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Hiked North Brother via the Marston Trail on Sunday, 10/10/15 Trail Conditions: Marston Trail to the first Coe Junction: excellent condition; Trail to second Coe Trail Junction: also great condition, with nice work on trail re-route; trail to the top is pretty ratty in places, with severe...

Day of Hike:September 5, 2015 Trails Hiked: Counterclockwise loop, Fire Warden's Trail to Horns Pond Trail, to AT, over the tops, down the Fire Warden's Trail Trail Conditions:WOW MATC does a fine job with these trails. Only one part of the Fire Warden's trail blocked by blow-down (easily...

Trails: Calkins Brook to Colden Dam, along the Opalescent to Uphill Brook Lean-to; herd trail to top. Trail conditions: Dusting of snow down low, two inches on the trail and on top. Ground is hardly frozen and the trail was quite muddy. Ice on trail here and there after Colden Dam. Herd trail...

Date: 8/30/14 Trails: From the Upper Works via Calamity Brook trail to Herbert Brook cairn, which was easy to spot. Trail Conditions: Calamity Brook Trail has seen a lot of recent maintenance, but you will still find plenty of mud along the way. Herd trail gnarly and muddy in places; minor...

HOT HOT HOT day for a hike and had the trail to myself, which was lovely. Trail: Fire Warden's Trail from Rapid River Road. Plenty of information out there on finding the road, but basically it's head down West Kingfield Road, then straight through the first four way intersection onto Rapid...

I am looking for tales of Rapid Stream on the Mt. Abraham trail in Maine. I am planning on hiking Mt. Abraham next week. By Tuesday it will be at least five days after the last significant rain. I have read elsewhere that it can be a little challenging, and that it may be wise to ford rather...

Date of Hike 6-2-14 Trails Lincoln Woods, Wilderness, Bondcliff Trail Conditions: All trails in great shape. A little mud here and there (naturally). River/stream crossing no problems. No new blowdown, just a few big trees here and there which present no problems. Comments Perfect day to...

I am hoping to pick off Santanoni next week. I don't see any recent trail reports. Does anybody have any recent intel? Comments/thoughts on the new/old trail? Many thanks in advance!

The forecast for howling winds was a little overblown; yes it was breezy and cool, but that was not a challenge for this hike. Access/Parking: WOW Caribou Valley Road is like a nice town road! Easy drive up to the iron bridge, which is now barricaded. Any car could make this stretch with the...

If you like an industrial feel and easy to follow trails, with a dynamite view from the top, Sugarloaf is your mountain. Parking Park in the 60 minute lot right near the hotel/lodge area. As long as nothing else is happening, the facility does not mind that (so I was told when I called ahead)...

The weather was not what had been predicted! Dense fog at the bottom, only a pinch of sunshine, and haze that kept the views down. Past peak everywhere except at the bottom, which was rich with golden poplars. Trail: Fire Warden's Trail out and back. The trail is generally in great shape, with...

I have seen a couple of fairly recent post talking about ascending ski trails to the top of Sugarloaf. I just called the mountain for their view of the situation, and, surprise, they are not keen on snowshoeing on their ski trails, though they did say the western part of the mountain does not...

Trail:AT Trail from the parking lot on Route 4 Trail Conditions: Light snow over soft ground down low; mostly frozen above 2500 feet but easy to break through thin crust of ice on muddy parts of trail (plenty of that); solid and icy above about 3,000 ft. No serious blowdown or trail problems...

Trails: ADK Loj to Marcy Dam, Lake Arnold, Feldspar Brook and back same way Trail Conditions: All Hurricane Irene damage repaired except for an occasional bridge that did not matter. Herd path from Lake Tear of the Clouds easily located with cairn at outlet from the pond. Herd path plenty muddy...

Date of Hike: President's Day, 2/20/2012 Trail Condition: Beautifully packed snowshoe trail from end to end, with a little ice flowing here and there. Trail to Bradley Pond in superb condition with no blow-down, water crossings all easy and secure. Herd path with old blow-down here and there...

I am looking to do this range on Friday 2/17. Right now this is a solo event, but I'd welcome a friendly soul for the hike. I'm planning on an early start. My pace is steady/moderate, a reliable diesel engine, sometimes shift into low range on the steeper parts. Plenty of experience on the...

Date Hiked: Nov 12, 2011 Trails: Lincoln Woods; Black Pond bushwhack; Lincoln Brook on the way to the mountain; slide trail to the summit and down; Lincoln Brook and Franconia Brook on the way back. Conditions: All trails were pretty clear of downed trees or brush from any storm activity...

Date of Hike: 8/1/2010 Trail Conditions: I took the Scenic Trail up. The trail follows Lower Ausable Lake roughly for a half mile or so, then climbs steeply for the next couple of miles. Some parts of the trail are seeing serious erosion, but mostly the trail was in very good shape. I came...

Date of Hike: 7/27/10 Trail Conditions: Little to add to the other recent posting on this trail. Blowdown not a big deal, crossing and re-crossing the Dry River not a problem, but water, water everywhere on the trails. Dry River Wilderness? Who was the wit who came up with that name...

Well, not all of them, but there sure were a great number of dead mature birch trees coming down the Zeacliff Trail, and more around the valley. Is there some general malady that I was not aware of? And BTW, that Zeacliff Trail was a deliciously steep descent, and certainly one of those trails...