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Hiked this trail from the downhill area to Daniels Notch yesterday. Anyone know where it heads after gaining the notch? Might be an interesing circle hike to take this trail through the notch, head south to intersect the LT, take the LT south back to Smuggs and return to your car at the base...

Four of us snowshoed (should have skied) up this mt. from the Overland Trail yesterday. Beautiful views of Mansfield and Sunset ridge. At the top we discovered a marked trail entering and exiting the summit, and an old summit register in a half liter bottle. Wondering where this trail begins?

I was poking around in the Breadloaf Wilderness and found a small plane wreck about .8 miles off the Long Trail along the NE ridge of Mt. Cleveland. The plane had been gutted but the superstructure was in tact. Hopefully the pilot survives.

Anyone lose some softshell clothing hiking Shawnee Peak recently? PM with and ID and we'll get it to you.

Hi folks, We are selling our home and may have to store our two -20 winter bags in a storage shed which is not mouse proof. Is this foolhardy? It is the time of year that mice our going outside but still.

Anyone done it? Thinking about skiing it and am wondering if the slide can be ascended directly from the bottom rather than what promises to be an unplesant bushwack from the side. I am partcularly concerned about any high angle ice as my party will not have that skillset.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I ordered a new jacket from these folks back in mid December with an expected ship date of 6 weeks out. Here it is mid Feb. and no jacket, no response to multple E-mails and telephone calls asking for status...

We would like to do some overnight camping/hiking in the Breadloaf area in Vt. just east of Middlebury. Can anyone tell us about trail heads such as the plowed end of the Lincoln Gap road, Middlebury Gap, or Rec. road 55 traveling west off 100? Is overnight winter parking pemitted at these...

Has anyone wacked to this peak or to the cols N or S of it from the East? TOPO shows a few trails/woods road following various streams which make up the headwaters of the Sunday River. Wondering if they are useable.

Found a set at the trailhead of the Centenial trail on North Road in Shelburne today 8/6. PM me to ID and I'll get em to ya.

Our customary summer physical activity is road riding, usually between 60 and 90 miles per week. My question was will this activity prepare us for the week long hiking vacation in Glacier we have scheduled for the second week in September. To investigate, we took a 6.5 mile hike to Old Speck on...

Thought the opportunity to ski this had passed this winter but perhaps not. Anyone doing the look care to characterize the snowpack on this slide before tomorrows snow?

Saturday I hiked to the Red Rock Brook drainage formed by South Twin, Guyot, and Bond in the Pemi. to asses the feasibility of skiing the numerous rock slides there. I went in with NH Mt. Hiker who knows the area well, having taken numerous 20 mile day hikes in the area. It took me about two...

Hiked to Old Speck today before watching the Patriots. What is with the two standard white AT blazes painted on an old red poly shirt wrapped around a tree close to the summit???

I would like to treat my wife to a birthday dinner in a nice secluded bc cabin in northern New England. (12/31) Heard about one in East Haven VT but couldn't find it. Something smaller than the DOC cabins would be nice. Any suggestions?

Yesterday work was slow so I took a couple of hours to rut around in Grafton Notch, Maine. Few black flies. Remarkable because I saw a fox, a moose, and a BEAR in the space of a two hour hike!

I am a member of a group planning to *sneak* one additional person in the Madeline Mines hut this spring--an action I am uncomfortable with for ethical (its wrong) and practical (we might not get away with it) reasons. Not interested in debating the concept here but was wondering if others have...

My wife wants new hiking boots after suffering with her Asolos for several years. She has a thin foot with moderately high arches and wants a solid mid weight boot. What are those of you with similar foot sizes happy, unhappy with? Thanks for the insights.

What do all you avid wackers think of a route up to the ridge (objective is the slide path between these peaks) beginning on the OBP, then following the ridge between the north and south branches of Walker Brook? As a skier, I am obviously looking for open terrain. What other suggestions might...

I am upgrading my emergency kit after reading *Deep Survival* by Gonzales. I have added a chemical fire starter, tinder and a small metal cup to obtain water and am now trying to lower the weight of the kit. I carry a posi-drive screwdriver for the #3 posi-drive bit to tighten ski bindings. The...