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I am thinking about trying to make a sled this summer that I can use to pull some of my camping/hiking gear for a Baxter trip that I am interested in doing next winter or to pull my 5 year old daughter in the woods by our house. I have no experience with this. Can others who have done this...

Planning to hike Garfield & Galehead in the next few weeks - one car. Would others who have done this hike before be willing to comment on their route preference for this loop and which one they preferred to summit first? Thanks in advance.

Just curious is the usual ‘give way to uphill hikers’ is affected by snowshoe usage by the parties involved? Thinking back on my final winter hike of the 2012-13 season, a climb up Mt. Waumbek in March. It was a nice day, a light amount of snow on the ground that was hard packed and no snow...

Went from 19 Mile over Carter Dome to the hut and then up Wildcats and down the ski run. A last day of winter hike but the conditions were pretty warm and I was in a T-shirt for most of the day (I would guess in the 60's). One of the bridges about a mile into the 19 Mile Brook had mostly washed...

Went up 19 Mile and Carter Dome trails to reach Carter-Moriah trail and over South and Middle Carter then down North Cater and Imp Trails (South branch). It was a great day in the mountains and was pretty warm with clear sky. 19 Mile and Carter Dome had seen alot of use and was fast going...

Used Tuckerman Ravine Trail and Lion Head for Washington hike. Great day for a hike. This was my first time on both of these trails. Tucks was easy going low and microspikes or bare booting is enough. Lion Head was quite steep and I used full crampons and ice axe for this trail. One section...

Could anyone give some specific guidance on the location of the relocated Jewell trail head for winter? On previous visits to the cog railway parking lot I went up and down the Ammo trail and did not see a second trail head in that lot. To add to confusion I saw a post about the regular Jewell...

Trail Conditions: The snow that fell overnight added about 8-10 inches of powder. Both the Greeley Ponds Trail and Mt. Osceola Trail were easy to follow. Special Equipment: Snowshoes needed, Crampons were more useful for some of the steep sections going up to the East summit and the chimney...

I found an ice axe on the trail while hiking in the Sandwich Range on Sunday. If you lost one a couple of days ago, email me with a description of the axe and location it was lost and I will try to return it to you. Thanks, Steve [email protected]

Dec, 14. Welch & Dickey Loop in counterclockwise direction i.e.: up Welch and down Dickey. Trail Conditions: Trail was very icy, large sections of hard sheet icy, would definitely not attempt without traction devise, either crampons or micro spikes. The water crossing on the way up to Welch...

Trail was in good condition the whole way. Up and down the North Twin trail to summit. The three river crossings were pretty straightforward. Met up with Madriver and Mrs. Madriver for this hike, who were good company. Great view from the lookout about 50 yards from the summit marker where we...

On Saturday I meet up with Sean and John for a hike to Mt. Isolation. I was undecided which route to recommend, we knew that we wanted to go up the Glen Boulder trail but after taking that to the Davis Path and summiting Isolation I was not sure whether to continue along Davis to Rt-302 or to...

Although a frequent user of the VFTT website, I don’t post very frequently but always enjoy reading the trip reports and so thought that I would do a write up of a recent hike I did up Mt. Rainier in Washington state. I was able to arrange a family vacation in the North West for Seattle and...

I would like to summit Mt. Isolation soon. I will do the hike with at least one other person and so can spot a car if needed. The more I look at my hiking map the more possible route options I see. Wondered if other, more experienced hikers had an opinion on the following possible ways to...

This Sunday, June 18 three of us are planning to climb the Wildcats and Carter Dome. Up the Wildcat Ridge and Cater-Moriah Trail to Carter Dome and then down the 19 Mile Brook trail. Provisional plan is to meet at 19 Mile trail head for car spot at 9AM and then drive to Wildcat Ridge trailhead...

Sean and I climbed these two mountains starting from the Tripoli Road parking lot. Started later than we had planned due to a tiring hike the day before and a few too many drinks last night, anyway we were on the trail between 10.30 and 11. Very easy going to the main summit, trail was very...

We spotted a car at the Oliverian Brook Trailhead, just off the Kancamagus and then drove to the Livermore Trail (Kanc Section) to start the hike. Sean, Kevin and I started about 8.30 and began the walk along the Livermore Trail, about 4 miles to the North Slide Trail to summit North Tripyramid...

Met up with a big group of hikers at the Sawyer River Road parking lot at 8AM. It was a big group (by far the largest I had hiked with) and it included Brian, Bob, Gerri, Adrian, Mark, Sean, Stephanie, Daraine? I think that there were nine others but I can’t remember the last member of the group...

Repost - Hike up Mt. Carrigain on Saturday, March 18th via the Sawyer River Road (2 miles each way) and the Signal Ridge Trail (5 miles each way). Meet at the Route 302 - Sawyer River parking lot at 7.45AM. This is a great hike with very good views along the way. Let me know if interested –...

Hike up Mt. Carrigain next Saturday, March 18th via the Sawyer River Road (2 miles each way) and the Signal Ridge Trail (5 miles each way). Meet at the Route 302 - Sawyer River parking lot, probably about 7.30AM but this is to be confirmed, depending on interest. This is a great hike with very...