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I am not a big fan of road walks either, except when the alternative is spruce traps. 🙂

The distance of the actual road walk from Caps Ridge Trailhead to the Jewell Trail. I didn't bust out a map and measure it. Going off...

It looks like USFS finally updated their backcountry camping rules brochure. It now includes references to drones, marijuana, food...

Another map that came out of Brad's work was a 1:5000 scale highlight of Pinkham Notch included with a 1991 hiking guide. It's not as...

Yes, but the calibrated grid spacings are metric. Over the decades the grid spacings have become much tighter (smaller) as computer...

No, you should not agree with TomK’s take on global temperature records. We are taught how to calculate averages (means) in the fifth or...

Nice detailed reply, but Brad had the different versions of his Mount Washington map labeled editions, which is all that matters. 🙂

Not sure what you are referencing here, but as I noted in my earlier post the distance from the summit of Jefferson to the Cog parking...

You are part of royalty, I think, Jean. 🙂 Looking at a map, I always wondered why Barren was more difficult than the more remote...

I'm #13 (out of 15) finisher of 770 list so I have done all the 3KS in BSP. Finished on Barren and, as John pointed out, bushwacking...

Sorry, but you are simply dead wrong.

I wrote winter in my post, and I am not sure what KRooney is thinking about “any season,” to which I do not agree given the short...

My first edition is folded whereas my third edition is tyvek and rolled. The green patterned shading is quite dark on the first edition...

My descent route was 7.5 miles vs 4.9 miles for my ascent route via Jewel Trail, but no spruce traps on the 5.0 miles of road walk...

Wow. I have a 1st edition but it's pretty beat up.