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Date of Hike: Wed. 11-18-09 Trails: Valley Way, Osgood, Gulfside, Airline, Scar, Durand Loop, Valley Way. Some spotty ice on the Valley Way. No ice above tree line. Airline had more ice off the ridge and below the tree line. Scar Trail in great shape. One or two head banging blow downs on the...

Date of Hike: Thur. 11-12-09 Trails: Falling Waters, Franconia Ridge, Old Bridle Path All trails in good shape with no water crossing issues. Some small patches of ice here and there but easy to step around. Nice day on the ridge with only slight breezes and unlimited views. Good number of...

Yvon, I was with you also on the Isolation bushwhack. It was nice meet you and Annie. You guys had passed us earlier right at the bushwhack. Wish we had talked then so we could have saved you some trouble, but everything worked out great. Was that you that I talked to on top of Washington on...

Hiked this in a C' Clockwise direction. Gale River Trail in good shape with low water crossings. Most all the ice is gone on the Twin Way ascent of South Twin (See Silver Fox's post of 11-08-9) no traction was required. All other trails were dry and clear. Little river running low. Upper...

Gone through Keen & Merrill

I wonder if anyone has had any experience or has heard about this one. I've had some boot problems this summer. It seems that after only a half dozen or so hikes the rubber toe rand and sometimes the sole, where it's attached to the side of the boot, started to separate. This has happened with...

Date of Hike: Thur. 10-29-09 Trails: Ammonoosuc Ravine, Crawford Path, Gulfside, and Jewell Trails. Started on the Ammo Trail. One whack around blow down between the Cog Station and the first trail jct. from the hikers lot. Ammo was all clear with some icy rocks to the hut. I wore my...

Date of Hike: Mon. 10-26-09 Trails: C' Clockwise loop via Falling Waters, Franconia Ridge, and Old Bridle Path. The trails were in good condition today. Mainly dry with some small scattered patches of ice. Really nothing to worry about. The stream crossings were easy to cross. There were no...

Nancy, Good show, Jolly good show. Bob

Date of Hike: Fri. 10-23-09 Trails: Valley Way, Osgood, and Airline Conditions: I did an out and back on Valley Way. The snow is gone on all the trails. Some running water and mud on Valley Way as the temps rose. Some frost on the summit cones. Everything was bare-bootable, although I did wear...

Date of Hike: Wed. 10-21-09 Trails: Liberty Springs, Franconia Ridge Conditions: All trails in excellent shape with all the snow and ice gone except for a few trace areas. Several walkover blow downs on the Liberty Sp. Tr. The clouds hung tough today. It didn't start clearing until after noon...

Date of Hike: Tue. 10-20-09 Trails: Out and back on the Blueberry Ledge Trail Conditions: Dry trails all the way to the view point ledges. The steep scrambles were snow and ice free and dry. Some trace snow and ice from the view over to the true summit on the Rollins Trail. Equipment: Nothing...

Nancy, I agree with Michael, don't feel bad. This one was the toughest (in my opinion) of all the 100 highest. We did it from Little East Pond and I don't think our feet touched the ground the whole way. It took us over 5 hours just to get to the canister and back, just from the pond. I...

Date of Hike: Thur. 10-15-09 Trails: Pine Bend Brook Trail Trail mostly dry to about 2700 ft. where the snow line starts. About 2" of snow. Light traction was helpful on the North cone scrambles, especially on the descent. I wore my micro spikes, which were helpful. The snow won't last long. I...

I've never stayed at the Resolution Shelter, but I have overnighted right on top of Stairs Mountain, on the Davis Path, not far from the Shelter. Two to Three legal sites just back from the ledges on top with great sunset views. Sorry no water up there. Wolfgang

I'm just looking at it from a safety point of view. I don't know about you guys and gals, but I have a habit of falling once in awhile, especially when I least expect it (Maybe it's my two left feet). And when I fall, it's mostly my feet slipping out from under me and where do I land if not on...

I don't know if this topic has been discussed before. If it has then the moderators can remove this thread. Today I was doing the Caps Ridge Trail and as most people know who have used it, it is steep and very rough with lots of scrambling. Just this Sat. someone had to be rescued because of a...

Rick, We ran into a guy hiking in a kilt on Sat. At first I thought it might have been you. But, he was from a different Clan. Bob

Earl, It was nice to finally meet you guys. I've been following your trail reports all along and this was another great report as usual. We were certainly lucky on the weather. It turned out to be a really good day. Ed, Gary, and I waited awhile at Lincoln Woods for you guys, but you must have...