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Date of Hike: Thur. 01-07-10 Trails: Avalon, Willey Range, Tom Spur, AZ Conditions are perfect as per Silverfox's thread from yesterday. A little bit more packed after today. Eight other hikers on the trail today. Two bare-booters pocking their way up to Tom. Trails are a sidewalk, use 'em...

Date of Hike: Tue. 01-05-10 Trails: 19 Mile Bk, Carter Dome, Carter-Moriah, North Carter, Imp, Joe Dodge Cutoff. 19 Mile Bk trail was broken to beyond jct. with the Carter Dome Trail. The Carter Dome Tr. and all other trails except the Imp were unbroken. We wore snowshoes from the get go and...

HockeyPuck, Yes, I remember the attempt on Wildcat A several winters ago. Lots of snow. I had to wait until the following year to bag it and there was still deep snow. That's a tough one to get from the notch. Nice to see you used our tracks on Christmas. Happy Trails, Bob

Date of Hike: Thur. 12-31-09 Trails: Starr King Tr. Trail in perfect shape with a nice snowshoe track to both summits. Firm and consolidated base, soon to be filled in with new snow. Mild temps today with very little wind. We saw one other couple today. Parked at the memorial turnout next to...

Date of Hike: Mon. 12-28-09 Trails: Stony Brk. and Carter-Moriah trails. We were a group of 10 today with Ed Hawkins and Denise Penn's AMC group. The Stony Brk. trail to the col jct. with the Carter-Moriah Tr. was hard this morning, some bare booted while others used micro-spikes. From the...

We did an out and back via the Jewell Tr. There was about 3 to 4" of fresh power on the trail. We hiked with Ed Hawkin's Grid group today. There were 5 of us. We broke trail all the way to the Gulfside Trail, knocking snow off the low hanging branches as we went. The trail above treeline was...

Just an update from Silverfox's post of yesterday which was right on. Most everything except for the ridge in a few sections is now packed and consolidated. I wore micro-spikes from the loop jct. and back the whole way with only a couple of postholes when I got too close to the edge of the...

Rolling Rock, That AMC group was Ed Hawkins Grid Group. Which one of the guy's were you? Were you the guy hiking solo? By the way, I wouldn't get my hopes up on that lot being plowed out this winter. It may have looked plowed, but I think it was just packed out from the traffic. Sorry we didn't...

Rolling Rock, That group that you ran into today was us. Ed Hawkins grid group. You must have been the fast guys that buzzed past us when we were changing snowshoes. I like the name Rolling Rock (a beer from my hometown in Pa). Sorry we didn't get to meet. Happy Trails, Bob (aka "Wolfgang")

Laura, Sorry it took me so long to answer your message. I usually don't check my message board that often. Nice hiking with you also and hope to see you again. Happy trails. Bob

Date of Hike: Wed. 12-16-09 Trails: North Twin, Twin Way, Frost, Garfield Ridge, Gale River Tr., Ski Trail to Beaver Brook. Bill Marcotte and I broke trail the whole way. It didn't look like anyone had been on the trails since the storms. Someone had been on the Gale River Trail since the...

Date of Hike: Mon. 12-14-09 Trails: Avalon, Willey Range, AZ, Tom Spur. There was about 3 to 4 inches of fresh powder today. Stream crossings are almost bridged over completely. The previously tracked trail on Willey Range and Tom Spur were completely filled in and drifted over. Used...

Date of Hike: Sat. 12-12-09 Trails: Rocky Branch, Engine Hill Bushwhack, Isolation Tr., Upper Bushwhack, Davis Path. There were 10 of us today, part of Ed Hawkins and Jim Towle's AMC group. We broke trail all the way to the summit in deep snow. The snow became deeper the higher in elevation...

Date of Hike: Thur. 12-10-09 Trails: Polecat ski trail. Conditions: 8" to 12" Unpacked, ungroomed snow with higher depths in the drifted areas. Snowshoes a must. Other traction not needed. Windy conditions today but the air temp. was mild enough that the wind chill didn't feel that bad. Face...

Date of Hike: Mon. 12-07-09 Trails: Blueberry Ledge, Rollins, Dicey's Mill Trail. Conditions: About 1" of snow down low and about 3" of snow across the Rollins Trail to about 4" on Passaconaway summit. Lots of ice hidden under the new snow. The Ledge scrambles on Blueberry ledge were tricky in...

Date of Hike: Fri. 12-04-09 Trails: Signal Ridge Tr. Conditions: Dry with muddy sections down low. Snow and ice started half way up the sloping traverse. Mostly snow and ice the rest of the way with a few bare areas. The water crossings were high. I taped my pants and boots together under my...

Date of Hike: Wed. 12-02-09 Trails: Webster Jackson Trail Bill Marcotte and I decided on an easy hike today after yesterday's Bonds. Packed snow all the way to the summit. Snowshoes not needed today but light traction is recommended. We wore our micro spikes from the get go. The hike was the...

Date of hike: Tue. 12-01-09 Trails: Lincoln Woods, Wilderness, Bondcliff, West Bond spur. We did an out and back from Lincoln Woods. All trails down low were snow free but with numerous muddy sections. Packed snow on the the Bondcliff Tr. to Bondcliff and mostly bare rocks across the ridge to...

Date of Hike: Mon. 11-23-09 Trails: Caps Ridge Trail Caps Ridge Trail was in great shape today. Lower portion dry and no ice to speak of on the Cap Scrambles. The only ice was some broken ice within about 150 ft. of the summit and easy to avoid. Otherwise, all the rocks and scrambles were bone...

Date of Hike: Sat. Nov. 21, 2009 Trails: 19 Mile Brk., Wildcat Ridge, & Polecat Ski Trail. Our original plan was to do Jefferson and Washington today, but due to high winds we opted out for the Wildcats. Nineteen Mile Brook trail was wet and muddy as usual after a rain, but ice and blow down...