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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

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

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.

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.

just curious is there any possible winter backpacking in the ossippe mts. I keep hearing about them and would like to pay a visit in the near future I am an avid winter backpacker and rarely get out on day trips. I like to do loop type hikes when possible. any suggestions would be greatly...

anybody know what the big foundation next to the small house on sawyer river road used to be. i know that there used to be a logging railroad that ran in there didn't know if the remains had something to do with that.

doing vose spur and nancy this weekend was wondering if I should bother with traction aids or not given the predicted warmer temps. any advise would be great!

planning on hiking vose spur and was wondering what would be the quickest way to carrigan from vose spur. would it be quicker to bushwack from one summit to the next or come back down vose and up carrigan via signal ridge.plan is to hike to the base of vose on friday night and ad least bag vose...