (Catskills) Anyone interested in doing a hike from Woodland Valley to the Slide Mtn TH on Sat (1/5) or in doing a loop from Woodland Valley?. The loop would be a long day but i think it would be possible with an extra person or two (I'm assuming some trail breaking will...

Saw this in another forum and figured people on this forum would be interested. Scott Williamson has just hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (5300 miles) from the Mexican border to Canada and back in 191 days to beat his own record of 205 days...

I'm going to be heading up to the whites this weekend with BlackLab2020 and we were hoping to meet and drop off one of our cars in the Springfield area. Anyone from the area know of a safe spot where we could leave a car for the weekend? If not there is there anywhere possibly north of there...

Hello All, Well I finally got all my pictures loaded and picked the best ones from my trip to Rainier. For those of you who didn't know I went to Washington (the state) about a month ago to climb Mt Rainier with some friends. We arrived in Seattle on a Wednesday night and had...

Two weeks ago was my first experience with the whites and infamous weather that it gets. The wind speeds were probably 40-60mph and I got knocked to my knees a few times as well as being forced to stagger about like I was drunk. One time even being forced to hang onto a rock on a cairn when...

I need to get a sleeping pad for the winter (I know my 3/4 length Z-Lite won't do) and was wondering what most people use for the winter. I realize that there are major differences between if someone is a "warm" or "cold" sleeper. Would a regular length closed cell pad be fine? Or do I have...