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Has anyone hiked up Mount Major this week? If so, what are the conditions. Are snowshoes or crampons needed. Will it be hard for 5 and 7 year old to do ;this time of year? Thanks

Has anyone XC skied the Kanc Brook Trail recently from Waterville Valley? In the past, it was off the Greeley Ponds Trail. Not sure with that trail reconfigured, if it would be skiable from Waterville Valley.

This weekend is going to be minus 21 with high winds on Mt. Washington. With proper equipment would it be safe to hike to the top?

Is the greeley Ponds Trail open all the way to the ponds from Livermore road? If not, are the river crossings passable? If the bridges are out, are there fines for crossing the river? Just trying to get to the Kanc brook XC trail. thanks.

Date: 3-3-09 Trails: LivermoreRoad to Greeley Ponds trail to Kanc Brook XC trail to Livermore Trail and back on Livermore Road. Total of 9.5 miles. Equipment: BC skis recommended, but some in the group had classic skis. Skins are highly recommended, especially for the climb up the Kanc Brook...

Has anyone skied at the Bear Notch Ski Touring area? I was wondering what the conditions are like. Also, does anyone know how the grooming and conditions are at the Jackson Ski Touring area? I can tell you that Waterville Valley-both the alpine and XC are great. Thanks for any help. I hate to...

I am a strong competent female X-C skier. I have bc skis, skate skis but am interested in getting myself a pair of classic X-C skis to use in the track when I'm with my friends. Does anyone have a suggestion on a type or model that I should consider. I looked an Atomic Alea 48 G3, which is a...

Does anyone have a favorite back country/x-c ski trip that they could recommend? My friends and I are trying to find some new places to explore on our X-C skis. We would prefer to stay near Waterville Valley, but will consider any trip. We're open to spotting cars and going one way. Thanks...

1-13-09 conditions: The road was packed snow on the sandwich side. The snowmobiles must groom it. On the thornton side, it was packed but more powder. Equipment: Can use regular x-c skis or back country skis. Skins were not needed. Time: Took 2 1/2 hours we were four in our group and we...

Date of Hike: June 2, 2008 Trail Conditions: the trail was wet from all the rain on Sat. There were alot of blowdowns on the lower part of the trail. There was some snow a little passed the gate-was easy to walk on the side of the snow. Special Equipment Required: No special equipment needed...

Today I hiked Mt Eisenhower and there were several loads of logs stacked near the top. Does anyone know what they are for and how they got there? I'm guessing a helicopter must have downloaded them there. Thanks, Skibones

Has anyone recently skied Tripoli Road from the Lincoln side? We were planning on doing a backcountry ski trip from Waterville up Tripoli Road and over to East Pond and I was wondering how the coverage was on the other end of Waterville.

Did anyone hear if you can use your Loon/Waterville Threedom pass at Sunday River and Sugarloaf over the next two weeks? Someone at Waterville told me this today-but it was the first time I heard about it. They said that Sunday River was trying to lure skiers to buy their pass instead of the...

With all this new snow what activity do you pick to do first: snowshoe, bc ski,x-c ski, alpine ski. I picked alpine this morning but now I can't wait to get my x-c skis on for fun in the woods.

I was wondering if any hikers that have a scientific background can advise me whether to carry a nalgene filled with hot water or tepid water when hiking in freezing conditions. I remember hearing somewhere that hot water freezes faster.

Today my friends and I climbed Mt Chocoura and the Three Sisters. 1. We were puzzled by the white markings on the slabs right below foundation on the Middle sister. Does anyone know what those are?? We wern't sure if it was for helicopter landings or extra terrestrial space ship landings. 2...

My friends and I did Air line to Adams and then down to the hut and up to Madison and then Valley Way down to the parking lot. I did the same trip last Oct and the rocks were not nearly as slippery. Do you think the humidity and hot weather contributed to the rocks becoming that slippery? One of...

I just bought second hand a double Alden Shell. I took it out for the first time on Saturday, and had a slight adjustment period. I haven't been in my single shell for years, but it all came back to me. The hard part on the double was keeping in sync with each other, which we did figured out...

A few of us wanted to hike to Tuckerman's tomorrow--not to ski, just to view the fun. Do you think we'll need any special equipment-stablicers, etc.??

Can anyone suggest some good guide books for the Maine and VT 4000 footers. Now that I completed my NH 4000 footers I was contemplating doing the ones in ME and VT. Since that will require more travelling I wanted to check out which ones could be combined for a two or three day trip. I stopped...