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Yesterday morning we put our two Hornbecks on the car and headed to the Old Calf Pasture in Concord, MA. This is an easy put-in on the Concord River just below the confluence of the Sudbury and Assabet Rivers. The put-in area is wide and gravelly with ample parking on Lowell Road. There are...

Watatic loop via the Wapack and Mid-state trails Date of Hike: April 19, 2010 Trail Conditions: All trails in excellent condition with occasional mud in the section north of Nutting Hill. Special Equipment Required: nothing special needed. Comments: I do this as a counterclockwise loop going...

We took a nice paddle this afternoon. We put in on the Nashua River at Still River (Zip Code 01467 if you want to "Google" it). The put in is in the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, at the foot of Still River Depot Rd in Harvard, MA. We had decided to travel upstream (south) on the Nashua as...

Has anyone been on the Oswegatchie to High Falls recently? I have two questions-- 1. If we start early (7am) at Inlet, can we make it to the Falls and back as a day trip? 2. Does anyone have recent info on the extent of beaver activity and blowdowns that we would have to carry over? We'll...

Date of Hike: May 30, 2009 Trail Conditions: Perkins Clearing and Jessups River roads are open and passable (with care). Yellow trail and NPT trail are clear of blowdown, dry in some places and muddy in others. Special Equipment Required: Bug spray Comments: We went in to check out Spruce...

Has anyone been up Monadnock in the last week? I'm wondering how much ice/snow is left. Thanks Pat T

Date of Hike: 2.28.09 Trail Conditions: Trail was in good shape with everything from ice to snow to running water. Blowdown was minimal--most had been cleaned up by trail volunteers. Special Equipment Required: We used snowshoes. Others were barebooting but I would not recommend it. There...

The owners of Windblown XC Area have just sent an email out to patrons indicating that this is the last year they will be managing the area. As many of you may have read, they were very hard hit by the December ice storm and have only been able to open a fraction of their trails this year...

Windblown XC area was hard hit by the December ice storm. We had been following their recovery efforts on their website, http://windblownxc.com, and wanted to see for ourselves. They decided to open up a small portion of their groomed trails this weekend so we headed north to New Ipswich, NH...

Has anyone been up Monadnock lately? I'm wondering about how much ice there might be on the trails. Planning on hiking Nov. 11 and will bring appropriate cold weather gear and YakTraks. Thanks for any info. Pat T

Yesterday (8/31) was about as beautiful a day as we have seen all summer. We recently invested in a second Hornbeck and decided that our first trip would be on Lake George. We put in at the Northwest Bay Brook fishing access. The parking lot was almost full at 11 am. We only had about 4...

Blueberry Cobbles Date of Hike: 07-22-2008 Trail Conditions: only two trees across the trail--easy to get around. A little water in trail at times but mostly very nice walking. There were blueberries! Special Equipment Required: no -- bug dope if you want. Comments: Was looking forward to...

Date of Hike: Wednesday, April 23 Trail Conditions: Trail was mostly very dry with only a couple of wet spots that were easy to walk through. Special Equipment Required: None required. Comments: I went up Watatic via an old, unmaintained trail from Route 119. It was very steep and rocky...

Just read Bob K's Trail Conditions report on the great day he had skiing up and down the Whiteface (NY) toll road. I'm wondering if there are any similar opportunties in NE. We live in Massachusetts but I am much more familiar with hiking in the ADKs. I want to find some closer places to...

Have any of you outfitted your canoe for sailing? I'm wondering if any of you have plans for building this or if you know of a source of a reasonably priced sailing rig for a canoe. We have an old Royalex Mad River (I think it's 16') that we like to play around in. I know the basic...

Paul Jamieson, author, teacher, and environmentalist passed away this weekend. You can read more on the St. Lawrence University website. Those of us who love the Adirondack waterways owe much to him. He worked tirelessly to open historic canoe routes. His guidebook is a pleasure to read and...

Article reprinted below is from today's Worcester, MA, newspaper. Volunteers with chainsaw and brush/log moving experience are needed to help cleanup on the Tully Trail. The front that caused this damage moved through here around 6 pm Friday. It was impressive. Pat T...

Looking ahead to the summer, we are trying to plan a Henderson Lake to Duck Hole (ADKs) trip. We'll be taking a Hornbeck on this trip but have to get another canoe. We plan to do this as a day trip. Does anyone on this board have experience with the Placid Boatworks Spit Fire canoe? I...

http://www.earthslot.org/ Has anyone seen/used this website? Looks very interesting, with 3-D "flyovers" of glaciers, mountains, etc. Unfortunately, I'm using a MAC right now and can't do everything it offers. Pat T

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=403345&category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=9/28/2005 This morning's Albany Times-Union reports the death of Barbara McMartin. She was such a great voice for the Adirondacks, both in her writings about the history of the area and in her...