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Oh, yeah. That ridge can be really punishing when it's been snowing as much as it did this March. When we were going after the 48 the first time around, it took us three tries to make it to South & Middle Carter. We have a lot of respect for those mountains.

Nice! I think my daughter is going to be posting a complete photo-supported report of our winter's hikes, but here is one from our final trip of the season. This was from the top of Monroe on Wednesday, 3/19, just as the wind was starting to kick up.

Cube from Quinntown Road can be nice. Sometimes the stream crossing can be a problem, though.

The CC Outdoor Store in Waterbury, VT has the Evo Ascents right now for $140. That's about as good a price as I ever see new. Campmor sometimes sells these (classic Denalis) as low as $85 shipped. They don't have the heel lifts that the Evo Ascents do. A word about heel lifts -- it seems...

Looks like we got about 14" of fine, dense snow in East Hardwick (NEK, VT) with maybe another inch or so expected, and heavy wind pushing it around.

They're calling for 15-20" here in East Hardwick.

Yeah, definitely go there & check it out on a nice day. The boulder field on the ravine floor is a wild and wonderful environment, and the climb up the headwall is about as spectacular a trail as you'll find anywhere.

Mine did that too. That was after being re-cramponed by MSR once after they had the standard, well-documented, not-if-but-when crampon/binding failure (7 miles from the road at 4,600' in a 7-foot snowpack, LOL). I bent them back into shape the best I can with the tools at my disposal, and at...

Up on the ridge we were only exposed in those fir wave spots & at the various outlooks, so it was not a big deal. Up there, it was coming in from W or SW most of the time, though it rotated around toward NW near the end of the day. *Most* of the time on the way up & down we were pretty much in...

Neat. I'm glad you posted this report -- I was wondering how your day up there went. We hiked the Willey range on Saturday and found that the winds dropped over the course of the day. They were fairly harsh in the bottom of the notch when we first started, and again at the Avalon saddle...

Hot water, and stuff the bottle in an old wool sock. If possible, nest among your stuffed puffy in your pack. That'll take you all day.

Sounds like you might already have gone, but for a nice day without outrageous wind, I prefer Sunset Ridge. The LT from 108 can be a shooting gallery of unaware & dubiously in-control skiers; further up you're faced with either finding the route of the Profanity trail, which pretty much...

Funny ... I realized when I was out on Tuesday that it was the first time I'd hiked solo in nearly five years. It was both a good and not-so-good call -- on the one hand, the considerable effort entailed in breaking out a somewhat obscure VT 3,000 footer and the dubious rewards were not...

Nice! The snow does get crazy deep in there. I descended the next drainage to the north around this time a few winters back, and it was pretty much bottomless. And that swamp is certainly a pretty place. Thanks for a cool report.

Yup. Not so big a deal on a sharply defined terrain feature, but a lot of Presies terrain is broad, lumpy cones and ridges, so it's a pretty good idea to get your compass out. Easy to overlook when you're ascending in good visibility, but that visibility can disappear in a hurry. Also, find...

My kids both hike on the Tubbs "Glacier" model, in I think a 21" length. We have no complaints. My daughter has around 25 winter 4K's on them and lots of smaller hikes. She started on them when they were admittedly a little big for her -- before she turned 5 -- but by the end of 1st grade she...

When you say "push through down to the Loj," do you mean from UW via Flowed Lands, Colden, and Avalanche Lake? Or are you talking about Indian Pass? Or something else?

If we want to ski up (and back down, duh) the Livermore road to the Scaur Ridge trail for a hike of the Tripyramids, do we need a Waterville Valley nordic day pass? And, what's the parking situation at the Livermore TH? Thanks for any help -- Matt

I get that, but I'd kinda figure anybody with a 'yay me' oval bumper sticker about it isn't referring to their trip to Shoal Pond or Cedar Brook or whatever. Sort of like 26.2 is just a number, but when I see it on somebody's tailgate I know it's probably not the weight of their beagle in...

I'd go with just plain "PEMI" -- the only people who are going to get it anyway are those of us who get it.