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This was the first winter outing for Spaderman, The Great Pumpkin, Creaky Knees & Mark (trail name to be assigned at a later date). Working on the NE 4000. Trail conditions: Bucklin Trail off Wheelerville Road at Brewers Corner was well packed out from the trail head to the top of Killington...

Nothing like waiting until the last full day of winter to complete your 48 but Friday was about as good of a day I as I could ask to bag Jefferson & Adams to complete #47 & #48 for the winter list. I wish I could say that I did it in one season like Silverfox but 9 years is still OK in my book...

Park a car at Lowe's Garage & started hike from Marshfield Station with The Great Pumpkin & Mad Dog as my companions for the day. The weather proved to be an excellent. Sunscreen was passed around.:cool: Trail Conditions: Jewell Tr. was well packed out & easily followed to treeline. The last...

Trail Conditions: The Rocky Branch Tr. up to Engine Hill is well consolidated. The bushwack is easy to find as the consolidated trail for Rocky Branch stops, takes an immediate right toward the bushwack. The bushwack is well traveled & easily followed all the way to the campsites near Davis...

Trail Conditions: The Sawyer River Road is well packed down. Fortunately someone the previous day had done the Carrigain hike as Signal Ridge Trail was broken out. The trail is well defined all the way to the top. The last ramp up from Signal Ridge to the tower is bushwacked & for the most...

Trail conditions for 19 Mile Brook Tr., Carter Dome Tr. & Carter-Moriah Tr. were well consolidated. Drifting snow the last .5 mi to Carter Dome. Bare booted the trip up with the help of microspikes. Left crampons at home. Used snowshoes on the route over to Mt. Hight, very helpful. Also...

Date of Hike: 1-23-10 Hikers: Spaderman, The Great Pumpkin & a new addition, Quinn the Eskimo Weather Conditions: Near perfect for winter, no clouds, minimal winds (25 mph top of Ike) & unlimited visibility. Trail Conditions: Packed out to the top of Crawford Path to Pierce. Bare-booted it...

Greeley Pond Tr. to Mt. Osceola Tr. to E. Osceola & Osceloa Weather conditions were ideal. Temps. in mid-teen's for 8 AM start. Trail well consolidated to Mt. Osceola Tr. Mt. Osceola Tr. was well consolidated up to E.O. Slide had good cover, no problems crossing over. Trail from E.O. to...

See RickB's trail conditions for Dicey's Mill Tr. He & his group caught us at the intersection of Rollins trial. RickB I'm glad you & your group showed to break trail from Rollins to the top of Passaconaway. Gave us a nice break after the first 3.7 mi. The day started out at 7:30 AM in the...

As the title says, this is a side bar to The Great Pumpkin's report which only barely conveys the magnificent day we had on the "Rock Pile" (no ding to Mr. Pumpkin). We ran out of adjectives by 10:30 AM. The crew at the observatory commented they had to put up a 3-cup anemometer to measure the...

Date of Hike: 2/1/09 Trail Conditions: Many thanks to Matt C & Jeremy D who had broken trail a couple of days earlier with a special thanks to the AMC Group from MA (10) that joined our party of 3 (The Great Pumpkin, Ironman & myself) that thoroughly pounded the Blueberry Ridge Tr. into a...

Date: 1/4/09 Trail Conditions: Trail well consolidated from Kanc. to N. Tripyramid. From North to Middle the trail is still in good shape but gets wind-blown, good potential for post holing. All stream crossings were easy. Previous hikers on the trail have made it a breeze. Special...

Once again the dynamic dou of The Great Pumpkin & Spaderman assault the White Mts. This time it is to bag Spaderman's 45th peak. We took off from the Gale River Loop Rd at 7:45 AM traveling up the Gale River Trail, intersecting with Garfield Ridge Trail to push for the top of Galehead Mt.at...

What do you do when you only have 2 hours to get a hike in & you're in Franconia? Why head for Coppermine Trail & that's what I did. I took Spike the Wonder Dog on her first "winter" hike in the Whites. She was more than up to the task. The trail up to Bridal Veil Falls was bare bootable...

Spaderman, The Great Pumpkin & Roy Boy started out Sunday morn (3/2) with optimistic goals to reach North & Middle Tripyramids. For The Great Pumpkin is was a repeat winter climb from years past. For Roy & I, it was a first winter attempt having gotten them in other seasons. We left the Kanc...