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Date of Hike: Thur. Apr. 15, 2010 Trails: Webster-Jackson Trail The trail was off and on bare ground with patches of snow and frozen rail to about 2500 ft. The rest of the way to the summit cone was packed firm and frozen this morning, some softening later. Hillsound spikes from about 2500...

Date of Hike: Tue. April 13, 2010 Trails: Jewell Trail, Snow fields, Gulfside Trail. Jewell trail was firm this morning. I wore spikes up to treeline while Bill Marcotte bare booted. At tree line we switched to snow shoes and took the snow fields to Sphinx Col. The Gulfside really didn't have...

Lee, I'm glad you enjoyed the pizza. Almost makes me want to go back to do Waumbek again. Glad you guys had some nice weather on your trip over here and had a chance to bag a few more peaks. Stay in Touch. Bob

Date of Hike: Sat. April 10, 2010 Trails: Sawyer River Rd., Signal Ridge Trail Road walk dry. Bushwhack to avoid first water crossing. Snow shoes to the second crossing and beyond to the bottom of the steeps. The trail to the second crossing was loaded with large blowdowns and standing water...

Date of Hike: Wed. April 7, 2010 Trails: Pine Bend Brook Trail Snow shoes from the start and on for the whole day. Down low on the flats there is patchy wet bare ground, but mostly snow. It'll take a few more warm days to melt it. The water crossings were all doable with wet boots. Running a...

Date of Hike: Mon. April 5, 2010 Trails: Greeley Ponds Trail, Osceola Trail Firm this morning to the jct. of the Osceola Trail. Stream crossings were no problem. Running low and rocks to walk on. Spikes worked just fine from the trailhead to the steeps on E. Osceola. Switched to snow shoes for...

Date of Hike: Sat. April 3, 2010 Trails: Bunnell Notch Trail, Mt. Cabot Trail Snowshoes from the get go and left them on for the whole hike. Very little bare ground. Still plenty of snow on the logging road walk and all the way to the summit. Larger stream crossing on the logging road was...

Date of Hike: Fri. Apr. 2, 2010 Trails: Falling Waters Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Old Bridle Path Falling Waters Trail stream crossings were high but do-able with boots getting wet. Firm all the way to Little Haystack. Used spikes to the Ridge. The Ridge was mostly bare ground and rock with...

Date of Hike: Thur. April 1, 2010 Trails: Mt. Kinsman Trail and Kinsman Ridge Trail Entrance to parking area off of Rt. 116 was rutted but doable with high ground clearance. Parking area ok. Bare ground with running water in the trail to the first stream crossing at about 1900 feet. I wore...

Mary Ellen, Great job and congratulations. I can appreciate what you've gone through to get so far. Good luck on your AT hike. Bob

Skip, Congratulations on a job well done. Hope to see you again on the trails. Bob

Date of Hike: Thur. Mar. 25, 2010 Trails: Webster/Jackson Trail 2 inches of fresh snow over a firm base to about 4 inches near the summit. Started in spikes, but soon switched to snow shoes for much better traction. Some old post holes, but no problems getting around them. Trail was pretty...

Mark, Good Show, Jolly Good Show. Nice job and well deserved. Again Congrats, Bob

Date of Hike: Sat. Mar. 20, 2010 Trails: Hi-Cannon Trail Trail firm this morning to ledges. We wore spikes to there then switched to snowshoes due to the softening snow. Lots of blow downs which Bill Marcotte, Glen Gunn, and I cleared. A rail in starting to form across the ledge area, which...

Date of Hike: Fri. 3-19-10 Trails: Avalon, Willey Range, Mt. Tom Spur, AZ Firm this morning to jct. with AZ trail. Avalon a mess with monster postholes and very rough all the way to Field. Switched to snowshoes at AZ jct. and had them on all day due to soft conditions. Avalon wanders a little...

Date of Hike: Sat. 03-13-10 Trails: Mt. Garfield Trail Parked at south end of Gale River Rd. The road walk was bumpy and icy. The two river crossings at the bridges were ice bridged. The first was much better than the second. The second was almost gone on our return. The trail to the summit...

Date of Hike: Thur. 3-11-10 Trails: Falling Waters Tr., Franconia Ridge, Old Bridle Path Falling Waters Trail was hard packed with snow bridged crossings. Lots of slick surfaces from butt sliders. Franconia Ridge was a mixture of bare ground, packed snow and some minor ice. Coming off of...

Date of Hike: Wed. 3-10-10 Trails: Jewell Trail, Snowfields, Gulfside Trail The Jewell trail was hard packed to the first view point, enough that micro-spikes or equivalent would be sufficient. From there on for the remainder of the hike everyone used snowshoes. Lots of blow downs and lean...

Jerry, Congratulations! I had the pleasure of shaking your hand on the Rocky Branch Trail in January, when you were there with Tom and your Son. Again great job. Bob

Karen, Great day on the trail. Nice meeting and hiking with you. I was really surprised at all the hikers that we saw yesterday. Whoever broke that route out, put a lot of work into it. I imagine that it will be the track at least until the next big snow. Bob