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Date: Friday, Sep 25th Route: Notch Road parking lot to Bellows Pipe trail to Summit then A.T. north to Williams Reservoir on Pattison Road. trails are dry and in good shape. Somebody burned a 5ft hole into the Bellows Pipe Leanto (prob from a cook stove gone awry) so it's missing a big chunk...

Date: Sunday, 7/26/15 From: Shelving Rock Road, (Hogback) out and back Northern approach was fairly dry, stream that the trail follows was almost dry but the rocks and roots were slightly wet. Usual trash at the summit from this popular peak :( Bugs were surprisingly mostly absent at the...

Date: 7/12/2015 Route: From Pike Brook Road trailhead out and back. Note, there is a "road closed 2.3(?) miles ahead" sign posted at CR 6 (Hulett's Landing road and Pike Brook Road when driving to the trailhead from the north. The trailhead is only .8 miles from CR6 so you can simply ignore...

From: Wiliams Pond Reservoir Route: A.T. over the shoulder of Prospect, Mt Williams and Mt Fitch to summit and back. Date: 1/10/2015 Conditions: 5" of nice powder over hard snow/ice once you get up on the ridge, less snow on the slopes. Made for good microspike conditions on the way up...

Noticed that LL Bean sells a filter replacement for the Katadyn Hiker Pro water filter which is like $6ish dollars cheaper than the actual Katadyn brand replacement. Has anybody tried the LL Bean one before? It looks like the Katadyn one has a sponge thing and some siicon lube, neither which I...

Date:8/29/14 From:Upper Dam Road trailhead in Wilmington, VT Route: Out and Back via Deerfield Ridge Trail, .3 mile out to spur trail to Haystack summit Ridge trail is fairly grown in but navigation is not an issue. Trail to Haystack Mt summit is in fine shape. Trail between Haystack Mtn...

You know it when your tent/rain jacket starts to age when he seam tape starts to disintegrate into a horrible mess. Has anybody had a good experience in seam sealing it with either new seamtape or a seam sealer? I have an old Kokatat paddling jacket that gets cooked in my kayak on hot summer...

From: Hopper Road Trailhead To: Greylock Summit Via: March Cataract Falls to Hopper Slide to Overlook trail to Hopper trail/AT to summit. Road is now officially open since 5/17 and trails/roads are clear of ice and snow and trees (for the road part). Bascom Lodge is still closed and as far as...

Date: 3/15/2014 From: Escarpment Trailhead on Rt 23 Route: Escarpment trail to WHP and back route is pretty much solid in terms of snowpack and ice. microspikes used up and back. Trailhead parking is plowed and free of snow (but not mud!). Didn't see any fresh tracks coming from Burnt Knob at...

Hike: Hadley Mtn Firetower Route: out and back from Tower Road in Hadley, NY 1.8 mileish trail is well packed down in pretty much everywhere, microspikes were worn up and down just to make things a bit easiler. Tower road is well plowed and the parking area was well maintained. The firetower...

Date: new year's eve, 2013 From: Chazy Lake Road Route: out and back, up via the very well used "old" trail and down via most of the "new" trail. Road to the actual trailhead is now closed, so add about a mile each way to the hike. Room at Chazy Lake Road for about 4-5 cars, more if you decide...

Not sure which state to put this in :) Time: Sun, NOV 3rd From: Mt Frissell trailhead at the MA/CT border, parking at the AMC Northwest Cabin parking lot. Route: Out to Brace Mtn and back with a loop on the east side of the road to Bear Mtn (CT) Passing by the summit of Frissell and also the...

date: June 8th Route: Out and back from Lye Brook Access Road Trail is wet and the first big drainage crossing is tricky if you're just in sneakers but nothing is too bad. Trail is wet in certain spots Waterfall is certainly flowing good today after friday's rain. And Irene created a huge...

Date: 5/27/13 Route: Healdville trail out to summit, spur trail to the ski lifts and back Trail is wet as expected but really good shape given the amount of rain last week. Patches of snow around 3000' but nothing to need microspikes for and it will be gone fairly soon. .3 mile spur tail...

Any recent experience and/or reviews of this steripen. I've researched this for my long bike ride this summer and it seems they fixed a lot of problems with the units eating batteries even when off and the Opti is a much improved design over the older revisions of this. I think CR123s are also...

Just saw this on Lexus/Nexus (though not the BDNs article) that I thought some of you would be curious as I was and indeed, it is named after the town by BSP. http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/30/news/penobscot/navy-names-ship-after-2-katahdin-region-towns/ Maybe they can float it down the...

Date: 4/21/2013 From: Hopper Road Trailhead Route : Hopper trail to Sperry Campground up via the Hopper/A.T. to summit and back via Stony Ledge and the Haley Farm trail. patchs of ice/snow exist mostly above Sperry Campground but nothing that really needs any traction aids. Good views towards...

Date: 4/14/2013 From: Undermtn road Route: Up race brook, everett then Race then back down the trail. Marysgirl and I hiked up the Race Brook falls trail past the falls up past the campground to Everett and Race on a chilly and slightly overcast day mixed with the occasional sleet/flurries...

From: Rt 23 trailhead To: WHP and back Why: Just a nice walk in the woods on my way home Date: 3-3-2013 Carried snowshoes and used microspikes from the kiosk up. A really nice hard track all the way to the summit. Checked out the map of the new multiuse trails just past the kiosk to just...

Considering picking up a good ul bivy for a ~2700 mile mtb ride this year, any opinions on the Montbell UL bivy or any other particular kiind? Would be out west along a very rough estimate of the continental divide.... I tend to like the Montbell stuff so I'm starting with that, plus I know...