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I was looking for an easy Calendar Day hike today so I decided to do Hale. Date of Hike: Tue., 08 Nov. 2011 Trail: Hale Brook Trail Conditions: Zealand Rd. was open and clear and dry with a few potholes. Hale brook was clear and dry to the upper stream crossing. Both stream crossings were...

Date of Hike: Sat., 5 Nov 2011 Trails: 19 Mile Brook, Carter Dome, and Carter-Moriah Trails Conditions: 19 Mile Brook had some bare ground, patchy snow and ice. Irene sure did a job on some sections of this trail. Bare-bootable to Jct of Carter Dome Trail. About the same conditions on the...

Date of Hike: Wed., Nov 2, 2011 Trail: Kearsarge North Trail Trail was clear and dry to the ledges. The ledges were wet with some dry and icy areas. The snow line started as the trail swings around to the North through the woods. Mostly packed with some bare rocks and icy patches. I wore my...

Date of Hike: Mon., 31 Oct. 2011 Trail: Dicey's Mill Trail Conditions: About 2 to 4 inches of snow down low (a lot of it diminished by the afternoon). As one got higher the snow levels increased to about 8 to 10 inches on the summit. Crossed the stream on rocks. I didn't want to try the fallen...

Well it's about that time of the year to get back into the trail postin' mode. Date of Hike: Wed, Oct. 26, 2011 Trail: Mt. Garfield Trail Conditions: Really great shape overall. Some mud with a little bit of running water in the usual places. Stream crossings were easy with low water levels...

Date of Hike: Wed., 12 Oct 2011 Trails: Bushwhack We did a bushwhack today, from FR 44 off of Bear Notch Rd. to the summit of Bartlett Haystack. The first half of the hike was fairly open woods with a gradual climb. The last half was fairly steep and somewhat thicker, with blowdowns and Rocky...

Becca, Now the pressure is off. Great Job! bob

I was hiking solo and chased a cub up a tree on Canon Mt. one day. I didn't waste any time sticking around for mama. It sort of made me think about making more noise when I hike.

Date of Hike: Mon. May 30, 2011 Trails: Zealand Trail, Bushwhack, Ethan Pond Trail Conditions: We left the GPS at home today and Ed Hawkins, Lew Dow, and I did a map and compass bushwhack up to Whitewall from the North End from Zealand Trail. Woods were fairly open. We found a pretty good line...

John and June, Way to televate! Good Show, Jolly good show. Again Congratulations. bob

Date of Hike: Fri. Apr., 22, 2011 Trails: Avalon, Willey Range, Mt. Tom Spur, A-Z Trail. Conditions: Trail had a firm, hard, base throughout the hike, with several inches of fresh powder, deeper on the ridge. Lots of hidden ice beneath the new snow, which made for some tricky traction...

Date of Hike: Thur. Apr., 14, 2011 Trail: Ledges Trail Conditions: There are a few scattered patches of snow and ice before the ledges, that are easy to walk through or around. Above the ledges, it is completely bare to the summit. In a few days all the remaining snow patches will be gone. On...

Date of Hike: Fri. Apr. 9, 2011 Trails: Zealand Rd., Zealand Falls, Twin Way, Bondcliff Trail, Wilderness, and Lincoln Woods Trail Trail broken out all the way. Snowshoes a must. Summits mostly bare with ice patches. All trails have lots of snow. Water crossings a non issue. Thanks to Russ...

Date of Hike: Wed. Apr. 6, 2011 Trails: 19 Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail Conditions: A dusting of new snow on a firm base on 19 Mile Brook Tr. Bare boots and spikes were fine to Carter Dome Tr. Jct. Snowshoes for the rest of the day. We did an out and back to the...

Date of Hike: Sat., Apr. 2, 2011 Trail: Webster-Jackson Trail Conditions: About 8" of new snow over a firm base. With some deeper pockets up higher. We were the first ones on the trail today. The snow was more powder than wet, which made for some easy trail breaking. On the way back with the...

Mark, Great job! A great accomplishment. Again Congratulations. bob

Date of Hike: Tue Mar. 15, 2011 Trails: Zealand Rd., Zealand Trail, Twinway, Bondcliff Tr., Wilderness Tr., Lincoln Woods Trail. Conditions: Zealand Road was plowed to the Bethlehem Water Facility. Trail to the hut was well packed out. Trail up to Zealand Summit was broken and packed to just...

Date Of Hike: Wed. Mar. 9, 2011 Trails: Blueberry Ledge Trail Conditions: Hard Packed all the way and beyond. This area must have gotten all the rain and no snow over the last snow and warm-up. Someone had barebooted during the warm-up and really tore up the trail, leaving frozen postholes...

Date of Hike: Wed. Mar. 2, 2011 Trails: Joe Dodge cut-off, Imp Trail, North Carter Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail. Conditions: One lone hiker in snowshoes had come down the trails mentioned above recently, so the trails had a one set of snowshoe prints, but by no means broken out. It was hard...

Date of Hike: Thur. Feb. 17, 2011 Trails: Ammonoosuc Ravine Tr., Crawford Path Conditions: Ammo was firm enough to bare boot to Gem Pool this morning. Snowshoes needed on return due to warm temps and softening snow. The steeps were not consolidated in the morning, but snowshoes with televators...