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  1. The Hikers

    Bushwack from Carrigain to Vose Spur

    We are in the mode ,lately, of doing over mountains, but from a different trail/direction. Wondering how the BW from Carrigain to Vose Spur is these days. We did it from Carrigain Notch last time.
  2. The Hikers

    Some unusual activity in the Ossipees

    Friday we headed out to the Ossipees to climb Bayle, Sentinel and other small mountains we hadn't visited yet. Not too far from the trailhead for Bayle we came across what I still think is the stupidest sign I have seen on a hike, but it was to gain importance before our hikes were over...
  3. The Hikers

    Whiteface (belknap) and Piper Question

    We are planning a West to East and back traverse of some of the Belknaps for Friday. Lacking a trail map I am asking if there is a way from Whiteface to Round Pond without going over Piper. We are looking at 15 miles and over 4000 ft gain if we include Piper on our route.
  4. The Hikers

    Revisit to Mt Willey

    Lately we have been doing some old favorites and it turns out we are going through most of the 48 a second or third time. We decided we'd go for Willey and Field. I couldn't remember when we did Willey, so I looked it up on our list. October 6, 2002 !! We remembered it as a tough hike, but our...
  5. The Hikers

    Flag on Adams

    Caught some VFtt's putting up the flag on Adams A beautiful day and we felt privileged to be there for the raising of the flag
  6. The Hikers

    Water at Madison Springs Hut

    We are heading for Adams tomorrow via Valley way, the Madison Hut , and return by Air Line. We like to lessen our burden by refilling water at the hut, but I see they have already closed. Is there an outside source to the spring?
  7. The Hikers

    ADK Great Range 8-26-2010

    We have been bringing the pop-up out to Lake Placid, and collecting ADK's from the Loj. We decided that this time we'd book a couple of days at the John's Brook Lodge, and go for the Great Range traverse. So Wednesday afternoon we arrived at "the garden" where we got a real good parking spot...
  8. The Hikers

    Not on our list: Lethe

    Looking for a good hike on Tuesday we decided we'd visit the Imp Face. Years back, while bagging the Carters, we decended by the southern loop of the Imp Trail, missing The Face.The guide said great views from there, so it was a date. To make the hike worthwhile, we decided we would add a hike...
  9. The Hikers

    A week in the ADK's

    We headed out early Tuesday morning for a much-awaited week of hiking in the Adirondacks. We spent two separate weeks there last year, collecting ten of the 46R's.We had a list of eight that we hoped to check off on this trip with any luck. We arrived at Whispering Pines and spent the usual hour...
  10. The Hikers

    Black and Blue......berry

    4th of July found us headed for the Benton Range to check out a couple more WAV's. About .7 up Lime Kiln Road we found the traihead for Black. We dutifully unloaded any unnecessary items from our packs to lighten them ,knowing it was going to be a pretty warm day. After the initial start for...
  11. The Hikers

    Eastman Mountain 7-2-2010

    We headed up into Evans notch to check out Eastman, another on the 52WAV list. We parked at the traihead for the Baldfaces, set out on the baldface circle trail, taking the left or clockwise route. Soon we came across the junction for the Slippery Brook Trail which bears left from the Circle...
  12. The Hikers

    Percy and Sugarloaf June 15-16

    Joyce had been bringing up the Percys many times in the past,since she kept reading about spectacular views, but I had always reminded her of the distance involved from our home to the trailhead. It would require a stay-over up in the north country to do them properly. So finally we made time...
  13. The Hikers

    Three Mountains with Great Views

    We set out 0n Friday to visit a few more from the 52 WAV list. Our first stop was at the Crawford Depot. We crossd the tracks, headed out on the Avalon, took a quick left and got on the trail for Willard. It was immediately evident that this is a well-used trail. It climbs gradually on an old...
  14. The Hikers

    Square Ledge 6-11-2010

    At one time or another, we had hit most of the trails out of Ferncroft, but had never actually gone to Square Ledge.We thought it was time to check out another from the 52WAV list and see what we had been missing. We made good time up the Old Mast Road to the four way, getting there in about an...
  15. The Hikers

    Double--uhh--Triple-Header

    Last Friday was another good hiking day, so we headed out with the plan of checking out a couple of 52WAV's in the Jackson area. Our first stop was at the "New Trail" traihead for north and south Doublehead. We had read that the best loop would be to ascend by this trail and decend by the ski...
  16. The Hikers

    Wolf in Wolf's Clothing

    We have found some new mountains that we wouldn't have enjoyed ,if not for the 52WAV list. Last Friday we got a head start on the Memorial day weekend by heading up the AT from 112 across from the Beaver Brook Trailhead with Wolf as a destination. The AT starts up STEEPLY right away until it...
  17. The Hikers

    Black Flies Win the Day

    Well, I hate to start a report with a title like that, but that darned N.H. Sate Bird, the Blackfly, really got to us yesterday .(May 24, 2010). We started off about 8 :15 up the Rattle River Trail, which is also the AT, from Shelburne, headed for the Kenduseag Trail and Shelburne Moriah...
  18. The Hikers

    Make a Resolution not to skip this one!!

    Monday Morning (5-17-2010) found us in Bartlett village at the traihead for the Mt Langdon trail. Our plan was to hit Mt Parker and Mt Resolution, both of which offered good views on what was correctly forecast as a beautiful day. The Mt. Langdon Trail, for most of its length is an old logging...
  19. The Hikers

    A day in the Ossipees 5/11/2010

    Thinking back through the years we figure it was in the summer of1992 when we packed up the family and decided we would hike up to Mt. Shaw. Now I had an A.M. C White Mountain Guide book, which described the thunderbird trail, so we drove up to the trailhead and blissfully set out .Joyce and I...
  20. The Hikers

    The Piper and some marriage advice 4-20-2010

    Looking for the weekly hike and trying to keep the travelling distance down,we once again considered Chocorua. We'd been up twice in the last year,once on a nice warm and windless day, and once on snowshoes in a wind that threatened to blow me off the top.Both times we took the Hammond Trail...
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