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Hello! We have a 5 months old baby, and we bought a child carrier backpack (Kelty FC 3.0). I tried it a couple of time in the house and in the yard, since the baby is a bit too young yet to go on a hike. This afternoon, the baby felt asleep in the backpack, and I saw that its head was falling...

Date of Hike: February 23 Parked at the train, then we walked down the road up to Clinton Rd. Two cars were parked there, just in front of the No parking sign, but we didn't want to take the chance to get our car towed away. Then, we walked along the snowmobile trail (Clinton Rd) up to the...

Date of Hike: 1/27 Up by Avalon Tr (via Mt. Avalon), Willey Range Tr, Mt. Tom Spur Down by A-Z Tr, Avalon Tr. Trail Conditions: All well packed down, no postholes, no ice. A few inches of new snow. The spur to Mt. Avalon was not packed down and we didn't hiked it either. Special Equipment...

Date of Hike: January 27 Trails used: Crawford Path, Webster Cliff Trail, Jackson Brook Trail (right name ?) and Webster-Jackson Trail. Trail Conditions: Few inches of snow over a well packed trail, all the way. In open areas, some snow drifts, but not a lot. Special Equipment Required: We...

Date of Hike: December 26 Trail Conditions: All trails packed down. A bit icy on the ridge, had to be careful. Some windy spots on the ridge, but we had the wind in our back and the sun in the face! Special Equipment Required: Traction for the ridge, but normal crampons were sometimes a pain...

Date of Hike: December 27 Trail Conditions: The brook crossing had to be handled with care, since the rocks were icy. Both trails were hard packed. We bare booted up to were it becomes very steep in the Mt Osceola Trail, where we put crampons. The steep ascend was easy, with the hard packed...

Hello, What is your opinon about hiking (mainly in remote areas, trailless peaks of Maine and New Hampshire) during the hunting season? In National Forests, in public lands, etc? We were looking for hiking this weekend either in the Rangeley Region or near the Kancamagus Hwy (Nancy, Vose...

Hello! We are planning on hiking Snow (Cupsuptic), Kennebago Divide and White Cap this weekend, and it seems that the car approach to these mountains is more a challenge than the mountains themselves! Is there somebody who went there recently and do you think it is passable at this time of the...

Hello! We are doing a 3-day hike this weekend in northern Maine on the AT (Crocker, sugarloaf, etc), and were planning to tent tonight somewhere near Stratton, actually at Cathedral Pines Campground. But it is full. Didn't think about that possibility :mad: Somebody knows a place around...

Hello! On Labor Day weekend, we are planning on hiking in Maine on the AT, from Route 16/27 down to Route 4, in order to complete our NE 4000 list. We would hike 3 days, camping twice along the AT. We would include Abraham and Redington in the trip. We had a few questions about that: - Is...

Hello! We are hiking the Long Trail this summer, and we are posting some food along the trail. With our current planning, we would be stopping in Manchester Center July 21st, which is unfortunately a Saturday. With our planning (we are short in time a bit), we would not make it before noon at...