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My suggestion would be to start on the west side, at the trailhead for the Hopper and Money Brook Trails. I'd take the Money Brook trail all the way to where it crosses Notch Road, turn right on Old Summit Rd trail which ends at the AT just south of Mt. Williams.Then turn right (south) on the...

When I was growing up we loved to hike up to Sunfish Pond from the Delaware Water Gap. I think this link should get you to a map of this hike and many others in the area probably referenced in the detailed previous post. We also loved to hike in Ricketts Glen State Park which is about 20 miles...

Great trip report and pictures. Congratulations on an excellent accomplishment. Funny, I don't mind steep ups that much, but that one shot of Jenn downclimbing on the solid ice with her crampons gave me the willies a bit, just kept thinking about the consequences of a slip... I know it wasn't...

Jess, Nice pictures and trip report. You seem to keep your cool pretty well dealing with the uncertainties and difficulties of a solo backpack/bushwack when you also know that you're completely on your own with very little likelihood of running into anyone. I give you a lot of credit for that...

I think the Greylock road is too gradual for snowshoeing, and with all sorts of great trail options for the 'shoes I would opt for them. Now, xcountry skiing is another thing. I've never done it there but I think that would work pretty well. But I also think it gets some heavy snowmobile...

I personally prefer the trails in the Money Brook and Hopper area. You can also go over Prospect Mt. first and then swing over to Williams, Fitch and Greylock. The Hopper is a very cool forested ravine on the Western flank of the mountain. Hard to imagine someone wanting to walk up the...

The advice to use the unmarked side trail west of the AT over to Mt. Washington Road is good. And note the comment that you cross the Mass border just to the north of the junction with this trail and just before you get to Paradise Lane. I'm not sure I understand your plans for getting back...

Here's another link with lots of good ideas about Western Mass, Western CT hikes.

This post has lots of good info. From a runners perspective, the best loop is up the Undermountain Trail to the AT to the Summit of Bear, down the north side, right turn on Paradise Lane and back down Undermountain. You can run almost all of this, except for a couple pretty steep spots on the...

First time back up in northwest CT in three months. Got the usual early start so I saw no one on the Undermountain and AT up to Bear, just one very quiet, solitary woman reading a book on the summit. Headed down the Bee Line and was struck by how filled in it was witih brush at the top, very...

Tom, The summit area of Equinox is, as you described, a mixed bag. Nice views but lots of unnatural stuff. I almost always make a quick stop there, then head straight north along the very short summit ridge for about 1/4 mile or so to "Lookout point" (or is it "rock"). You go past a...

Reading the post on the bear encounter on Cannon Mt. prompted me to report a close encounter I had last week in Connecticut. And it was actually in an area surrounded by suburban develoment. Early one evening I was running down the paved access road to the trails to the Heublein Tower in...

Very much agree with Kevin, the hike outlined is a very very ambitious one. Also, as I think was mentioned, people often avoid planning to go down 6 Husbands. But, if you wanted to stick with an ambitious hike that is less extreme, I would suggest going up the Great Gulf Trail and up Six...

I wouldn't bypass the Subway. It's one of the most unique and cool features of a trail in the White Mountains. It gets a little picky in spots, but it's great fun. One of the most spectacular views in the White Mountains is looking back into King Ravine from the Gateway at the top. There...

Congratulations on an excellent accomplishment! I did the race back in 1991 and will never forget it. It's one of those type of experiences that you don't really have an appreciation of how tough it really is until you actually get out there and that hill just keeps coming at you relentlessly...

I'm with the "just come out and ask" approach. Sometimes, I may modify and say: do you use online hiking sites? and then zero in on VFFT if they say yes. But a month or so ago I just came out and asked about VFFT and what do you know, it was Jay H and Funky Freddy on Mt. Race. Basically, I...

Here the link: Lost Climbers in Alaska Very sad story.

Thought this trip report was particularly thrilling. Amazing pictures, good story, and certainly a pretty over-the-top accomplishment. But the only thing I wondered about was how many of these types of pretty extreme ski mountaineers don't make it on one of these type of solo adventures...

Question: Is this something I can do to view Webshots album links people post up on the board for me/us to view? That is, if someone uses Webshots to put together a set of pictures, do I have an alternative choice of how I view those pictures once I click on the link and Webshots opens? (I've...