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Trail in to JBL has very little snow on it in sections and most bridges and water crossings are open. (First leanto in has been dismantled:() Above JBL the snow cover is still high and all water crossings were frozen over. Shorey Shortcut is not as well consolidated as other trails and kicking...

Hiked up from 73. Trails are in amazing condition. Easiest time I've ever had getting these two. Even the sections that are generally a little dicey had a nice hard-pack on them making gripping with snowshoes no problem, either up or down! It was a bluebird day:D. Get 'em while their hot;)...

Trail Conditions: Crap! Snow is soft, sloppy and wet. Trail up Marble Mountain alternated between rocks, snow, ice, water. From there up to the Esther herdpath wasn't too bad. The snow was soft and plenty of ice patches but we easily barebooted. Out to Esther was really rotten. Soft wet and...

Topofgothics and I started at the Ferncroft trailhead a little after 8:00 (an hour past my planned start time!) in absolutely perfect weather. The Blueberry Ledge Trail was as dry as a bone and much easier than I anticipated given the white mountain guide description. The hike up to the ledges...

I was thinking of hiking this trail for FOT48 but I've not been on it before. The White Mountain Guide reads like it could be rough given the fact that my pack will be full and unstable with 4 foot long aluminum pole sections, flags, and other gear. Any first-hand beta?

Trail Conditions: The trail from the HPIC up to Marcy Dam is typical Spring conditions... mud in all the usual spots. Some sporadic ice from there up to the Avalanche Camps but not much at all. From the trail junction at the old leanto sight, there is much more snow. Snow, mud, snow mud... etc...

Trail Conditions: Went up from the ASRC. The trail up Marble Mountain was atrocious! Practically a river. Large quantities of water running down and at the lowest level is completely exposed. As you get a little higher there is still some snow cover but you break through regularly to as much...

Dix from Round Pond is well broken out. Snow drifts back in quickly in the usual spots (tracks didn't remain for more than a few minutes on the ridge). The steep ascent up the slide is not very well consolidated so there's quite a bit of backward slipping or needing to kick in steps. Used...

Trails are in good shape. The climb up Cliff is challenging as always but there is little snow for February which I think makes it even more difficult. Snowshoed up, used crampons down. Crossed over both Avalanche Lake and Lake Colden. Avalanche Lake is windblown snowless and quite slick...

Let's all hope for a good outcome... http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Rescue-mission-underway-for-experienced-Mt-Hood-climbers-79133077.html 1 dead... update http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34397059/ns/us_news-life

I was just going to submit this under trail conditions, but there's no way to do that for Hawaii (what's up with that Darren???) so here's a brief trip report:). What a great day. Hikethe115 (aka Dawn, aka M&M) and I are out in Hawaii and hiked this incredible state's highpoint. After a fairly...

Date of Hike: 11-19-09 Hikers: Tmax and Topofgothics Trail Conditions: Burrows/Long Trail/Forest City loop. Trails were nearly perfect! Some spotty ice in areas that get no sun, but otherwise the trails were fairly dry and clear. Special Equipment Recommended: Could have managed the hike...

Date of Hike: 11-07-09 Hikers: Tmax and Topofgothics Trail Conditions: Still wet with some ankle deep mud at the lower elevations of the Beaver Meadow Trail. Up higher the trails were icy with a couple of inches of snow. Gothics summit was blown clean. Special Equipment Recommended: Winter...

Topofgothics has been hiking strong and plans to get into White House Landing today. We are hopeful he will finish and make that amazing climb up Katahdin on Friday the 4th. Anyone who's around, please feel free to come say Hi! I'll be meeting him in the park Thursday afternoon. Just to...

I'm headed up to join Topofgothics on his AT thru-hike for two weeks as he goes through the Whites.:D As most of you know, getting from point A to point B in the Whites can be a challenge. I'm looking to get from Pinkham to Glencliff on August 1st and don't want to take the 6 hour hiker...

Met Topofgothics (who is thru-hiking the AT... his journal is at http://www.trailjournals.com/topofgothics) at the Outlook Ave (in Chesire) AT crossing. It was a humid day but not too bad for hiking. The early start on little sleep led me to hike with a cup of coffee for the first 500 feet of...

Topofgothics started the AT on March 21. He crossed into New York yesterday and is looking forward to seeing folks out on the trail. Feel free to follow his progress here www.trailjournals.com/Topofgothics and go say Hi! and do some hiking with him along the way.

Trail conditions: Nearly perfect! No snow until between the second and third Brother. Then it's hard-pack and some ice. I took all my gear with me today (Yak-trax, snowshoes, and crampons) but didn't need any of it. Still lots of snow in between the third Brother and the trail junction but...

Trail conditions: Sweet! Took the Wedge Brook. Cold morning so the bare trail was mostly solid but with an occassional small mud hole. No snow to speak of until you start the steep pitch up above the campsite. Then it accumulates quickly. Barebooted until the junction then used micro-spikes...

Just got home from a whirlwind road trip and thought I'd share a little trip report! Day 1 Left work early on the 19th to drive to Buffalo to pick up Topofgothics (who is now officially homeless) so I could shuttle him down to Georgia to start out on the AT. Part of the deal was that we'd take...