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Towards the end of last week I had the chance to do some hiking in the western half of Mass. At one point, I wanted to take a shortcut across a fair-sized lake. Having been in southern Vermont the previous weekend, I saw how similar-sized lakes still had a good amount of ice on them, so I...

For those who have, or are in the the process of visiting all the fire towers in New Hampshire (including ones that aren't maintained by the state) are probably aware, one of the most elusive fire towers still standing in the state is the one on Whitcomb Mountain, since it's not depicted on the...

In Christopher Keane's book Northern Woods Walks, he gives a route description for reaching the fire tower on Number Five Mountain (which is southwest of Jackman). Here are my suggestions for revisions for the directions to this trail: From Jackman, drive twelve miles south, and you'll see...

Over the weekend, Marc and I visited the fire tower on Williams Mountain in Maine, which is about halfway between Jackman and Rockwood. Using Christopher Keane's Northern Woods Walks as a guide, I now have the following suggested revisions for reaching the trailhead: First of all, the book...

Bit of (possibly) news for those visiting fire towers in southern New England: despite what the Fire Lookouts webpage says, the tower on High School Hill in Tiverton, RI has been removed (to make way for improved athletic fields and a new elementary school). The old tower on Talcott Mountain...

This post from Roy brings up a good question, namely what mountains in Maine aren't in the Maine Mountain Guide, but should be? Certainly there are mountains out there that are hikable, but due to private property issues or other considerations shouldn't be in the book. However, there's lots...

Over the weekend, I hiked Mount Aeolus (in Doret, Vermont) from the west, via the Owls Head Trail, and found en route that the trail description in the DHG was not as descriptive as it could have been. Here are my additional comments: For hiking the Owls Head Trail, park on Kelly Road in...

Over the weekend I got to visit Wadleigh Mountain, which is about halfway between Moosehead Lake and Baxter State Park. I pulled the directions off of the hiking page on the Moosehead.net website, but would like to offer updated directions here: From Greenville, drive north to Kokadjo. Right...

Anyone who owns Christopher Keene's indispensable "North Woods Walks" is aware of Little Kineo Mountain. For those who don't own this book, Little Kineo is a fun, scenic little hike in the Moosehead Lake Region. Having visited this peak over the weekend, I'd like to offer these improved...

As Roy wrote in a thread a while ago, the firetower/ground house on Deasey Mountain (just east of Baxter State Park) has been renovated, and some work has been done on the access trail. There are two main approaches to the trail: (please note, if dirt roads in general make you nervous, you're...

Over the weekend, one of the peaks I had the pleasure of climbing was Horse Mountain. A former fire tower peak, I'd heard the the summit still had nice views from open ledges. However, what I found was that on the true summit, there are no views at all, and not much of a reason to visit it...

What is the current status of Sugarloaf in the Benton Range? I happened to be looking at the 26th edition of the WMG the other day and noticed the trail on the map, but this isn't mentioned in the subsequent edition. Is the trail no longer actively maintained, have landowner issues cropped up...

Has anyone climbed Passadumkeag recently? If so, these days is coming from Greenfield or Burlington the better route? If the latter, how clear was the trail? In my edition of the Maine Mountain Guide (eighth), it makes it sound like the trail on the north side has pretty much been destroyed...

Has anyone climbed Jo-Mary Mountain (in the vicinity of Katahdin Ironworks)? If so, was it a bushwhack for much of the way, or is the old access road still apparent? Is there much for views up there?

The events of my Fourth of July Weekend have been weighing on my mind since I departed Baxter State Park on 7/4. Unfortunately, work things have kept me from filing this trip report before now, but with another expedition headed to bushwhack these peaks soon, there’s no better time than now to...

On Sunday, June 3, I'm planning on visiting the Worcester Range in Vermont, and if anyone else is interested in bagging these peaks, please PM me. It would be great to be able to do a car spot so that the range could be done in one shot rather than in two parts. As long as the weather isn't...

When bushwhacking to East Turner Mountain in Baxter State Park, has anyone approached by making a beeline from Sandy Stream Pond? It seems this route would stay low enough for a decent amount of the way that it would be easier than trying to cut across the scrappy ridge from South Turner. Or...

When people bag the East and Middle peaks on Scar Ridge from the East Pond Trail, once Middle has been bagged, do they backtrack across the ridge to the trail, drop south to Little East Pond, or drop off the ridge to the north just far enough to reach open woods, then head back to the East Pond...

Having visited the Mass. - N.H. border a few times (in addition to the infinite times I've driven by on the highways), I've noticed that there's a stone wall that marks the boundary in the Northern Middlesex and Worcester County areas. Does anyone know where its eastern and western termini are...

For the sites of former towers in Mass. and RI, are there any that have decent enough views that are worth visiting? Mounts Watatic and Wachusett both come to mind, and I'm sure there's others.