Search results

The perfect day for this. After the snow, I waited until mid-afternoon, hoping that one snowmobile would break the trail to allow a quick ski up, which is just what I found. Beautiful cruising up on sun-dappled road, past snow-laden spruces and frosted birches to the cloud-shrouded upper...

Is there ice/snow on the Ammonoosuc trail now?

This is more of a non-trip report than a trip report. Or really a non-slip, non-trip report. While waiting for the snow to come or the trail ice to melt (this year sometimes I fear that the second might happen first), I had a few hours to get high, and didn't want to rock-hop over the ice on...

Today was supposed to be a presi traverse...in Vermont: Grant, Cleveland, Roosevelt, Wilson (and Breadloaf)...but the morning got away from us so we settled for Breadloaf and Wilson via Skylight Pond...and it good choice it was. The Skylight Pond Trail is very nicely laid out with a comfy...

Is the road open for walking? Is it gated? How far can you drive? etc.... Any info appreciated on this mtn/Cold War relic. thanks!

Although love for the mountains brings us to these forums, we may have had those bad days when back at the trailhead we say, "Never again!" I imagine that kind of a vow is usually more a reflection of weather or our frame of mind than the mountain or trail, but I wonder what could get me to go...

This thought is prompted by the "Open Letter to a very nice woman" thread on Trip Reports. It got me to thinking about the many times I've received acts of kindness on the trail, as God seems to have sent along people at just the time I need them, for an encouraging word or real assistance. In...

This is a technical question, not an ethical one; I'm aware of all the arguments for cell phone use, from strictly verboten, to emergency use only, to the need to check in with kids, spouse, boss, broker, to the basic human need to chat or send a text message.... There seem to be a lot of...

The weather looks a little cold and windy to venture above treeline tomorrow, so maybe some of us more "seasoned" hikers will stay by the fire and remember when we first started to know the mountains. Things have stayed pretty much the same over the years, thank God, but there have been some...

When I first discovered VFFT years ago, its main value was the information it provided, especially in winter, for the hikes I planned to do that week. And it provided important info for planning future hikes. But now I've found VFFT to be of even more value when I can't hike. There are times...

One goal I set each year, and have never done (yet), is to hike all the 5K peaks in the Northeast in one year. They are such nice peaks that returning year after year is a pleasure. I usually get all the NH ones each year (doing each one as a separate hike), and I sometimes have done one or...

Maybe we hike little mountains more. Which of these have you climbed most often? Washington Lafayette Moosilauke Adams Chocorua Monadnock Cardigan Kearsarge Blue Job some other small mountain

Which view from the top (even if fog or trees) has been seen most often by those who read/write on VFTT; which peak have more of us climbed more often than any other? Washington? Cardigan? Katahdin? Marcy? Mansfield? Owl's Head? The Peak Above the Nubble? Someone who knows how to set up polls...

I may have a week to do some hikes/scrambles in the Tetons in August, and wonder if anyone can provide comparison between some Teton scrambles and northeast mtn scrambles. I did S.Teton years ago, so a comparison to that would also be welcome. Routes I'm considering: Mt. St. John via S...

i'm looking for opinions/advice on hiking poles that have a self-arrest pick on the handle.

Some of us are blessed to live close enough to northeast mountains to hike up a nearby little one (or big one) most days. Or we've just lived long enough to hike many and often. have you hike any mtn. a thousand times? a hundred? fifty? pleasant addition!

How feasible is it to hike up Whiteface via the ski area? Is it ok to hike up the ski trails? Is there a route/herd path/bushwhack from the top of the highest lift to the summit?

My birding ability has diminished considerably since I was in 6th grade (when Eisenhower was president), and even above treeline where the choices are few I can get confused. Could I have seen 2 curlews on the summit ridge of mt. clay this week? light brown, about 10-12 " long, with a v...

is it likely that i'll find a parking place in the garden 8-9am on a wed, thurs, or friday in july?

Is it still possible to follow the footway of the old Liberty Spring/Flume Slide trail that started from the head of the flume?