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There are several desiganted campsites on the Great Gulf Trail. The sites at the Wamsutta trail junction have been closed due to a fir wave. There are two more sites about 1/4 mile up the trail at an elevation of ~ 3200ft. These sites are about 4.75 miles from the Great GulfWilderness Trail...

I think all leather is the way to go. I had two pairs of Vasque Skywalk many years ago and each pair lasted about 5 yrs. Then I switched to Vasque Montagne, a heavyweight all leather one piece boot. It was awesome, lasted 13 yrs with 2 sole replacements. This boot was bomb proof, and very...

I ascended the AGreat Gulf with my 10 yr old son the weekend before Labor Day. We hiked in the Great Gulf Trail ~ 5 miles and camped at the furthest campsite southwest of the Wamsutta trail- beautiful camping area with several sites. Note- the campsites at the Wamsutta trail junction have...

I love Baxter. Chimney Pond is an awesome place with many hiking opportunities. From your pics, it looks like you did the Knife Edge. What a great trail. I hope you entered the Knife edge from the Dudley trail in Chmney POnd. The Cathedral Trail is also cool. Great spire of rock that...

Pammy- Excellent report and pics! It brings back memories from when I climbed it in '85 by the same route. We started early too, but I can't remember the time. The trail head was socked in with fog. It stayed like that for a long ways. I kept thinking there was no way we would make the...

Hikingfish Did you climb the slide that the Dix Mt trail (from rte 73, ADK Guide trail #46) crosses? I've climbed part way up that slide with my son. On the Northerly face of the mt there are several slides. I believe the one that crosses the trail would lead you closest to the summit. I...

where did you approach from?

My favorite place in CA is known as the remotest spot in the state. I don't want to give too much away, but it can be found in the Ionian Basin off of Muir Pass along the PCT.

Great Pics! What time of year did you go? May-June?

I hiked Lassen too, many years ago, when I was 14. I had a t-shirt that was emblazened with "Go hike a Volcano." It was quite an experience. I can't wait to see the pictures.

Neil- It sounds like a great trip. I have a similar on planned for Aug 11th going up ermine slide-santanoni-panther-couch with a bushwhack down to Calahan Br and eventually back to the Moose Pond Trail. I plan on staying at Moose Pond and checking out the Santanoni Camp as well ,since I...

Like many of you, I have many different paces depending upon who I'm with, trail conditions, weather conditions, time of day, etc. when solo, I find that I hike at a faster pace and rarely stop except at view point or other things of interest. When with a group I"ll maintain the pace ofthe...

I'm looking to ascend Santanoni via the Ermine Brook Slide. Has anyone tried this ascent lately? I'm wondering what the conditions are like lately. I have heard that there is pretty severe cripplebrush at the top of the slide, but there is a faint herd path that runs for about 0.5 miles along...

If you want to hike up the rockface of Saddleback you'll have to approach from the southwest and hike to the northeast. From your starting point you'll need to get to the junction of the Shorey short Cut and Range Trail, hike up Basin down to the col and then up the rockface of Saddleback...

The Mountaineer in Keene Valley rents canisters.

I agree with snowshoe and oldfogie, in the high use areas there is really no other option now. Bears are smart, opportunistic animals in those areas if they find even the most well hung food bag, they'll figure a way to get it down. Also, in regard to the canisters, many of the national parks...

I hear ya. That could make a difference especially on slabs. I've slipped a few time on wet slabs even on slight pitches. Maybe that's the primary difference between regular running shoes and the trail runners. I always wondered what the difference was and thought that trail runners may be...

I suppose it depends on what you are loooking for. I agree with snowshoe. I ran cross country and track in jr high, high school and college and haven't missed more than several weeks of running in the past 30 years. My first trail running days were in high school. I use regular running...