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Too soon to start this year's? Or did I miss it elsewhere?

It's draped over the kiosk on Bangor St in Gorham.

Made the mistake of looking at some maps, and realized that the lookout/summit called "Mt Pemigewasset" or "Indian Head" (2557') isn't actually even the high point on that particular lump of rock. There's an unnamed 2614' lump about a mile north (east of Mud Pond). Anybody know if it has a...

Trail Conditions: Loop from Unknown Pond trailhead on York Pond Rd to Bunnell Notch Trailhead. Unknown Pond Trail: Many muddy areas, but most can be easily navigated. Managed to keep my feet dry. Most bridges and bog bridges are collapsed or close to it (I think one was in decent enough shape)...

Out-and-back to Mt Wolf with Twinkle-Toes, 8-3-2014 Trail Conditions: Reel Brook Trail has received a lot of rain recently, and has some wet and muddy spots. Most are easy to navigate on stepping stones or corduroy. All crossings easy (Reel Brook was actually lower today than it was back in...

Some of you may be interested in the WMNF Trailhead Steward program. It's an education/outreach progrsm they started this year. Might be to late to get involved this year, but if you contact them now, you could make sure you're on the notification list if they do it again next year. Information...

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They were on the ground next to the Kiosk Monday June 2nd.

A couple of years ago, I bought a Pentax Optio W80 camera to take with me hiking (after previously purchasing an Olympus waterproof camera that turned out to be a POS). My primary requirements were: waterproof, shock-resistant, compact, and cold-resistance. I do a fair amount of canoeing and...

Date of Hike: 5/24/2014 Trail Conditions: First trip of the spring, with a group of 3. Hiked the entire trail (2.9 miles) to the junction with the Kinsman Ridge/AT. All water crossings were easily rock-hoppable. Lower third of the trail is mainly dry, middle third has some wet areas, and upper...

The Old man is me, since the orginal fell down over a decade ago. The weather was looking pretty bad, with lots of summits in the clouds, temps just above freezing, gusty winds, and a mixture of rain, snow, sleet, and possible oobleck. I didn't want to skip a weekend of hiking, since I've had...

Rescue on Little Haystack-NHF&G insists that hiking solo is a "serious error". http://www.unionleader.com/article/20131212/NEWS07/131219682 "Sutmeier said Fielding made three serious errors: going off trail, hiking alone, and not checking the weather before starting out." Of these, 1 is...

Trail Conditions: Trail clear and dry at lower elevations, minor snow higher up. One easily avoided blowdown just above the top of the old lift. Since I got a late start, I decided turn around at Mittersill rather than proceed to Cannon. Special Equipment: none needed. Comments: Trail is not...

I recently took Giff up on his offer to adopt a trail, and I'm planning an excursion on the Reel Brook Trail on Sunday. This is primarily to survey conditions, but also to perform any brushing/blowdown/or waterbar maintenance that might be needed. Anyone who would like to tag along is welcome...

Some mud, generally easy to avoid. Trail is in excellent shape. Nice views of Lafayette from unmarked but obvious side trail shortly before the final ascent to the remains of the fire tower.

Light snow cover on trail. Used microspikes for the ascent, some icy spots. Coming down, I switched to hillsound TCPs since there were a few icy spots near the top that the microspikes weren't handling well. No need for snowshoes. Fabulous views from the summit area to the south and west...

Tramway parking area to summit. Thin snow on lower trail, with some ice. Started w/microspikes. Above 2300 ft, ice becomes thick and constant. Switched to Hill sound TCPs. Carried snowshoes but never needed them. The crampons were necessary. Saw one person w/o crampons, and was having a tough...

It appears from the various route descriptions that "everyone" who hikes Lafayette in winter uses Old Bridal Path and/or Falling Waters, and that Greenleaf and Skookumchuck are seldom used. I've hiked 3 out of 4 of these (except Skookumchuck) in the not-winter, and it would seem that Greenleaf...

Trail Conditions: trail clear for first 2 miles or so, then scattered snow, and some icy patches. Higher up, trail covered with ice in many places. Used light traction for upper half, to the Hut. Caught a spike on the way up the summit cone, and broke the rubber rand where on of the side chains...