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Interesting gig. We have thought of doing the same, possibly at a fire tower out west. The hosts at Sugarloaf 1 and 2 in the Whites always seem hard pressed to get everything done. It does not seem like a relaxing retirement vacation for them. Cleaning toilets every day, cleaning sites after...

Peace, love, happiness and TICKS. I hope those kids were tick-aware. In the pics I've seen we got lots of folks tramping through high grass and deep woods.

F&G (plus volunteers) hauled three folks out of the woods between July 3 - 5. On Black Cap (deceased), Chocorua and Webster-Jackson. The latter two due to falls on descent.

I think the same principal that governs snowshoe carrying applies to water shoes too. At least Crocs are not as heavy!

The NH F&G website details 16 hiking-related callouts during the month of June. Many caused by slips and falls in wet or muddy terrain with lower leg injuries. Nice variety of locations around the state too. Look under the Latest News link for incident reports.

The White Mountain National Forest. "Land of many uses!" :)

The Auto Road is one of THE classic motorcycle rides in New England. And the descent is even more thrilling and beautiful than the ascent. Feels like flying! No bumper sticker for bikes however.

Not sure how you store it, but I have found tent flys need to breath in storage to minimize the stink. Stored rolled and stuffed in the carry bag that cannot happen. Unfortunately for you that horse has left the barn.

Sierra, I enjoy your posts and admire how often you and your pup get out. But on this post I gotta take exception. Overall I think the Club's backcountry facilities do more good than harm. First they concentrate and manage usage and camping. Second they provide emergency services to the...

What's wrong with telling them they need to leave? It ain't a day spa for criss sakes!! Get OUT!!! A group I was with in Baxter had a very similar experience to what the Croo did here. On a minus 10 winter night we get a knock on the Roaring Brook cabin door. A panicked guy appears and in...

I too have had my ups and downs with the Club over 50+ years of hiking. But... If you use the many trails they maintain, water up or take a dump at their facilities, or benefit from their conservation, land acquisition and lobbying activities, I suggest it is a bit hypocritical to bash them.

Par for the course here, unfortunately. Haters gotta hate. Did Croo feed these folks? Shelter these folks? Pull their dam ***** off the mountain? Probably. But for some haters that's just not enough. Some of us hold grudges waaaay to long in life.

Is the Bear Tooth Highway to Red Lodge open?

I read “The Maine Woods“ by Thoreau in which he documents several canoe trips deep into the Maine backcountry, which of course involved lots of camping. He and his guides has a simple prescription for keeping the bugs away: build as smoky fire as possible, wrap yourself head to toe in a heavy...

Great video of Damnation for sure. These kids are good! Q: How did the second skier do the rap without leaving gear?

See the movie “Nomadland.”

I think it's cool it fell in our life time and we got to witness the aftermath. All that talus below Cannon cliff has been raining down for thousands of years.

So this is what I don't get: If his problem is very common place and costly to SAR, why is it allowed to persist? Obviously the signage at the summit junction is NOT doing the job of directing the great unwashed down to the hut and thence home. So fix it already!! Better call Saul, or the...

Maybe it's not an issue with a small day pack, but does the frame concentrate the load into pressure points where it rests against back?

Is Hurricane Mountain Road open to N Chatham? (You have two days to respond to this question after which I’ll ask another.)