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So this might seem a little crazy to some, but I was wondering if anyone here had any experience sharpening their snowshoe crampons, particularly the MSR Lightning Ascent style crampons. I noticed towards the latter part of last winter that I was no longer getting the traction I recalled...

I know this has been brought up in the past, I was just wondering if there was any new (as in, say, post-Irene) information about hitting Mendon and continuing to the L.T. for Killington/Pico. Sounds like the 3rd carin (if it is still there?) a touch over 1/2 mile above the first on the logging...

Specifically looking at the stretch between the bridge near the Moriah Brook Trail (not the one that is closed at the North end of Highwater) and the junctions with the Black Angel Trail. The book makes mention of several crossings, a couple on each trail, that could be tricky in this ~2.5-mile...

Had a number of people drop out, so we now have a small group doing the traverse. Leaving LinWood at 5AM, boots on trail at Zealand Road basically as soon as we get there (before 6AM). Targeting 12-13 hours, but conditions will dictate the ultimate pace. These are the final 4 for my W4K so I...

2-3-12 Trail Conditions: Hard, crusty snow conditions most of the way, even off-trail there was no postholing. Thin snow cover overall (some spots on Black Pond Trail were bare ground). No problems of note to Black Pond, meandered a little before finding the old, lower bushwhack route right to...