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I would like to add Sandwich Mt. And the Crawford Path up to the junction with the Webster Cliff trail to the list of trails needing an adopter

This is my annual appeal looking for trail adopters for the Pemi District in the WMNF. The trails listed below are orphaned and would love to be adopted Trail Name Length 3 Ponds 2.6 Donkey Hill Cutoff 1.0 Guinea Pond 2.2 Lincoln Woods 3.0 Lincoln Woods Int 0.3 Mt...

I am putting out my annual appeal for trail adopters for the Pemi District. Listed below are trails that need adopting: Needing Adopter Trail Name Length 3 Ponds 4.6 Eastside 5.1 Guinea Pond 2.2 Lincoln Woods 3.0 Lincoln Woods Int 0.3 Livermore Rd 4.0...

I am putting out my annual appeal for trail adopters in the Pemi District of the Forest. Below is a list of those trails needing adoption: Trail Name Length 3 Ponds 4.6 Cobble Hill 3.5 Eastside 5.1 Guinea Pond 2.2 Lincoln Woods 3.0 Lincoln Woods Int...

I am putting out my annual appeal for new White Mountain trail adopters. The Pemi Ranger District has been successful in more than doubling the number of adopters over the last several years. However, we still have almost 90 miles of Orphaned trails. Trail adopting need not be a huge...

Date of Hike: 12/15 Trail Conditions. Bare ground at the bottom. Several inches of hard crust up high. Much water ice on the trail. Second brook crossing quite dicey. I avoided it by following a herd path over to the ski area and then rejoining the trail where it nears the ski area after...

If anyone is interesting in adopting one of the following trails please contact me. I am the volunteer adopter coordinator for the Pemi Ranger District in the WMNF. I can provide further details to anyone who is interested. 3 Ponds Ammonoosuc Ravine...

Numerous blowdowns on Crawford Path and a few on Webster Jackson. Most are now gone. Trail reroutes brushed in where necessary. All trails broken out, but snowshoes useful between the peaks. Both summits quite icy making some kind of traction aid helpful. Giff, Sarah and Mike

Wore microspikes from the car although there were a few bare spots in the first 1/2 mile. Brook crossings no issue but boots should be waterproof if you want to keep your feet dry. We ascended south. Coming down south would have required crampons or at least some very deliberate tree to tree...

A few bare spots down low other than that good firm snow with little evidence of prior post holing. Wore micro-spikes until we hit the snow fields where I opted for crampons. Sarah stayed with her Hillsound crampons, a slightly beefier version of micro-spikes. Great day with little wind and...

Trails all hard backed snow with a few spots of ice on the steeps. No open water. Wore micro-spikes from the car. About one inch of fresh snow on the ridge. Trees on the ridge still covered with ice from some past event.

Bare ground showing up on 19 mile brook before junction with Carter Dome trail and on lower part of 19 mile brook. Other than that it was all hard packed snow. Monorail help up well. Wore microspikes all day (Note: Sarah switched to crampons coming off of Mt. Hight. I was actually demoing a...

Last fall I started a thread asking if people were interested in volunteering to do trail work. The thread generated a lot of noise and some real interest. I closed out the thread by saying that I would get back to people in the spring. I know there is much snow on the trails at this point...