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Quick question has anyone hiked the captain from desolation.....i know some have done it from the logging roads off off sawyer river road and some have done it from the top of carrigan...was just wondering if approaching from desolation was possible. thanks in advance!

has anybody ever bushwhacked from the sleepers down thru lost pass to flat mt. pond ...what was the woods like... I.e. thick, open, was the terrain steep (doesn't look like it on the map).... any info would be much appreciated. Thanks

thanks guys for all the great input I have a pair of vasque not sure the model off the top of my head and they are a 13 i think i need to go to a 14 ...i am kind of a cheap skate and i think i need to bite the bullet and not worry about price as much and just buy a boot that fits. 80% of my...

was wondering if anybody knows of any particular brand of hiking boots that tend to run large. the problems i have are my big toes contact the front of my boots on steep descents and i end up getting black and blue toe nails and yes i trim my nails before every trip. i have in between a size 13...

anybody hiked the closed section of the rocky branch trail ..if so how bad is it any info on this trail would be much appreciated trhanks

Pretty sure that site is off limits because of over use years ago, and if you are still planning on heading in there the suspension bridge over the east branch of the pemi on the wilderness trail has been removed. Not sure how that crossing would be this time of the year!

dude those times are just plain SICK... nice job :)

absolutely SWEET pics:) as usual thanks for sharing!

thanks for the input roy i figured a whole weekend would be overkill but we may try and bag some other peaks while we are in the area.

looks like the livermore trail is the way to go... thanks for the input guys...happy trails!:) Caleb

Thinking of climbing mt kangamangus next weekend and would like to know what would be the best approach in the winter and we plan on leaving friday night and coming back on sunday...will this give us enough time and. Any info anybody has on this mt. would be much appreciated. Thanks, Caleb.

thanks guys:)

there was a fair amount of snow but the main reason for not finding the remains was we did not climb up the traditional way via the old tower road we bush wacked to what we thought was the summit from the nancy pond trail starting some where above nancy falls and this was after wacking anderson.

I was just wondering if anybody knows if the old fire tower on Mt bemis is on the true summit. The reason I ask Is that a couple years back when I hiked bemis I never found the remains of the old tower. We hiked it in the winter and we used a gps to find what we thought was the highest point...

I am in the market for a bivy sac and was thinking the bibler tripod bivy would suit my needs fairly well. anybody have any experience with this bivy. any pros or cons would be greatly apprecieted. Thanks.

planning on climbing the captain this weekend we are heading in sawyer river trail, snowmobile trail, logging roads to the base and then the bushwack. has anybody gone in this way and if so what was your experience, thick brush, water crossings, ect. Any input would be great thanks.

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nice pics and tr. I came down bemis with 50lb pack and 36in. snow shoes and yes it was the trail from hell.

i use a 0 deg. marmot synthetic all my hiking is done in fall and winter and i use a fleece liner during the dead of winter. The coldest i have been was around -20 but i was in a mountaineering tent. i was plenty warm enough but if you already have another bag then i would suggest if you plan...

sounds like i should get off my but and do a couple of day hikes.