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Mt Lafayette via Greenleaf Tr. 2016-03-12 It is now Spring. Note: Greenleaf Tr above Eagle Pass is a frozen waterfall and use of full crampons is highly recommended. Although the summit cone of Liberty may be mostly ice-free, the various approaches through the woods are probably not...

Zealand Mtn (from route 302 via Zealand Rd & Zealand Tr). 2016-02-27. Date of Hike: 2016-02-27 Trail Conditions: Zealand Road: 2-3” fresh snow down low. Barebooted. Bunch of that snow melted during the day. Zealand Tr: 2-3” fresh snow over ice. Spikes worked well. Twinway: Icy on the...

Bondcliff, Bond, West Bond from Lincoln Woods. 2016-02-15 Date of Hike: 2016-02-15 Recommended: Light traction. Snowshoes for the high wooded elevations were useful. Lincoln Woods is extremely well-packed. Bondcliff Trail is packed. I bare-booted til I hit the steeper section coming away...

2016-01-02 Willey Range: Avalon, Field, Willey, Tom Date of Hike: 2016-01-02 Trail Conditions: Pretty easy right now. There is enough snow over the lower ice layers to make for easy travel. There is not much snow, but there is full cover with some rocks sticking through. The snow on the ridge...

Wildcats. 18 march 2013 Conditions/Equipment: Went up D Pk from Ski area, after getting $10 trail pass, via Stray Cat and Polecat trails.Trail to D Pk from chairlift was very hardpacked from much trafffic. when I returned I came down the alternate which had much less traffic and was much...

Mt Hale via Fire Wardens Trail. 17 March 2013 Conditions Parking ok along road. Connector to North Twin TH hard packed. North Twin Trail packed snow. Trail stays to left side of Little River at first crossing. FW is a ski trail to the summit. Lots of side ski trails too through the glades. From...

Mt Jefferson & Mt Washington (Jewell & Gulfside). 10 March 2013. With the rain forecast for Tuesday, this report may not apply for too long. Trail Conditions: Jewell Tr: packed snow and in great shape Trails on Clay, Jefferson, Washington (Jefferson shortcut and Gulfside): packed...

North & South Kinsman via Lonesome Lake and Fishin Jimmy, 3 Feb 2013 Trail conditions: Lonesome lake - packed sidewalk of ice with 1" fresh snow Fishin Jimmy - Ice, ice, ice. 1" fresh snow atop the ice down low, 2" higher up Kinsman Ridge - packed snow, ice, couple inches fresh snow over...

San Jacinto Mtns, Southern California (June 2012) Spent 4 days in the San Jacinto Mtns in Southern CA, in mid-June (16-19). They're about a 2.5-3 hr drive east of LA. San Jacinto Pk (10,804 ft) is the highest point in the large mountain massif that towers above Palm Springs. It clocks in with...

Adams / Madison via Valley Way (17 Mar 2012) Trail Conditions: Minimal snow in woods down low. Valley Way icy monorail from lot, w/ some mud. Transitions to slushy snow about where Beechwoodway comes in. Stream crossings open but easy. Higher up, streams can be heard rushing under the...

Found an earring on the trail on the way up Carrigain. If it's yours and you're bummed to have lost it, PM me. Didn't weight much, so I brought it home.

Mt. Carrigain via Sawyer River Rd and Signal Ridge Tr. 11 March 2012. Slushy snow to the junction, then soft snow on the ascent. I used snowshoes the entire time. Didn't see many people, but those that were out seemed to be barebooting, sometimes switching to snowshoes for stretches. Stream...

Cannon and Northeast Cannonball via Lonesome Lake and Kinsman Ridge (29 Jan 2012) Trail Conditions: 3/4" fresh snow over hard crust over deeper snow (all the way to the summits). Packed highway to Lonesome Lake. Narrower track up to the col. Steeps on Kinsman Ridge were steep w/ ice, but enough...

Mts Liberty and Flume via Liberty Spring and Franconia Ridge Trails (8 Jan 2012) Trail Conditions: Lots of ice at the beginning, ice floes in the middle of the trail to somewhere above the jct w/ Liberty Spring Trail. Stream crossings were easy. At some point, there were a couple inches of new...

Back in May, I went to the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway and climbed some mountains. Taken me a long while to share, but hopefully it's better late than never... The Lofotens are north of the Arctic circle, and mid-May was on the cusp of late Winter to early Spring. I spent 4 nights in...

I'm going to be spending a week hiking in Colorado later this summer. I've never been there. Does anyone have any recommendations for hiking maps? Do any stand out above the others? Is there a nice cohesive set like the AMC White Mtn maps? Thanks.

North Twin from Little River Rd Date: Wed 2/23/2011 Conditions: N Twin Trail well-packed w/ ~2" fresh snow over. Snow bridges in good shape on the river. A little drifting up on the shoulder near the summit. And a little ice on the exposed rocks at the viewpoint. Otherwise, snow, snow, snow...

South Twin and Galehead (Gale River & Twinway) Date of Hike: Wed 12/16/2011 Trail Conditions: Gale River Tr was well packed, crusty to ~2500', then 1-2" fresh snow to 3-5" higher w/ drifting after the jct w/ Garfield Ridge Tr. Lovely snow starting at ~3000'. Twinway was completely drifted in...

Lincoln and Lafayette loop. 5/16/2010 Trails: Falling Waters - Franconia Ridge - Greenleaf - Old Bridle Path Patchy slushy snow in the trail and woods starting at ~4000'. No snow/ice above timberline. Falling Waters was a mixture of conditions: dry, damp, muddy, and sometimes a stream...

New Ipswich and Barrett Mtns (NB: Wapack Trail rerouted through Windblown), Spring 2010 The Wapack Trail has been re-routed through Windblown, effective for the section from rte 124 to the trail jct just above the top of the Open Slope. The trail no longer goes over Stony Top through...