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Absolutely, one of my favorite times for hikin is the week prior to, and after, the Columbus Day wallabahoo and the peepers are gone. Nothin like the trails to yourself during the week, or any other time. Look forward to pics.

Yea, well thanks to you for putting it to words better than I could!

ditto on your "Quiet" post

thank you Mountain49 for the kind words on your Osseo trail conditions, but all credit goes to the 4 of us. Couldn't be done without evrybody's efforts!

Trail has standard leaf drop and is minimally wet at bottom, but gets wetter higher up. Boots may get damp but careful footing will keep them from getting soaked. Great views for overcast day and summit was very, very crowded. First Vermont 4K for us and we really enjoyed a great hike with a...

I can only attest to FJ's uncanny sixth sense that leads him to these places. It is a wonder to watch. The mattocks are definitely smaller in dimension to anything you find today, but once you pick one up you cannot believe how heavy they are. They are much heavier and one can only imagine the...

Nice hike with secluded and varied forests makes this side the better approach for us. Trail was wet in lower section but this was also enhanced with afternoon rains starting around 2pm today. Was getting slippery underfoot due to leaves hiding roots and mud. Few eye and knee poker treetop...

Crew of 4 of us brushed entire length of trail and cleared 16 waterbars and 14 blowdowns. There is one blowdown near trailhead that is a step-over. We left it cause we knew it would take too much time early and we wanted to clear all the way to summit which we did. Then it was dark when we came...

I like someone who provides attainable goals..........

Nice pics Becca! We were wondering how things were developing. We did the Georgiana Falls last year at the same time and comparing it with our pics (a lot of similiar angles) it appears that there was a bit more green than we would have expected. So we are HOPING that when we head up for trail...

Hey, that's a good one, 'downtown Jefferson". This is a Jefferson-raised kid talkin here. I would personally suggest Valley Road, take it all the way to Randolph. There is an even better Presi view down the road at the farm house just past the "Pines". IMHO, Rt 2 doesn't get enough credit for...

When I worked on the Alpine Garden Trail years ago I had to rebuild quite a few. It took extra hauling, extra walking, extra lugging, but it wasn't complete until I topped off each of the ones I did with a hunk of white quartz. Gotta have your own touch. Nice TR.

Nice write-up TDawg, enjoyed it, and congrats! Like your attitude.

We've got an extra day on our way home from our last trail work trip in NH to do a 4K in VT. Can anyone recommend a good online resource site for the VT 4K's, be it personal or an organization? Just looking for trail route suggestions, TR's, pics, etc.

Thanks Raven, indeed it is humbling. This is emphasized when we came back at night. After the hike we were ravenous, so we left the Park, ate, and returned for night time viewing of the Caldera. Now, I am no photographer, and I am extremely in awe, jealous even, of the photographic talent I see...

Several years ago we hiked to the backside of the Pu'u O'o vent. We came at it via the Glenwood approach, which is thick jungle, accented with hidden steam vents and other geologic hazards underfoot. The trail brought you right to the edge of the lava fields with the big, bat-eared crater...

The last 10 months have been crazy for us. In October 2011, Klutzy Kat finished her 48.December found the two of us in a tailspin as we battled an immediate family crisis together. Then came my mother's illness, surgeries, and heart attack, while Klutzy Kat's own mother has been battling her own...

I automatically knew what this post was even before reading it. My dad worked for NBC in the 90's and was briefly posted in CO & NM. My mom did a lot of work on Native Reservations in NM while there she unknowingly picked up the virus working under the same conditions as they described. Thn they...

You should be proud, having, setting, and achieving goals like that! What's next?

I will second that, it is a seldom but wonderfully nice route to go.