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I thought I'd pass this along to this group as this might be of some help for anyone who stretches before or after hiking. I have been using the following book for the last year or so in my stretching routines and have found it excellent. The book is called "Hatha Yoga Illustrated" by Martin...

trails used: Hopper Trail to Summit. Descent route included Hopper Trail to Sperry Rd to Stoney Ledge to Haley Farm Trail to Parking Lot trail conditions: From 2500 ft elev to summit, the trail had ice with 1" to 2" of wet slush on top. Approx 3"+/- of snow in the woods adjacent to trail...

trails used: Notch Inn Rd (off of Rt 214) to Long path then N to Plateau conditions: Light snow cover with a dusting at lower elevs to 2 to 3" from 3200 ft elev to summit. Almost no ice patches and I was easily able to avoid them by walking around them. Temps 25+ to 35 deg. Windy in am...

I plan on hiking Plateau in the Catskills from Rt 214 via the Werner Creek Trail (LP) tomorrow 12-26. I have never accessed via this trail so am looking forward to it. Anyone know trail conditions or whether this trail ices up? Anyone wish to join me is welcome. Please let me know as I have a...

Spent last week mostly in the Gaspesie Region of Quebec. Most of our time was spent in the Chic Choc Mountain area at the Auberge in the National Park also very close/bordering the Adjacent Matane Forest Reserve (Reserve faunique de Matane). The Chic Choc Mountain Lodge is accessed by enclosed...

Weather: Beautiful sunny day. 25 deg F to 45 deg F with little wind Trail Conditions: In many sections the trail is clear and has no snow. In some sections (ie such as the N side of Bear Mtn) trail has some remaining snow and some icy areas. Some areas have considerable blowdown, some of...

AKA Little Squaw Weather 35 to 40 def F, sun breaking thru clouds at times, up to 20mph+/- wind gusts Access via Rt 15 TH just W of Greenville Jct Conditions Approx 3'+ of base with the the trail was previously broken. Some week old+/- "fresh snow (1 to 2"+/-) on top. Mushy snow due to...

Further Description of Trail Location This section of trail is located just S of Bromely Mtn and at the northern fringe of the Lye Brook Wilderness Weather mid 20's windy, mostly sunny Trail Conditions Approx 1'+/- of new mostly powdery snow since the last hikers passed thru Up to 2'+/- snow...

Crawford Path is well established and easy walk to Pierce. 3' + of base under trail. Traverse to Jackson via Mizpah Hut/ridge trial also has established trail with lesser, but considerable traffic. Ditto for Jackson Brook cutoff and Webster Jackson Trail. All in all, snowshoes advisable...

Weather: 35 to 40 deg overcast with breaks of sun and blue sky 10 -15 mph+/- wind gusts Conditions: Above freezing temps made the snow soft. There was a 1/2"+/- thick ice crust near the top layer with soft snow below. Some portions of our route had seen some hikers (1 to 2 people on snow...

Weather was sunny with light wind and temps were above freezing. Snow shoes were used all day. Other traction devices such as stabilicers/10 pt crapmons were not needed. Much of the day we hiked with one or two breathable layers on, needing wind shell/gortex jacket only for lunch stop...

This was an ADK Albany Chapter Outing. Originally the leader was going to hike from Rt 20 N (Pittsfield section) to next road crossing (N of Jiminy Peak area+/-). Reports of heavy blowdown on the Rt 20 N section caused the hike to be changed to Petersburg Pass (Rt 2) to N Petersburg (Rt 346)...

Access from Rt 23 trailhead. Our party of 3 ascended this beautiful peak on a packed trail. One of us used 10 pt crampons. The other two bare booted. We met 3 other groups of two. Two groups had msr snowshoes and group 3 had stabilicers. All parties appeared to have it under control, so...

Access was from Seager. As of Sat 12/26/08, trail from parking lot is snowshoeable, although today's rain may have changed this to crampons or stabilicers. Continuing access description, bushwack was from east of Flat Iron Brook. Summit has/had 2'+/- of snow with crust so snowshoes are a...

I am looking for a set of good quality gortex mitten shells, preferably with taped seams. Outdoor Resaerch used to sell these. They were sold as just shells and without any inner/removable glove or mitten. My current pair of shells are getting pretty beat up and I've had to already repair with...

I am planning a trip to the White Mountains for this weekend Fri 1/5 thru Sun 1/7. My tentative plan is as follows; Friday 1/05 Hike Little Haystack, Lincoln & Lafayette. If weather is iffy, then we'll hike N Kinsman & S Kinsman. Sat 1/06 Hike Jackson & Pierce. If weather is iffy, then...

A beautiful day for our hike up to Sandwich Dome. We spotted cars and the plan was to hike up the Sandwich Mtn Trail over Noon and Jennings Peaks and then to Sandwich Dome. Our return was by the Smarts Brook Trail. Our Group consisted of 7 summits, abster, hikehike, Victor, Jelsea &...

I am working on my NE 111 W and am looking for hiking partners or ideas from people familiar with the NH peaks for this upcoming weekend. I have mainly hiked in NY and VT so I am somewhat unfamiliar with the NH peaks. I finished the ADK 46W in 2005 and am familiar with winter hiking and long...