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We are goin to Acadia after Labor Day. Last time I was there I was 7 or 8 years old. Please speak up and tell me the non-technical hikes you did that put body to the test in strength & endurance. We want a challenge. (not plan on doing Precipice Trail) Thanking you in advance!

Lot plowed and easy access. With trace of powder on top of ice, the lot is very slippery. Used microspikes for whole hike snowshoes unnecessary though we brought them. Nice but limited views with low cloud cover. Seven blowdowns but none required anything more than stepping over, no need to...

I always thought in past years someone got a thread like this going before, a chance to give thanks for a safe and successful hiking season, tis the THANKful season after all. I mean, hey, we can save the memories and accomplishments for pre- New Year's. Therefore, if its OK, I would like to...

Trail has standard leaf drop and is minimally wet at bottom, but gets wetter higher up. Boots may get damp but careful footing will keep them from getting soaked. Great views for overcast day and summit was very, very crowded. First Vermont 4K for us and we really enjoyed a great hike with a...

Nice hike with secluded and varied forests makes this side the better approach for us. Trail was wet in lower section but this was also enhanced with afternoon rains starting around 2pm today. Was getting slippery underfoot due to leaves hiding roots and mud. Few eye and knee poker treetop...

Crew of 4 of us brushed entire length of trail and cleared 16 waterbars and 14 blowdowns. There is one blowdown near trailhead that is a step-over. We left it cause we knew it would take too much time early and we wanted to clear all the way to summit which we did. Then it was dark when we came...

We've got an extra day on our way home from our last trail work trip in NH to do a 4K in VT. Can anyone recommend a good online resource site for the VT 4K's, be it personal or an organization? Just looking for trail route suggestions, TR's, pics, etc.

Several years ago we hiked to the backside of the Pu'u O'o vent. We came at it via the Glenwood approach, which is thick jungle, accented with hidden steam vents and other geologic hazards underfoot. The trail brought you right to the edge of the lava fields with the big, bat-eared crater...

The last 10 months have been crazy for us. In October 2011, Klutzy Kat finished her 48.December found the two of us in a tailspin as we battled an immediate family crisis together. Then came my mother's illness, surgeries, and heart attack, while Klutzy Kat's own mother has been battling her own...

As so many of you know, trail work is my passion. Each year I write an essay/story about trail work, sometimes for essay contests, but more often just as an appeal to let people know the task before us as trail workers. I guess a nice thrill is that in some cases they have been printed or posted...

Hopefully, no one misses my usual sentimental, philosophical TR. Because this one is neither of the two. This was a week all about labor, grunting, sweat, scrapes, bruises, blazing, bars, blood, blisters (someone else's), and brushing. So here goes, a nontraditional TR for me. Five days, five...

Trailwork day on lower half. No blowdowns. There is water available for dogs about halfway to the start of switchbacks where waterbars are flowing nicely, 4 of them in a row. 8.5 hours of touching up blazes, brushing, and waterbar clearing, including installation of new one. No special equipment...

Many adopt-a-trail volunteers already know this from their Region Leaders, but it is also available to all AMC volunteers. On July 14&15 at Camp Dodge there will be a Wilderness First Aid class open to all volunteers. This is being done at a greatly reduced cost, and an optional CPR class may...

Nice hike on a great day! Trail in good shape, no troubles at water crossings. Some mud, trail wet in places, and a little ice of both the crushable type for the first 2/3rds, and just two spots of the slippery kind once near the top. Stinkin Johnnies and Trout Lilies beginning to bloom. Few...

It is no secret that northern NH, "above the Notches", is one of the best places to raise one's children. At once they have a sense of self and of community. It is with this ultimate background in life that one can teach their children about their own role in life in a precious environment, to...

If anybody is interested, the AMC has updated its Orphaned Trails list as of 11/14/2011. It can be found here: http://www.outdoors.org/conservation/trails/volunteer/adopt/adopt-orphan-trails.cfm I am shamelessly plugging this as there are trails in the Franconia South Region, which I have the...

Trail in pretty good shape. Few wet spot prior to the series of switchbacks, but nothing unavoidable. Some ice on rocks on final two-tenths to summit, but nothing requiring special equipment.

The movies of Hollywood are always trying to make an impression on us. This is especially true with historical pieces. Their goal is to get us to associate with a character. Are we like them? Would we have acted the same, or differently? Who do we relate to the most, or want to? Its no different...

There is just something about Garfield. Maybe it is the bond it shares with similiar peaks with such an open vista. For some reason, summits with a 360 sweep enchant us with the gifts of reflection, appreciation, even perspective. We find ourselves cramped within the confines of our own personal...

At the conclusion of today's hike, I have reached the summit of Cabot by all trails possible, both legal and otherwise. I cannot say that I have done that with many peaks, and I'm not sure why. As if I were a true instinctive creature of habit, I quite often return to trails I know. I am open to...