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Date: 1-28-12 Route taken: ski trails up Sugarloaf, Sugarloaf spur trail, AT over Spaulding, Abraham side trail. Then backtrack... Conditions: From Sugarloaf's summit to Abraham, 6" to 18" of somewhat heavy powder, sometimes covered with a thin crust. Equipment needed: snowshoes mandatory...

All previous tracks (including those from the 12/31 group) were buried under 12-18" of fresh snow. I reopened it entirely (nice workout!). Trail is sometimes difficult to follow when it crosses the Kinsman Glades ski trail.

Some of you may remember my thread concerning Chocorua pictures. Meo's back again :o : somebody here has a good quality picture taken on either Crawford's summit (best choice), Stairs' summit or the Davis path between both? I got some, but they all show a fall foliage behind. As the article will...

Maybe I missed something, but I didn't read any fresh report of the Firewarden's trail on Bigelow. Do somebody know if the road to the summer trailhead is plowed? Would I be able to reach it with a front 2WD (Ford Focus)? Would following the AT be a better option at this time of year (I never...

Some of you may know it by now, I also write in an outdoor magazine based in Montreal, and I just wrote a paper concerning a Chocorua climb in fall. The problem is that I only have winter pictures on my own :( . So I wonder, do somebody here has a good quality picture taken on or near...

I searched the site for any infos about Saddleback (Me) in winter, and I found that it's possible to use a "trail" directly from the base station, starting at the ski area, called the "Hudson Highway". I just wonder if it's legal to climb it with snowshoes. Also, as I don't have a ski trails...

Ah, computers... I know I had collected a lot of infos on this loop and saved it in a Word document. Now that I'm ready to climb them, I can't find it :mad: It's not that bad, I remember a few of them, but if anyone can send me any hint (herdpaths, clues for an easy bushwack, clockwise or...

Be careful, a friend of mine went to the Imp trailhead Sunday morning and turned back when he saw 3 cars (3!) with smashed windows, including 2 Subarus. A cell phone was lying on the ground. Some of the cars were left untouched. What a pity... They say "don't leave your valuables in the car"...

Someone climbed Sugarloaf via binder trail? I received a message from their website saying that snowshoers are allowed to use the binder trail to reach the summit. But what exactly is the binder trail? Would that be the service road mentioned in the Maine Mountain Guide? Would that be the red...

I searched the forums, with no clear answers: could anybody give us advices about the South Crocker - Redington bushwack in winter? None of us did this particuliar bushwack in any season (but we all climbed these mountains before and did several other bushwacks prior to this one). How dense is...

Anyone has/had a Morton's neuroma in his foot? Morton's neuroma is a pinched nerve just under (between) the toes which, with time, produce a bulge on the nerve itself. When this permanent bulge is inflammated, it can become very painful. I'm stuck with it, it's painful right now, my winter...

Something happened on November 2nd, and it's not what you think ;) : I sprained my ankle (grade II). So I'm stucked at home since then, reading trip reports, and I'm almost on the verge of a nervous (or "hikeous") breakdown... My last hike took place in mid-october, and I probably won't hike...

Last weekend, we tried to follow the herdpath up Seward (the one that starts from the Ward brook truck trail). We forgot to cross the brook, so we lost the path somehow and ended up bushwacking on what I guess were the upper northeastern slopes. At around 4000' (I can't tell exactly where as I...

Hikers from Quebec, check out the september issue of Espaces, there's an article about peakbagging featuring several quotes from various members of VFTT.

This subject has already been covered a bit here, but not completely, so I'll ask differently. Most of you here are peakbaggers of some sort, following lists or not. I am too:D I'm writing an article in an outdoor mag about peakbagging, from a different angle than those I read yet. This is...

I read that there are canisters on both East and Middle Scar Ridge. Fine. But what about West Peak, the NE100 one? There are 2 knobs on that West Peak. The eastern one has a canister with "Scar ridge" written on it. It's the one you hit directly when you climb the ridge from the Kanc. But what...

The boot vs shoes thread reminded me a problem that I should take care of, so here it goes. I need midweight boots that stick well to rock slabs, as I enjoy scrambling and I intend to do some steep scrambles in the Rockies this summer. Last year I bought a pair of Kayland Contact 1700, the...

I just read on the Net something that could interest peakbaggers and mountaineers on this board: Patrick Berhault, a French alpinist who tried to break a new speed record for the Alp's 82 summits above 4000 meters, killed himself in the Mischabel group (a five-summit chunk of mountains in the...

Hello all I need advices from fellow experienced outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen. I'm writing a paper about the top ten innovations that revolutionized the outdoor sports world. Could be gear, apparel, technique, etc. For each, I must tell what we did before, how (and when/by whom) these...