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I'm going to Maine in August. This will be my first trip to Baxter State Park. I have reserved a lean-to site at Roaring Brook campground. My question is about parking there. Is there a driveway for each lean-to site, or will I have to park in one of the two parking areas I see and carry all my...

I'm planning a trip to Maine in August to hike all the 4000 footers. I plan to spend a week with the family in Carrabassett Valley, hiking the peaks around there. Then they will head back to NY and I will head to Baxter State Park to bag the three up there. I plan to camp at Baxter, I see...

I'd like to tackle Nippletop and Dial January 29. I'm looking for some company as I've promissed my wife that for safety reasons I won't solo hike in the winter. I like early departures so would like to hit Lake Road no later than 6am, even 5 if I had a taker. Yes I was going to do this trip Jan...

I'd like to tackle Nippletop and Dial January 22. I'm looking for some company as I've promissed my wife that for safety reasons I won't solo hike in the winter. I've seen Neil's post on the other forum about attacking Dial, Nip, Colvin and Blake on that same day. That is a little too aggressive...

Hi all, I need some help from all of you well versed with the Catskills. The majority of my hiking is in the Dacks. Only been to the Cats twice so I'm not all that familiar with the area. Here is my dilemma. I'm a co-advisor of an outdoor recreation club at a college up in Watertown, NY (hour...

I'm looking for advice on a stove for most conditions, that people have had great luck with. All I've ever hiked with is a little primus stove that takes the pressurized cans. It is basically the same stove as say an MSR pocket rocket. Have always had decent luck with it but tried to make some...

I'm looking for suggestions on what to pack to eat at lunch time while on a winter day hike. Something that doesn't freeze solid and doesn't require breaking out a stove to make. I'm pretty good on snacks, but when it comes to lunch time it seems that what ever I brought along is frozen solid...

2007_08_04 Big Slide ceremonial 46r hike (or 47 however you want to look at it, as I bagged MacNaughton a couple weeks before) Seldom does one get to experience such a perfect hike. I gathered eight friends to accompany me on this ceremonial hike to complete my 46. Environmental conditions were...

Watch found between Times Square and Couchsachraga N44 05.758 W74 08.604 Describe it and I'll send it to you

Is there any sort of formula for the temperature rating one would expect when using more than one sleeping bag? Like what happens to the temp rating if you add a fleece sleeping bag in to another bag? Or I have a 45-degree ultralight synthetic bag that is so small and light it is like packing...

Does anyone know for sure when Coreys road opens up, or is it based on the weather for each year? Maybe it is already open.

I'd like to try dayhiking Marshall from Upperworks Mar 17, anyone interested please let me know.

This could easily have been put in to the Mt Hood thread but it is a question all its own so I started a new thread. On CNN online I listened to an interview from a guy that was stranded on Mt Hood in I think 1976. He made a statement that caught my attention and wondered if anyone could confirm...

Like many others, I'm out there trying to check peaks off my list one at a time. Have to negotiate hikes around family and job. I have an opening the weekend after Thanksgiving. I would like to hit Dix, Giant, Rocky if possible. My wife is not thrilled with my hiking alone when it is cold. My...

FWI, means to "fool with it", usually a different word goes with the F but I toned it down for the sake of the forum. At work they call me FWI, I even have a plaque on the wall that was made for me for the art of FWI'ing, I’m always modifying things to make them better (for me anyway) sometimes...

I know there have been many threads on footwear, I've read as many as I can pull up on searches but still have not found the perfect answer. I have issues with burning feet when I hike. Have tried most every suggestion I've heard of. Maybe I'll never find what works for me. It was recently...

I know there have been threads about blisters and prevention but this is a little different so I thought I'd throw it out there for input. I'm on my third pair (all different manufacturers) of all leather Gortex hiking boots, since I started hiking as an adult and I now I have a pair of middle...

Wondering what you all have for personal favorite gorp recipes. I've been on many solo over nights, but will be doing my longest one so far this summer, 8-10 days. I'm not a medical person but have heard about how one can become ill by depleting the body of salt by sweating, drinking too much...

I did a search for gun, pistol, etc. and found very few references so I'm sorry if this has been a thread before, as I could not find one. Guns in general can be a very controversial subject. My pupose is not to create a pro-vs-anti fight that the mediator will have to put a stop to. Please...

Just a warning to others to help prevent damage to your gear. Last weekend a buddy and I were hiking Basin and Saddleback in the Adirondacks. We stopped for a little first aid to an arm abrasion and because we were not moving the Black Flies started to irritate me. I pulled out my bottle of...