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We celebrated Fran's 55th birthday by going for a walk from the end of Zealand Road to Lincoln Woods. Passed over four high peaks along the way, not including the one that didn't count, on which we ate lunch. Nice views. Pretty leaves. Experienced some vertigo on Zeacliffs...hadn't had that...

Thanks to Alan (Peakbagr) for a great piece in the current Adirondac magazine. This looks like a sweet little hike! You might see some familiar faces in one of the photos. :) Here's a link to the text, but no pics.

2-3' or more of very soft snow from last week's storm. All the parking areas along Spruceton Road, except Fisherman's, were plowed as of 3pm Sunday. Hiked from end of Spruceton Road to Diamond Notch Falls, then onto the Devil's Path. Trail and HP to SW Hunter now well-tracked. Very tough...

Sunday, Feb. 17 2-4" of hard, crusty snow at the start. Left snowshoes in the car. Could have bare-booted the first 1000-1200 feet of ascent, but we liked the idea of putting on the microspikes right at the car, shielded from the driving wind. Carried crampons but did not use them. We ran...

Saturday, Feb. 16 2" of fresh snow over hard packed base at the start of the hike. We opted for snowshoes, but microspikes would have been fine, if not preferable all the way to the ridge at about 3100'. The trail to Big Indian had was blown in a bit, with drifts between 12"-18" so the...

As we pulled into the parking lot at the end of Moonhaw Road at 8:20, we could see and hear the wind whipping through the trees. If it's like this at 1100', what are we in for up above? Within a couple minutes, Hermit arrived. After a brief discussion we decided to leave the snowshoes behind...

This was our second day in the Whites. (We made the 7 hour drive Friday, then climbed Cannon before checking into our motel in Twin Mtn.) We met our friend Amy at Lincoln Woods, where we left our car, then headed over to the Lafayette parking area. Started up the Old Bridle Path under low...

I live in Central NY and hope to begin working on my NE67 this fall. I have the White Mountain Guide with all the maps, but am wondering about maps for Vermont trails. Do folks recommend the Nat Geo maps? I notice there are three. Any other recommendations, including online sources, since I...

It had been nearly four years since Fran and I first climbed Gothics and we were itching to get back up there. We decided to make it a little more interesting and access it via the Scenic Trail to Sawteeth, then climb up and over Pyramid, and finally arrive at Gothics...thus we have the Spygot...

Planning a mid-late September trip to Franconia Notch area and looking for lodging recommendations. Don't want to spend a fortune, but not looking for bunk-room accommodations either. Nice clean motels and/or cottages are more our thing. We'll be hiking a lot so breakfast is usually of no use...

If you lost a snowshoe on Halcott, send me a PM with a description and I'll make arrangements to get it back to you.

Started with Plateau. Barebooted until about 2900-3000'. Microspikes were adequate for the remainder -- maybe one spot where crampons would have been more comfortable, but not worth the trouble. At about the same elevation on Sugarloaf we changed to crampons. Still lots of ice on Sugarloaf...

After a decent night's sleep, considering the anticipation of our big day, we met Snickers at the HPIC at 6am, and were on the trail by 6:10. The weather was damp and dreary to start, with a light rain falling for part of the hike to Marcy Dam...this was not the forecast, so we remained...

Got an early start from Saratoga, where we had spent the weekend at a jazz festival. Along the way we met BillB at the High Peaks Welcome Center -- upon learning we were headed for Basin, he said, "big hunk of rock!" He wasn't kidding! :eek: We left the Garden at about 7, making good time...

Hudson and Opalescent Rivers very easy to cross. Water no more than knee-deep. Water shoes recommended. Plenty of mud on this hike, so you may want gaiters. I probably should have put mine on, as I did step in over my boot-tops several times. Blowdown not bad, everything pretty easily managed...

Fran (Muddybottom) and I had scheduled this hike twice already and were forced to cancel; last August because I had an ingrown toe-nail and this March due to late winter flooding which made the rivers impassable. As we were starting to think about our hiking plans for this year, we thought that...

Franny and I left the Round Pond TH at just a little before 7am Saturday, having driven up from Saratoga Springs that morning. It was pretty chilly, so the long-sleeve layer and lower part of the convertible pants stayed on til almost half way to Round Pond...I should know better.:rolleyes...

Trail in excellent condition, considering the late thaw and the wet spring. Not much mud at all by Adirondack standards. A trail crew cleared blowdown to just beyond the slide a few weeks ago. Thanks to Pete and crew!!! Now a couple new trees down, but nothing difficult to get around, under...

Fran and I had been planning on hiking Dix this day for about a month, so naturally we changed our mind. We thought it might be tough to get a parking spot at the Rt. 73 TH and we also just thought that on a holiday weekend Cliff we would be less crowded. We left the HPIC at 6:30 and had a very...

Very little mud from Loj to Uphill Leanto...even the notorious wet section coming from Lake Arnold, along the Opalescent before you get to Feldspar Leanto was no problem whatsoever. Didn't even need to poke around with trek poles. Herd path to Redfield was a bit muddy, but not bad. Stay in the...