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The shuttle runs every half hour, from 8:30am to 8:00pm, Fri-Mon. Last day of service is Sunday 10/14. Alex

Great shots of gorgeous scenery. Thanks for sharing them! Alex

I agree that the Gulfside Trail will get you to the Adams neighborhood from Jefferson pretty routinely. Safety-in-numbers-wise, it's plied heavily by AT hikers, Presi and hut traversers. If on your return from Adams you're not psyched about the 700'+ climb back up Jefferson from Edmands Col...

I love Franconia Ridge as well, but in contrast to the sentiments of many, I find that there's plenty of mountain for everyone, even on 1000-person Saturdays. There's not enough parking lot for everyone, but personally I find that to be a minor rather than major pain -- it's just necessary to...

I'm not a fan of the trailed route, so a goodly number of my 12+ visits to Isolation have been via the EHB. Once you're more than a few feet away from the trail, there's no "tread", principally because most folks in the 3 seasons use the trails. Because of the aforementioned swamp issue, you...

I was stewarding at the trailhead on Sunday, and (obviously) noticed the same thing. Based on unofficial hearsay from state park staff, a multistage enforcement ramp-up is in progress (started with signs; then there'll be warnings, then ticketing, then towing), to be carried out by Lincoln...

Ha (and not to make light of folks' pain), this thread's starting to remind me of this classic conversation between Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfus in Jaws.

Weak analogy. McD's takes your money first, then produces your meal. :D Alex Notorious post-hike McD customer

Ha! Perhaps there's a market for a scissors-like stylus! Until then though, I'm without pinch/stretch until I figure out a good way to attach styli to my glove fingertips or take my glove off. After I set it up upon initiating my hike, GAIA is usually able to meet all my needs sans...

I stash a stretch-tethered stubby touch stylus in my Mercury Mitt. Works great! Alex

Just in case it's of tactical value at the time you make the trip ... the stretch of the Bondcliff Trail that's south of Mt. Guyot's alpine zone and north of the spur trail to the Guyot campsite is *not* within the Pemi Wilderness, and hence is not subject to the 200' setback rule. Also, unless...

Should go without saying -- but now that you've said it, we're covered both ways! :-) In a similar vein, I'm tempted also to mention a flashlight, especially since these days flashlights/headlamps are indeed electronic devices. I often steward at OBP/FW, and the sheer number of folks who...

In thinking about device consolidation I considered 5 tasks: - phone/text - track recording - on-map navigation - GPS-based check-in/SOS - photos The lightest-weight approach to the above that I've been able to devise combines an iPhone SE, GAIA GPS software, a Spot3, and (for winter and...

Just to be clear on the JOBY Gorilla Pod's weight advantage: my small one does a great job with point-and-shoot-size cameras, and it tips my scale at 1.7 ounces. It's less than a foot tall, but I've found that in most circumstances where I've needed height, there's a nearby tree, rock, rail, or...

Remember the spring of 2016, when most steep trails were thick flows of blue ice? Early that May, I took to E. Osceola with sharp crampons and two ice tools, resolving to stay on the track rather than push through the woods, lunging from veggie hold to veggie hold. Even with the ice gear, it...

Marketing 101: Understand the product features most important the target audience. And as MSR is not a company to shy away from a challenge, I look forward to seeing what they come up with . . . Alex

Brian, check out http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?57386-Checklist-for-winter-trip-to-Baxter-(bunkhouse-cabin)/page2, posts #16, 17. I take the squeeze as a negligible-weight backup for a more industrial strength filter, or as my filter on hikes where it's more likely than not that I...

If you're an especially inquiring mind, you can find the official WMNF backcountry camping rules here. Alex

Wow. There's a bigger point to be made here. When we talk about something taking a long time, we often employ adjectives like 'glacial' and 'geological'. And yet, in our incredibly short biological lifetimes, we've been chosen to witness the demise of two timeless things that were nothing...

I carry my point-and-shoot camera pouch at breast level on the front of my right-hand shoulder strap. The pouch is your standard soft/small pouch with belt strap in back. The way I met the challenge of mating a vertical belt strap (intended for a horizontal belt) with a vertical shoulder strap...