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5/11/2019- Lollipop loop via Silver Lake trail and Silver Lake Loop trails. Trails mostly dry, no snow anywhere, no ice on the lake. Comments- lots of wildflowers out at the moment. Painted trilium along western shore of the loop trail, bellwort, trout lillies and hepatica along other areas...

Recommendations for places to relocate to with my fiancée, possibly out West. We are avid day-hikers with mild interest in backpacking but also kayaking, running etc. Ideal most important attributes of new locale: Lots of great day hiking (not all exposed) within 1-2 hours drive. Reasonable...

Trail Conditions: First .5 miles of Lonesome Lake trail was 2" of snow +/- on wet leaves, no traction needed. Snow cover gradually increased on the way up with some limited icy sections. We "broke trail" on the dodge cutoff (3-4" of powder on top of a not-quite-frozen-yet mud foot bed). The snow...

August 15-17, 2014: Trail Conditions: Dix trail was wide and wet up to Slide brook lean-to, narrower and wet to Lillian brook lean-to and a bit rough in general (elevation change and mileage don’t quite do it justice). Dix via Beckhorn was at times a fairly steep and at times fairly wet...

September 13, 2014: Trail Conditions: The marked trail along the northern shore of Heart Lake was practically level and in very good shape. The first half a mile or so of the herdpath "Old Nye ski trail" was very easy to find and was easy good footing on the 200' descent to the river bank...

Hello, I'm looking ahead to a weekend in August (15th through 17th) as a possible weekend backpacking/ peakbagging adventure in the High Peaks. My bride-to-be and I have a fair bit of local hiking experience but limited backpacking and bushwhacking experience. I'm looking for some ideas of...

Over the past month or so, I've been exploring and mapping the trails in Essex and Colchester VT in the areas around Indian Brook Reservoir and Colchester Pond. Indian Brook Conservation Area is owned by the Town of Essex. There is a main trail that loops around the reservoir that is well...