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July 5th 2009 Parking lot to herd path easy going with several ankle deep muddy sections. Trail wet after 6 straight days of rain. Heard path wet and muddy with some calf deep section going up Emmons and Seward. Paths easy and fun to follow with minimum blow down. Black flies out in afternoon...

July 4th 2009 From parking lot to herd path easy going though with many long muddy sections as this was day six of six straight days of rain. Mud usually ankle deep so it is easy to walk straight through the middle. 46 er flagged herd path muddy and very wet often with flowing water. Path easy...

Loj to trail junction mostly dry then trail becomes wet after first few hundred yards, as it starts to climb. Plenty of stable rocks and roots for secure footing at the more muddy sections. Snow starts just before waterfall and continues up to first cairn. Yak tracks got me up but I would have...

Mostly dry from the Loj to Marcy Dam. Wet and a bit muddy onwards to phelps trail junction. Stream can easily be rock hopped. Phelps trail very wet. No snow exect for a brief (100 yds or so) spell on a flat trail section roughly halfway through the climb. Crampons definetly not needed if temps...

I usually winter day hike solo . Thinking also of using leantos more to save weight when solo camping. I am thinking of getting a bivy. It could be a useful emergency tool and a lightweight alternative to a fully occupied leanto or double as a sleeping bag cover in the leanto under windy...

Iroquios, marshall, skylight and gray on the possibles list.

Any techniques for keeping the bulky beast readily accessible but out of your way and out of harms way if you take a tumble? :confused: Thanks

Thinking of camping in the Colden lake Flowed lands area and going for a few last winter 20004/05 peaks. I have always managed to camp away from popular areas and always in a tent. Considering using a leanto to save weight. Is it standard practice to leave ones belongings (sleeping bag and other...

My gps base map could be more accurate. The benchmarks are fine but most anything else on the map is suspect. It is mostly unused during a hike but is pulled out for some critical route finding decisions. I still need and use the paper map and magnetic compass. On a difficult bushwhack...

My biggest judgment calls often involve the discision to 'brave' high winds above tree line to reach a summit. My concern is not cold injuries, I have clothing for that. My fear are more basic, that of either being blown off the mountain or being knocked down and away with sufficient...

Food is fuel. Pre hike I would have a sinfully large fat rich breakfast designed to give me energy later in the day. It seemed to work. I would return from long hikes at a faster than starting pace. Time to check my cholesterol. Hiking with my hands in my pockets. At temps above zero I would...

I weigh about 230 lbs with my winter day pack, clothes and gear. I wear my MSRs' without the tails. Fine on the flats but turn the tips upwards and step off the trail there are many spruce traps. Does anyone have an opinion on the tails, especially their effect on balance and handling...

Hi gang Thinking of hiking Cliff and Redfield on tuesday then Allen on wednesday. These are new peaks for me and would put me in the home stretch for the 46. Through this board I have learned of a winter approach to Cliff from the west. I would be packing in from the Loj. I have three...

was in the EMS in lake Placid on tue. The manager said that they had three remaining pairs of these boots on clearence for $139.99. She was not sure of the sizes but sugested 5.5, 7.5, and 9.5.

Left the HPIC trailhead a bit after 9.30 under clear skies and just over zero degree temperatures. The Van Hovenburg trail was completely snow covered and packed down all the way to tree line. My first people sighting was at Marcy dam, a group of skiers who tagged me to take their photos. Four...

Left the Loj and signed the register at 10.45. The packed Old Nye trail was easygoing to the Brook. Just beyond heart Lake property ran into the only person I would meet before Street. He was on his way back after a 7.30 a.m start. That’s fast. Indian pass brook was completely frozen over. And...

Path packed solid to avalanche camp then less packed to Lake Arnold and somewhat loose up the steeper Porter Trail. I just love this latter trail with some of the trail markers at ankle height just above the snow. Met a father and two teenage sons descending from the East slide approach, then...

Easy navigating on the very packed Van Hovenburg trail. The trail up Phelps was loose at points with occasional breakthroughs if one stepped to wide. Very deep snow and reasonable winds accompanied the fantastic view from the top. Only about 35 square yards of the rocky ledge was not covered...

I was part of the Winter Mountaineering School weekend group of nine that climbed Algonquin that day. Early forecast had called for a high somewhere near zero (either –6 or plus 6) so there was some relief when the high was revised upwards. Still it was still below zero when we started out at...