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Second Update: I am (slowly) recovering from a sprained ankle and regretfully need to postpone this trip yet again. It would not be prudent for many reasons to attempt this trip in my condition. I will be available late August or early September for this bushwhack. By then, my ankle will be...

I am trying to think up as many bc skiing spots as possible in the white mountain area based on the criteria below, and I only have a few ideas. As a side note, Mittersill WOULD have been on the list, but now that it's a restricted area, we can cross that off the list. Thank you so very much...

I have heard rumors that the cog rr is NOT running this winter, which leads me to think that Base Road would in turn NOT be plowed. I believe that not until recently was this road ever plowed. Does anybody have concrete information on the status of Base Road this winter?

Date of Hike: Mar 7 Trail Conditions: Warm-- packed trail turned to mush by end of day. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes essential Comments: Optional - Rocky Branch Trail fine (until temps warmed up) bushwhack from height of land to Isolation trail broken by us. Not exactly a straight...

Sat 2/28 Trail Conditions: Trail in great shape going up OBP all the way to Lafayette, and beyond. Windblown / icy from above hut to Little Haystack, as expected. Franconia Ridge trail now broken to Osseo Trail - was told Osseo is broken all the way as well. Flume slide in good shape - broken...

Pierce and Eisenhower via Crawford Path Date of Hike:Wed, February 25, 2009 Trail Conditions: Wet packed powder Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes Comments: Prior comments of Crawford very accurate. Wednesday was a phenomenal day for hiking! It was very warm and forgetting my sunscreen...

Date of Hike: 2/7/09 Trails: Imp (south), North Carter, Carter-Moriah, Carter Dome, 19 Mile Trail Conditions: Broken out some sections more than others Special Equipment: Snowshoes Comments: Imp Trail was not broken until the Camp Dogde cutoff, so this was out obligatory trail breaking for...

Feb 1, Sunday Trail Conditions: Entire length of PBB Trail was broken out. Hardness a little tentative at the upper portion but fine for snowshoes. Tripyramid Trail to Middle peak was broken. Unbroken to the South peak but we went there some drifts on the last slope going up were waist deep, we...

I have always worn my snowshoes rather than carried them even when the trail was well-packed. I do this because strapping them to my pack is a pain and I enjoy wearing them anyways. I have heard from some people that it is bad form to bareboot because it basically ruins the trail. After seeing...

West Field via Zealand, A-Z, and bushwhack Date of Hike: 11/22/08 Trail Conditions: Both trails had several inches of fresh snow on top of mainly frozen and semi-frozen mud. Bushwhack had a little bit of everything Special Equipment Required: None for hikers, chains were essential for our...