Search results

I considered writing this immediately after the event, but I wasn't sure I should. This seems like the best forum so here goes..... I have been hiking most of my life from Boy Scouts until now. I have hiked all over the world, solo and in groups, winter and summer. I have made some bad hiking...

Broke trail through less than 1 foot of snow. Moved a couple of small blowdowns and there were no major ones. The trail was well marked with wooden signs and signs prohibiting ATV's and snowmobiles (unlike in past years) so the trail was unconsolidated.

Summer route is still open. Tuckerman ravine trial to the shelters is snowy with ice underneath. Lions head was snowy with bare ice along the head....winds were blowing and taking any snow over the edge into the ravine. Tucks up to the summit was deep snow alternating with 1 inch of glazed ice...

Frozen ground throughout, but the previous rains and wet ground have produced frozen and crystallized structures that break down under weight. While not difficult to walk on, occasional "postholes" can lead to turned ankles. Also many sections of the trail are frozen waterways and traction or...

Hoofed the trail and back from Route 20 in Sudbury through Callaghan State Park. Blazing was great from Route 20 until crossing over to Gibbs Hill in Callaghan and then nothing until the backside of the Hill...odd, but not hard to follow the trail and pick it up again. Path was well cleared...

Redlined all of the trails in the Park. no blowdowns and trail was frozen, but mostly dry everywhere despite the recent rains. Nice views of the Mass Pike at the South End; a little quieter and nice views from the overlooks.

edit: "Uhhhh looks like I oopsed here. The hike was in the Birch Hill Wildlife Management Area, which is near Otter River, but not the same....all of the comments still apply though" Trails looked pretty good, wet of course because it was raining but not muddy. The North East trails were a bit...

Foliage has turned (no surprise). Trails were still in good shape depite all the rain (very little mud). Bushwhacked the beaver ponds over to Little Wachusett. Momma and Baby Moose were in there somewhere. Surprising amount of bear poop too.

Trails had some water which is mostly frozen up high. Streams were all easily crossable. It was cold with just dustings of snow at the summit.

Trail was in good shape and mostly dry from Sterling (SouthWest of the Heywood Reservoir) up to South Monoosnoc Hill. The special item of note is the forest area just North of Wachusett St. is being logged and the trail and it's blazes have been obliterated for a few hundred yards. If you...

So I'm in the Pemi, a ways Down the Cedar Brook Trail not all that far from the Wilderness Trail and I find a logging road or rail line in the woods not on the trail. I spotted it in the dark and sure enough in the morning, there it was clearly distinct. It eventually becomes part of the Cedar...

Wandered about the Pemi and started at Hancock Notch Trail. Very little snow down low and and the trail dried up somewhat during the day, but had significant mud spots. Cedar Brook Trail was pretty reasonable with very little snow. Wilderness Trail between Cedar Brook and Desolation Trail was...

Construction on the auto roads on Wachusett are not preventing crossing, but the construction noise eliminates the wilderness feeling. Trails were all clear and dry. Also noticed that the mileage to the summit from the border of the Audobon property reads 2.5 miles, which is way to high...

This is the second conditions report for this hike in 2 weeks, but I thought I'd update a couple of things: The foliage is well past prime now...most of the maples are leaf free, oaks are still green in some cases. The Spindle Hill section is completely impassable after the first 1/4 mile into...

Foliage in great color, still not much on the ground yet. Trail was dry, but the stream crossing bridges are starting to decay a bit; leaving the choice of over (and maybe in) or through the water. Blue blazes seem to have been recently refreshed.

Trail is marked over the entire length, but the blazes change from yellow squares to yellow circles and sometimes to little signs that say Tully Trail. Most of the trail was dry and reasonably marked, but the section on the logging road in the Northeast section was poorly marked (and thus I...

10 Mile loop with 2.5 miles of road walk. The trails are reasonably marked and generally well maintained. The biggest problem was following the trail in sections that were sparsely marked where many other old roads and herd paths intersected. The section called Spindle Hill was poorly marked...

End-to-end and back just for the fun of it (and training for other trips). Some online sites claim this is 11 miles end-to-end and I have seen as low as 6 miles cited. I would guess 9 miles based upon my hiking time. The trail is well marked, except oddly, at the end at near the Samoset School...

Hiked the Midstate Trail and the abandoned roads from Spencer Rd. down to the South end of Browning Pond. The trail was in nice shape with no significant blowdowns. Mostly very dry trail too...only getting some mud down closer to the pond. The bugs (black flies and mosquitos) were fierce. I...

Bennet Street Trail to the Gleason Trail and back on to Bennet Street to Flat Pond Trail then around the Pond and up to Lost Pass. Returned via Flat Pond (with a bushwhack to eliminate the big loop around the river) then back all the way on Bennett Street Trail. The summit of Sandwich Dome had...