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We decided to follow up the Pemi loop from several weeks back with a trip over the rock pile. Headed up Valley Way at 4:38am, hit the hut at 6:08 am. I had all my peak times recorded in my phone, and then for some reason they got wiped out! The weather was fantastic and the views were also...

I always laughed at myself at the prospect of doing this hike. Two years ago I was fat & out of shape. Last year I decided to train for and run a half marathon. Done. Then a marathon. Done 2x What's next you ask? How about a Pemi loop hike! I'd been on all the peaks, multiple times...

Anyone have any issues with sleeping in your car / truck at some of the more popular trailheads (with the USFS or local police)? Hoping to get an early start on an upcoming hike. thx all

I love to read well written trip reports but can't say that I have the patience to sit here and type out a story, so I will do my best. A friend and I took 4 days to jet to Colorado and see if we could bag a couple 14ers. As fate would have it, our car rental got screwed up (we didn't get our...

Anyone know if the local police / forest service (whoever has local jurisdiction) objects to hikers sleeping in their cars at a trailhead? I am planning an early start on a hike and hope to sack out in the car at the Appalacia trailhead. I'd rtather not discover at 2am that I need to move on...

Flying to Co to bag a couple of 14ers. I would like to carry everything on the plane, so I got to wondering what might be prohibited. Aside from the obvious (stove fuel, etc.) does anyone know if hiking poles might be prohibited from carry ons? Any info would be appreciated. J

Anyone out there know where the true summit is for Whiteface (NH). I was there yesterday and while the USGS marker is firmly planted on what I knew was considered the south summit (ledges), I thought I remembered the true summit being somewhere in the woods on the rollins trail. My friend had...

Ok, so I have been hiking in the winter for several years now, and one of the things I have not yet figured out is how to travel above treeline - where full face protection is necessary - and not have my glasses / goggles fog up, rendering me blind. Now, I know that I am not the only one on...

lost hiker And another lucky one found...

I just bought a new pair of all leather backpacking boots and am curious to know what you all use to protect the leather. Thanks

I am guessing that I am not the only hiker in VFTT land that has wide feet. Therefore, if you are reading this and you also have wide feet, you will understand my dilemma and also know that it's pretty difficult to find a lightweight shoe / boot that fits "off the rack". Have any of you had...

Hoping to get out tomorrow for a dayhike of Jefferson & Adams... Considering the current conditions, anyone have a route recommendation? I was thinking Lowe's path etc... Anyone been up there lately to know the current snow conditions? Thanks J

Wondering what you all use for a vapor barrier sock and where you got them from. It looks like all I can find is the neoprene variety and it looks bulky. Any advice would be appreciated.

I am in the market for a new rain shell and am soliciting opinions. I currently have a Marmot precip but am annoyed by the fact that the laminate is delaminating from the nylon at crease points. I'm looking into the MH Epic and others and wondered what you all have trail tested and have found...

Please join me in congratulating VTTToper on accomplishing the NH 48 yesterday! In recollection yesterday, I believe it took him 20 years to accomplish the list but he has worked hard on it for the past 3 years and deserves congratulations! Now, on to the trip report... The upper part of the...

Upon entering the Sanwich range wilderness on Saturday on a hiking path, I noticed a regulation on a sign that I hadn't seen before. The gist is: "camping is allowed at hardened sites OR 200 feet from a trail." This is the first time I have seen the concession for camping at a hardened site...

Looking to (dayhike) summit Jefferson via Great Gulf / Six Husbands trail and loop around to Washington and descend via great gulf to the parking area. Will this be a punishingly long day? Anyone have any practical knowledge of these trails? I heard that six husb is quite challenging... Any...

Aside from normal sweat, should gore-tex footwear ever wet through? I have had several pair of Gore-tex shoes and have never had this problem but I played golf last weekend with my TNF GTX-XCR trail runners and my feet were wet after 3 holes. EMS cust service wasn't much help (ie. Are you SURE...

So we all know that it is not within the rules of the 4k committee to use any type of wheeled or tracked vehicle to approach a peak via a trail. Does anyone know if it's within the rules to use a bicycle to approach the Trailhead if the forest service road has not yet been opened for the...

Question for those familiar with the Imp Shelter. I have been on that ridge before but never wandered down to check out the shelter. It appears that there is a stream near the shelter, but is it reliable? I am guessing if it EVER runs, it will be in April after several days of rain. Any...