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He did retrace his steps so he could descend on the Airline trail which he came up when the weather was better. With the weather as bad as he said, if escape was his plan, Valley Way was the best choice, he seemed unaware of that fact though. Assuming Watson was likely his initial planned...

The time to look at bad weather alternatives is before you start your trip, not above treeline in the teeth of the storm. If I think I am going to need a map, I have it folded in a quart zip-loc with the area I am in visible and if the scale is such that it won't all fit on one side, it's...

Age of device and the knowledge of how to adjust your settings for optimal battery usage would be things to know if you are using your phone for navigation. Keeping your device on your person, especially near your torso will keep it warmer than in a loose hip or leg pocket or in the top lid of...

I've seen it from a parking garage in Portland, (because I was the doubter back then) and while I was surprised that from Portland it's quite visible, I'm thinking those pics are altered/cropped/photoshopped. The view is great from Kearsarge North and it's much closer and it doesn't look like...

Pine Link & Howker Ridge is 1.2 to the hut if the map and sign are in agreement.

If someone called 911, would that have prompted a NHF&G response? He made no mention of seeing people gathering at the trailhead. Would expect we would see something in the next few days on the F&G website soon.

Sigh..... Glad he is fine. hopefully he learned something. He certainly is in very shape to keep going back up to summits and is either very hardy and/or also had all the gear needed to keep warm enough to keep going. So he apparently knew the Watson Path and the Airline Trail as those...

The Moriah Trip was close to this but we spread out after a while. Wasn't in a Wilderness area either. One other one that might have come close I organized split into two groups, one did the Franconia Loop, the other did East Osceola. Didn't get those numbers on the key swap hikes, however...

Better than falling down your basement steps. Peakbaggers's picture looks pretty good. I was there last year and the floor was still in pretty good shape.

Should have been banned for much longer or for life. Most of the time, on articles like this, you have to try and see if any comment amongst the many are any good. Most of the comments past the ownership of public land typical argument were okay.

100 meters by helo seems pretty close, the link does show products that have it and it's climbing and a few brands of high-end clothing. More ski boots have it than hiking boots a nd the only hiking boots are a pair of Asolo's insulated boots. It would seem the technology is in its infancy...

It depends on the park. In CT, Parks on Long Island Sound are held as either the Jewels or the parks with the most attendance and those most definitely have fees. Most of the one with hiking trails don't and for one on the sound that has both beach and trails, there is roadside parking that...

I would say you are being too kind and optimistic

While a small fee at huts wouldn't be bad, Peakbagger is right. In addition, many of the trails are maintained by AMC and they do assist in SAR plus provide a baseline of LNT education.. (Unless they closed one of the rooms, Flea sleeps closer to 48) The vast majority of new hikers are...

Feeling good about planning to re-visit the Notch and bringing my bike. My plan is to park at Cannon and ride down to basin and take the Greenleaf trail back. How many other trailheads could that happen at? Most are USFS so you pay already. What about C-Notch State Park? The AMC is...

generally, I agree with Hikerbrian. If his points were not enough, I'd look at what this is based on. The program used for Hunter Safety, is that run by the NRA? (I'm thinking yes.) As a former hunter I took the course twice, once as a 12 year old, before Dad would let me go with a loaded...

You probably know that much of that section at one time was the AT before they re-routed it. I've not been but maybe you might find something looking at old AT info.

Thank you Tom for sharing. Condolences to Tom Howard's family.

I wonder if they will have more parking at Thompson Road when everything is done?

Thank you, looks like it will be pretty when they are done, it's not pretty in progress though.