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I'm re-posting this here after deleting it from the New England sub-forum. The news that came down from Grand Canyon NP in a bulletin I received a few days ago was that they expected ranger services to be curtailed somewhat. This would mostly affect the staffing of the multi-entrance booth...

SUNDAY: Where does the time go? It seems like just a couple months ago that the usual gang of suspects got together for our annual trip to the huts. And here it is again. Audrey, Pat, Kris (Little Bear), Stephanie (Kris' daughter), Marge and me. Early on Sunday morning I drive the...

Following Michael J.'s successful climb of Moosilauke and circumnavigation of the Woodstock Inn, Pat, Audrey, Kris, Dan & I set out for a 4 day hut trip to Greenleaf and Galehead (2 nights). Fantastic weather prevailed and Lafayette, Garfield, Galehead, Owl's Head, South Twin, West Bond, Bond...

After a month of planning, and then a morning of preparations, my wife Patti and I loaded up the Tracker, and set forth to battle the forces of evil (e.g. the eastbound traffic on Massachusetts Rt. 2). An hour later, after a 50 mile slog, we finally arrived in Lexington and celebrated the...

Carole and I had a brisk but enjoyable day doing this relatively easy climb from Crawford Notch on Saturday morning. Neither of us had a thermometer, but best guess was around -10 or so at the parking lot when we left at 8:00 AM. For the most part, enough traffic had been on the Crawford Path...

Our group stumbled across a camera (thanks Jaytrek) on the Osseo Trail (Mt. Flume in NH) on Sunday, January 4th. If you lost it, please e-mail me describing the model of the camera and let me now how to return it to you. There are some pictures on the memory chip, and I'll download them in an...

Garry G, Chomp and I went in and out in around 4-1/2 hours, we did not use crampons or snowshoes. We went up the south peak and descended the north. The brook crossings are all quite simple, though Garry did manage to make an adventure out of one of them! We really need some more snow to make...

Friday December 26th, I've got a couple days off and the blessings of my wife to go have fun...what could be better? I drive to Crawford Notch and since it's been snowing and the typical hiker parking lots are not plowed yet (i.e. the one on Mt. Clinton Rd.) I park at the Ritz Crawford, load up...