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Sandwich Dome & Jennings Peak via Sandwich & Drakes Brook Trails - Sunday 5/19/2013 Sunday 5/19/2013 Trail Conditions: Took Sandwich Mountain Trail up and Drakes Brook Trail down. Both trails generally clear with a few blow-downs. Most of the uncleared blow downs were on the leg from...

Date of Hike: Sunday 9/28/2012 Trail Conditions: Very easy, at worst, moderate graded trail. Trail surfaces were generally clear, except, as an earlier poster stated, for leaves covering loose rocks and other small objects on the lower part of trail. It's like this on many trails in the...

Date of hike: Sunday 9/30/2012 Trail conditions: generally wet, but moderately muddy. Most of trail had a thin layer of debris that kept mud to a minimum. Trail is clear of blowdowns and the like. Hiking poles and good boots help. General comments: One of my favorite forest hikes now...

Tuesday 31 July 2012 Trail Conditions: Mostly dry, thankfully, given the cap's rock walls and talus fields above. Tiny bit of mud at the base of one wall, but nothing to crow about. Special Equipment Required: Good boots. Poles might be nice, but I never used mine. Comments: Great hike -...

Date of Hike: Sunday 8 July 2012 Trail Conditions: Generally clear trails. Tiny bit of mud on Valley Way, but no blow-downs or other remarkable obstacles. Special Equipment Required: None Comments: Beautiful conditions, although generally windy (40-50 mph gusts) and somewhat chilly 45-50...

Davis Path and Mt Crawford Date of Hike: Sunday 12 February 2012 Trail Conditions: Generally packed snow all the way up, with a few patches of ice scattered hither and dither. Stepping off the trail in open sometimes yields a nice, up to hip posthole. Had to chase down a mitten that a...

Date of Hike: Sunday 2/20/2011 Trail Conditions: Mostly packed out - a few drifts here and there from snow blown across open forest. Afew downed trees, but all can either be walked around or under. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes & poles. Don't advise barebooting, although one might...

Mt Moosilauke via Glenciff & Carriage Road Trails. Date of Hike: Sunday 30 Jan 2011 Trail Conditions: Glencliff trail well packed out to the summit. Still recommend snowshoes to keep trail in good condition. From Glencliff / Carriage Rd Trail junction to open treeline: the usual minor...

Date of Hike: Sunday 8/29/2010 Trail Conditions: Airline and Short Line to King Ravine were in good shape. King Ravine, well, King Ravine is a jungle gym, as it should be :), forever more. The King Ravine trail was thankfully dry and the Elevated was enough fun for us - we skipped...

A naive question. Has anyone ever hiked over (in non-winter conditions) from Carrigan/Signal Ridge or by some other route in the NH Whites to see the rock dome called "The Captain"? Is there an obvious bushwack, or is this a more challenging slog in the woods? I don't have the finer...

Date of Hike: Sunday 7 March 2010 Trail Conditions: Broken out trails - thank you whoever did this! Snow conditions from start were mostly hardpacked, then soft, sticky snow. We used microspikes and stablicers from trailhead to Lonesome Lake, and then donned snowshoes to N. Kinsman...

Saturday 01/16/2010 Trail Conditions: Packed snow most of the way up Glencliff. A few spots on Glencliff where the ice was showing through on step-up-rocks. Only one downed tree on Glencliff trail, and one bent-over spruce (krummholz variety) on Carriage rd. Summit area was frequently...

Date of Hike: Sunday 12 July 2009 Trail Conditions: Beautiful partly sunny day; no rain! :D Started at around 9:15am after spotting car at Skookumchuck trail head. Expected slippery conditions on Falling waters trail going up. Franconia Ridge was generally dry and clear with a few small...

Date of Hike: Sunday 14 Sept 2008 Trail Conditions: Muddy, wet & slippery due to recent rains. One blowdown on Twin Way between Zeacliff Pond and Mt Zealand summit. Special Equipment Required: None Comments: Started out wet, foggy and dark. Thankfully Ended drier, windy and sunny. Two of...

Date of Hike: Saturday 15 Dec 2007 Conditions: Snow & packed snow until after 1/2 point and Drainpipe, then mixed snow & ice. Crampons proved difficult in places due to thin ice cover, and bare rock (from line of hikers going up, obviously). But foot traction was generally useful and...

I've offered comments and now it's my turn. How could the following shot be improved? It was taken in Tucker Brook town forest in Milford, NH. I like it, but think it could be better cropped or re-shot with better settings, etc. Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance...

Is anyone familiar with the name origin of the Devil's Kitchen Gorge on the Howker Ridge Trail up Mt Madison in the NH Presidentials? I've cast about, only finding that the name "Devil's Kitchen" is quite common for gorges and mountain areas across NH, the US and the world. Thanks in advance...

Has anyone done this hike: Skookumchuck trail from North of Franconia Notch to Franconia Ridge, over Lafayette, Lincoln, Little Haystack, Liberty, Flume and Osseo? It's abit over 15 miles to the Kanc/Lincoln Woods trailhead. I've been on the entire Fronconia ridge line and up most of the...