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March 8th, 2010 Trail Conditions: Conditions were very good for 90% of this trail. Some blowdowns have been walked around enough so the heard path are all quite solid....as of the 8th at least. However.... the real trail was lost somewhere around the last 1/2 mile and we defaulted to the...

Hiked the Tri-pyrimids loop on Saturday. Not many cars in the lot, or many people on the trail. My concern that no-one has been hiking this loop much this summer due to the wet conditions making the North Slide dangerous were indeed warranted. The last time I hiked this loop with my son, about...

...or my idea of a good time! We got a nice condo in Jackson for Sandi's birthday Thursday with a plan of getting two more 4000 footers of each of our lists. We hiked Wildcat A in the rain on Wednesday. Temps were warm and the rain was not constant, just enough to make us uncomfortable...

Moderators - not sure if there is an official "Lost and Found" forum... Lost on Mt Cabot on Friday March 20th 2009. Teal colored Sigg bottle in a red insulated sleeve. WE think it was lost somewhere up high where the tress just reached out and grabbed it! If someone finds it, please contact...

Mount Moosilauke - Glencliff Trail December 6, 2008 Trail Condition - Parking lot and lower section of the trail were nearly snow free. Stream crossings on this trail were no problem. No blowdowns to speak of. As we gained altitude the snow depth increased. We donned our Microspikes within...

Sunday Nov. 16 2008 Trail Conditions: Very wet, but there was over 1" of rain within the last 24 hours. Steam crossing was a good challenge today! Wet leaves, ponding and mud/leave puddles, and the trail itself was quite a stream much of the way to the jct. of the Sosman trail. Good sized...

Saturday October 18th 2008 Trail Conditions: dry leaves, deep in places, wet leaves, some mud, mostly a dry trail, but icy in some places above 3000', no blowdowns to speak of, no problem water crossings. Trails seemed very well maintained. Special Equipment Required: The usual - fleece...

Date of Hike: Saturday - October 11, 2008 Trail Conditions: Mostly dry trail with dry leaves, dry open ledges, easy water crossings, no downed trees Special Equipment Required: fleece jacket, windbreaker for summit Comments - Hammond trail is a nice and easy approach to Chocorua. Not too...

Wednesday October 8th 2008 Dry leaves - wet laves Some, but very little mud. No blow downs, and a well maintained trail. Short pants, sunglasses and hat. Windbreaker, fleece, hiking poles and good boots We chose this day because the weather was perfect and being a mid week day we knew we...

Monday September 8th 2008. Hiked up Ammonusuc Ravine Trail to the Lake of the Clouds Hut, then across the Crawford Path to Washington. From there, the Gulfside trail to the Jewell Trail and back to the hiker parking lot on the Base Road. Trails were free of blowdowns, Ammonusuc was easily...

Saturday July 26, 2008 Trails Condition = Trails were in excellent condition, water crossings were quite easy considering the water volumes. Stuff Needed = hiking poles, waterproof boots w/vibram soles, wind/rain shell, sun protection. Thoughts/Comments = Being a Saturday with clear sky...

August 2, 2008 Trail Conditions: There are some very mossy, green, slippery rocks in sections of this very wet woods, with rain almost every day this summer, it really is like a temperate rain forest up there! Once up to the Carter Moriah trail, the going was fine, but could have been trickier...

July 12, 2008 Weather was mostly clear sky's, with little to no wind and temps in the upper 70's to low 80's. Trail was well maintained with no blowdowns. Started out on mostly soft ground for a while, then as approaching Bald Mountain, trail turns to mostly ledge. Today, the trail was quite...

Hiked first day of summer... June 21, 2008 Trail Conditions = This trail, unlike the Osseo Trail I did last week, was in very rough condition. Besides being a very wet, green, mossy, slippery wet rock covered trail, there isn't a lot of "trail work" to be seen until you reach the ridge crest...

Saturday June 14, 2008 Trail Conditions: Excellent, no blow downs, well maintained trail all the way up and back Special Equipment Required: Bug and maybe sun protection for the upper most part of the hike. Comments: Saw almost no one on the Osseo Trail. Looks like almost everyone went up...

Hiked over the top of Mt Major, down the back to the Quarry spur junction, over East and West Quarry and then bush whacked to the Straightback - Anne link and hiked back over to Mt Major and our car. 7 miles R-T with almost 2500 feet of ascent total. Trails all dry and well past snow free...

Date of Hike: April 27, 2008 Trail Conditions: Trail in good shape even with all the fire men and equipment going up there a few days ago. All snow is gone, not much mud even, charred ground on both sides of the trail, but the trail itself is not black. Special Equipment Required: None except...

Date of Hike: April 26, 2008 Trail Conditions: Lower third of the trail was dry, middle third was monorail-monotony and the top third was a mixture of firmer snow and bare rocks. Stream crossings on this trail are quite easy, even this time of year. Special Equipment Required: We carried...