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Starting from the parking area the trail was icy most of the way with a light dusting of snow. My friend had a pair of yak-tracks (sp?) and I initially tried without traction control but 10 minutes in it was evident that my crampons were needed. I put them on and didn't take them off. My friend...

There is a trip I want to do but I'm not sure how to do it with only one car. My plan is to hike from Gorham to Pinkham Notch to hop over Moriah, the Carters, and the Wildcats as a solo trip. I'm wondering if anyone else has down this trip and how? Any thoughts or reccomendations on this would...

Couldn't have asked for a better day. Got it all started about quarter to 6 in the morning after a restful night's sleep in the car and a hot bowl of oatmeal with banana bread to wake up to. The Lincoln Woods Trail is exactly how its described: FLAT. Never have i seen a straighter trail than...

Talk about a polar opposite weather forecast. Me and my friend Corey left Manchester Saturday evening around 8 PM with the forecast of 70's and sunny skies with a chance of thuderstorms Sunday afternoon. At the rate we hike we'd be avoiding that rain easily so we drove up 93 to the Kank then up...

Finally got the chance to do the trip I wanted to do last fall that I was forced to turn around on. Trying to do stream crossings in high water and 30 degree temps didn't match too well back then. This day however with low water and temps in the 50's to start, warming to the 70's eventually...

Not a bad day, but it could have been better..... I drove up to the Ferncroft parking lot Friday night and camped out in my car to have a early going the next morning. Got halfway there before realizing I left my camera on my desk at home! Good thing my head is attached or I'd forget that...

Looking for a moderate hike without snow or little amounts of snow. I'm looking for suggestions to do a hike that doesn't have snow on the trails but it also long in distance (say max of 12 miles round trip if there is a lot of elevation gain, longer if more flat terrain). I'm sure I'm not the...

Never had I experienced a hike as hard as this one turned out to be. With the weather expected to be really nice, I figured this was a good time to get back into hiking after not doing much the last 2-3 months. Moosilauke seemed to be a good choice due to the lack of stream crossings that...

Talk about shifting weather in 2 days! Went from 70 degrees in Manchester on Saturday to 20-30 on Carrigain Sunday with even cooler wind chills! Corey and I drove up Saturday night, hoping by some stroke of luck the Sawyer River Road would be open. Drive up was uneventful until we got to...

Coming a little late but better late than never right? Departed Manchester with my friends Corey and Alicia at about 6:30 and arrived at the Tripoli trailhead for Mt Tecumseh Trail at quarter to 8. Was mostly overcast skies and temps around freezing but had calm winds so it didn't feel that...

The original plan was to do the Tripyramids via Sabbaday Brook Trail but since the stream crossings weren't possible, i had to turn around after a mile. I got to visit the falls though which were really flowing after the recent rainfall to hit the area. Since it was still early i had time to try...

Does anyone know where i can purchase a WMNF parking sticker or at least know where to get more information on this?

Learned something important on this trip: when in doubt as to what to bring on a trip, just bring it. Got to the trailhead for Old Bridle Path around 7:30. Going by the car termometer it was in the upper 20's to start and it sure felt that way. Least the skies were clear and winds calm so off...

Fall Foilage at its best was the theme of the day and words can't begin to describe how beautiful everything was. Me and grouseking left Lebanon around 6 and took 118 to 25 to get to 93. On 118 we found a nice viewspot that had frost, sunrise colors and the setting full moon all together. We...

The House of Representitives has decided that they won't make the White Mountain National Forest a federally protected wilderness area. :( Full story can be found here...

Headed up friday night with the intentions of doing the twins and maybe galehead. much to our surprise when we turned onto the road to get to the trailhead, it was badly washed out. my poor cr-v would not have survived going up that so we turned back and went to the gale river trailhead instead...

Hadn't been out in over a month so i thought i'd pick something a little short in distance but also a little tough in difficulty. Hancocks proved to be a good choice for the hot day. Got up around 4 and started my drive up. After a brief stop in Manchester for breakfast i was at the trailhead at...

Haven't been hiking in awhile and since i was in the area this past week I chose the one day where i had the least chance to get drowned from the rain that seems to never stop around here. So driving up I got a brief glimpse of sun in some places so i took as an omen that i'd be dry for the day...

Was thinking of doing a hike up Cannon this Friday (6/9) and was wondering if anyone has been there of late so i have an idea what to expect for trail conditions. I'll either do Hi-Cannon or Kinsmen Ridge trail, whichever is in better condition for hiking at the moment. Any input would be...

With my friend Phil (grouseking) on the mend from a cold/sinus infection we wanted to do something not overally hard so the 6.6 mile trip to and from Eisenhower seemed like a great choice. We arrived at the trailhead around 8:45 in the morning and we were off. There was one car in the lot...