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Thanks for the replies. Iwas wondering if the slabs are continious from the rope on up or if it is more of a bushwack. The slide climbs I've done in the adks are usually brutal wacks before and after but the rock is usually pretty clean. Iwas hopeful that this is not the case for Percy as I...

Last weekend I climbed North Percy peak in northern NH and while doing so discovered what looks to be a slide climb going up the western face of the mountain. I was wondering if anybody has done this route and if it is part of the loop trail as signed just before you come out of the trees at the...

Well I guess that all the ADK's are getting wet this spring. I don't know if just being wet is enough to trigger widespread slide activity. A fellow VFTT member once told me that the heavy rains had to come after a prolonged dry spell for slides to occur. Something about the roots shrinking away...

Just wondering if anyone has observed new or additional slide activity recently. The Ticonderoga area has been hammered with rain the past few days and the Northway was washed out. The southern ADK's have been getting the worst of all this rain and possible new slide candidates could be the...

camping at snowy Hey, I was wondering what sort of camping is availble in the Snowy Mt. area. I have an old topo of the area and it shows a bunch of campsites along the shore of the lake. I was curious if they are first come first serve or if they need to be reserved and through who? Also are...

Well I knew the posting issue is complicated. In Vermont I believe that if the land is not posted you do not need permission to cross that land. Different uses ( hunting with a stand, atv use ) require landowner approval but for the most part unposted land is open land. As for where I was the...

what about randonee It must be that everybody here is a minimualist. No one has mentioned AT set-ups.I have used various Alpine Touring equipment for the last 15 years and the improvements in touring ability, weight, and downhill capabilities has been amazing. The light stuff is great for...

I would prefer this location remain nameless until I can speak to the owner. The posting could be only a result of the possibly new owners being against hunting and accesing the land will be fine for hiking but untill I find out it is probably best left unnamed. Sorry.

This thread will probably get mixed responses but this past weekend a friend and I went out for a bushwhack on one of my favorite northern Vt. mountains. This ridgeline route winds up through beautiful open hardwoods into a birch glen and onto open ledges with phenomenal views. The route tops...

left at the fork I also have been up Bottle few times, once in summer twice in winter. Great slide fills in nice on climbers right with good snowfall. The problem is that it is very easy to miss the entrance. If you follow Roaring bk look for a small flat area about 3/4 mile from where you left...

elk lake blowdown I did get over that way after the blowdown event and it was a mess but it is only a natural process that has occured time and time again. I just figure that if we are going to get hit by tropical systems we might as well reap some reward dont you think

new slides maybe? I seem to remember that Floyd and Hugo both caused extensive slide activity. Sounds sick but I hope both these new systems hammer us. We need all the new ski terrain we can get. Of course hoping that no one is in the way when it happens.

Thanks Pete for the info on the dynamics of adks slides. I've always assumes that most slides occur from saturation. the only slides we see in Vermont are from this process. I can imagine the roots of the beloved cripplebrush trying to ration available water to the main stem much the same way...

I was wondering if with all this rain this summer if any body out there has noticed any new slides opening up. I live in the Burlington Vt. area and we have had more than twice the normal rainfall this July. It also has seemed to me that most of the really heavy rains have fallen to the...

I am heading up to the Gaspe next week and was wondering if anybody has been recently. I will be looking to do some skiing so info on snow conditions would be great. I have been monitering their park and avy websites but some firsthand is always better. Snow has held up well at the higher...

It seems eveyone talks about the added risk and that may be true but as an avid backcountry skiier what about the snow. With fresh snow every landscape becomes brand new, every slope a first descent be it in the woods of Vermont (which do hold countless firsts to be had), the slides in the ADKS...

Thanks for the info. Sounds like if people are skiing it the time to go is now. I have skiied Bennie' brook and was on True north a week ago Sunday. Is there anyplace you can get view of the slides proir to actually climbing them, the Adk's slides have been sketchy this year and Basin looks to...

I've recently seen some pictures of Basin in winter and the slides are very impressive. Does anybody know what aspect of the mtn they are on ( it looks from the photo to be north). I'm not familar with the mtn. so any info on approaches to these slides and an indication or opinion on whether or...

Sorry can't say for the Loj area but was up at Gothics last weekend and conditions were good. Probably a foot on top of the usual ice base, very doable. I was in the Green mtns. this weekend and if our mtns are any indication things only are better. If you go let us know what you come across.

Hi, I was hoping to get some info on weather in the High Peaks this past weekend. I,m from northern VT. and we missed the rain. I was hoping that the ADK,s missed it too. I have vacation this week and was going to do some BC skiing either in the John's Brook valley or maybe in the Spotted Mtn./...