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Date of Hike: March 5 Trail Conditions: After reading all the horrific trail conditions and ice in the past few weeks, and knowing that I would be hiking with my Dad, I suggested we hike the Carriage Road the whole way up. However, Breezy Point Road was not plowed past the last mail box, so we...

Date of hike: January 17th Conditions: Enough snow for snowshoes but not so much that they are essential. Still a few rocks sticking out. Two blowdowns that are easily avoidable. Wore snowshoes up and microspikes down. Special Equipment Required: either snowshoes or microspikes Comments...

I've been doing a section hike with my father of the Long Trail for almost ten years now. We will finish this year at the Canadian border, still need to nail down a weekend this fall for the last section. Also about ten years ago, my father dropped my brother off for a SOBO end-to-end in mid...

Date of hike: 8/16-8/17 Trails used: Edmands Path, Mt. Eisenhower Trail, Isolation Trail West, Davis Path. Trail Conditions: Edmands Path-fine. Mt Eisenhower Trail-needs some brushing in the top mile, there are a few blowdowns, but is otherwise dry and in good shape. Isolation West-the upper...

Date: 6/13 Trail Conditions: Wet. Water, water, everywhere, due to recent heavy rain but also a huge storm the rolled through Vermont on Friday night. You'll be walking in streambeds for much of the trail, and the rocks are slick and muddy. Both Hell Brook and Frenchman's Brook are quite high...

Date of Hike: Jan 25th Conditions: Hard packed snow. We were the first ones up this morning and there were several fresh inches of powder, made it look like no one had been up in days. Lots of people after us today so the trail is completely packed down. The winter lot is plowed. Special...

Date of Hike: 1/10/15 Conditions: only a few inches of snow down below, maybe 8-12 inches towards the summit? Plenty of ice down below on the logging roads, more snow cover up above. Trail is packed down. Special Equipment Needed: We wore microspikes the whole trip. Snowshoes would have...

Date of Hike-July 26 Trails used: Colonel Whipple Trail and the rail trail around to 115A. Trail Conditions: Rail trail is in great shape, the Whipple Trail has one really wet spot and the mosquitos were fierce. Bugs were not nearly so bad around the pond itself. Special Equipment Needed...

Sunday, Feb 23rd Trail Conditions: trail is well packed and barebootable all the way to the old hut clearing and probably to the summit. There is very little ice on the summit at this time, probably 2 feet of snow on either side of the trail to the clearing and a dusting on the summit. Camel's...

Conditions: did this hike Sunday with GMC group, conditions were excellent. Trail is now fully broken out. This was an out and back on the Long Trail from Rt 11. We opted not to do a traverse to Mad Tom Notch as the snow was pretty darn deep. Special Equipment: snowshoes. I wouldn't say it's...

Date of hike: 9/14 Conditions: water water everywhere. The trail is very wet right now, with numerous small stream crossings, but nothing too hard. Comments: I'd never been to this mountain before, and it was mobbed on a viewless Saturday. I wouldn't go back again unless it was a beautiful...

Trail: Red Hill Trail Date: 6/9 Comments: trail is in fine shape, no mud despite the rain over the past few days. Water levels in the Lakes Region don't look that bad right now. Great views from the fire tower, a few mosquitos but not too bad. Nice day! No equipment needed.

Date: 2/2 Trails Used: climbed up the Rivendell Trail and down the AT. Rivendell Trail is very icy, spikes went on halfway up and were worn for the rest of the hike. The dog had to be hauled up in a few places but was generally fine. The AT was much better for decent as the snow was very...

Date of hike 9/29-9/30 Trail Conditions: Water everywhere, partly because it rained the whole damn weekend, but there will be no water problems for anyone on this stretch of the Long Trail. Sources were running strong at every shelter. The rocks were wet and slippery, unsurprising for the rain...

So what's the water situation like at campsites and shelters on the Long Trail right now? We got some rain last week but it's been pretty dry, the streams down here in Windham County are all pretty damn low if not dry. Planning on hiking up near Camel's Hump next weekend.

A friend and I are planning on spending 7-8 days on the Cohos trail in July, probably heading south from the Canadian border. I was wondering if anyone has any personal experiences they could share (I did take a look at Guthook's blog), as it seems there's not much out there. There's quite a bit...

Date: 6/3 Conditions: the Brookwood snowmobile trails were a muddy mess, but who would have thought otherwise? Long Trail is in good shape, hardly muddy at all despite the rain the day before. No one at Stratton Pond that morning, and caretaker wasn't there yet. Bugs were really only bad on the...

date: 10/29 Trail Condtions: about six inches of snow and highs in the 30's-they probably have at least a foot of snow now, and it's probably there to stay. I was on a work crew that cleared waterbars all the way to peru peak shelter. We hiked out on a hidden caretaker trail to a VAST trail and...

Date: 9/24 to 9/25 Conditions: very, very wet and muddy. All water is running at every shelter and it's running everywhere in between as well. I imagine there is no problem with water sources at any of the shelters in northern Vermont. Special Equipment: none Comments: Beautiful Sunday, I...

Does anyone know if you can leave a car overnight in the parking lot at the Lake Mansfield Trout Club (access to the Lake Mansfield Trail, Nebraska Notch, and Taylor Lodge)? It seems like I hear about people just camping at Taylor lodge all the time, but the GMC guide says the lot is for day...