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Hey all! I've been having fun paddling the coast of Maine looking for history and adventure. One of my pet projects is to visit the sites of tide mills. With today's focus on green renewable energy, it can be easy to forget that there were once hundreds of tide-powered mills and developments...

Who here has found Hitchcock Flume, just off the top of the Mt Willard trail? A most enigmatic crevice. As few web mentions as it gets, I'd wager it gets even fewer visitors.

2 hikers, one from Maine, rescued on Mt Adams after calling 911 due to being "disoriented" in blowing snow. Fish and Game to the rescue. Details and analysis are sure to follow tomorrow.

I'm in the market for a new GPSr and am curious to hear your thoughts. Background: I'm coming from an old Garmin III (not III+) GPSr. Due to the battery compartment not being waterproof, and my avocational exposures to saltwater (and being too burnt at the end of a "paddling trip", aka mudflat...

Arizona Star article On September 5, a federal magistrate dismissed Forest Service charges for two $30 fines for failure to purchase a $5 day use pass for the Mount Lemmon-Sabino Canyon area of the Coronado National Forest. Magistrate Pyle ruled that the Forest Service exceeded its...

Baxter State Park, 2/18-22/06 Cast of Characters: Spencer Joanna GO Val Todd Olivia Plan: Meet at Matagamon Wilderness Camps Friday night. Haul gear into the South Branch Pond bunkhouse (with snowmachine assist by GO) on Saturday. Ski with sleds to Russell Pond on Sunday. Explore the Russell...

Day 1: In. Actually Night 1. Olivia and I set off from the Route 302 parking lot at sunset on 1/1/06. Having heard nothing about the bypass, we sledded over to the Route 302 bridge and descended to the river. As has been reported elsewhere, the bypass is not a prime sledding route. One pitch...

Anyone know anything about the old road that leaves the Rocky Branch trailhead off Rte 16 in Pinkham Notch and heads up to Miles Brook near the confluence of the feeder streams? It's apparent on the ground from the trailhead, and is very visible on satellite photos. From the Rocky Branch Trail...

I just read about the "New Hampshire Trail", a 550-mile continuous route through New Hampshire. Article in The Dartmouth Unfortunately the article is rather vague and unclear as to the route and its relationship to existing "trails" such as the AT and the Cohos Trail. Here's part of what it says:

With what appears to be increasing interest in the subject, some of you might appreciate this proposed bushwhack rating system. http://alpenglow.org/themes/subalpine/brush-ratings.html It's all fun and games, but this might help give a common basis for evaluating bushwhacks. They can't all be...

Anyone else been munching on wild berries found while hiking? Forest strawberries have come and gone, but last weekend we feasted on skunk currants (delicious, not stinky when ripe) atop Mount Tom. You can't avoid them up there! A few wild raspberries down lower in Crawford Notch, but plenty...

From the Morning Sentinel online: The State of Maine is considering a move to secure hiker (and skier) access to 3720' Coburn Mountain, one of the NEFF and a north-woods gem. Part of the project involves securing a more formal right to cross Plum Creek land, while part of it involves fixing the...

Executive summary: I went skiing in Tuckerman Ravine yesterday. 3 hours on snow, then I looped up through the alpine garden to Glen Boulder and back on the Direttissima. Trails used: Tuckerman Ravine Trail, Lawn Cutoff, Boott Spur Trail, Davis Path, Glen Boulder Trail, Direttissima. If you...

[Full TR with inline pics is here: http://www.telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7590&highlight=] In my informal quest to ski to the summits of all of New Hampshire's listed 4000'+ mountains, Mount Isolation remained as the last to explore. This weekend, the quest was completed -- and...

Full TR with pictures here About a decade ago, I moved to New Hampshire and started skiing the Granite State's mountains in earnest. Using the equipment I had on hand -- my grandfather's cross-country skis (and when their scales wore off, my grandmother's) and an alpine setup, I went out day...

We're planning on skiing Isolation this weekend. I'm aware of the various bushwhacks and their relatively open nature, both in terms of bald spots and open glades. If possible, we're going to shortcut. Seems to me the following shortcuts are possible: 1) contour-3080' cutoff bypassing Engine...

Keith Shaw of Monson, ME passed away on December 7. I think a lot of people here will know who that is. Monson will be a little quieter for his departure.

Full TR here at timefortuckerman, with pictures If you don't want to see the pictures (?) with the full TR over there, here's the raw text. We headed up the TR Trail. There was snow from the beginning, but only skiable if you had your worst enemy's rock skis. The snow level increased with...

From the Boston Globe online: Two Massachusetts teenagers are missing on the Osceola Trail in the WMNF. The article states that nine people went hiking on Wednesday, including two adults and a number of teens attending a wrestling camp, but split up Wednesday morning. Search is ongoing.

Saturday I slung my pack on my back and climbed to the base of the ravine for some mid-July turns. Weather was pleasantly cool but cloudy from Pinkham, though as we passed the upper cirque's terminal moraine we entered the clouds. Back at the corner of the headwall and the floor was the only...