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The two male trail runners who got lost descending Lafayette in January 2021 and Emily Sotelo this past November all lost their trail runners (aka sneakers) once they found themselves off trail in the upper reaches of Lafayette Brook below Greenleaf Hut (aka, da Flea). Fortunately, the male...

Fewer people. 🙂 Also, first litter carry out of year was on Chocorua this week. Our SAR team had 45 missions last year; hoping for fewer this year.

Stopped by on my way back from Tuckerman‘s yesterday afternoon and saw workers nail-gunning away on the floor joists for the main part of the structure. There also appear to be smaller slabs at each end.

I just passed by LOC hut this afternoon and noticed that the old basement refuge room is now sealed with a steel door that is padlocked.

Thanks for posting this article. I have friends in Jackson who know well Ryan’s folks and had tipped me off on this book, which is now on order.

Over about 40 years, we pretty much split our Pemi ski-through trips between the two routes. We usually scheduled our trips in late February to early March to maximize daylight hours before the snowpack begins to diminish. We always found the crossing at Stillwater at the south end of Shoal Pond...

DOC tracked my volunteer hours for 25 years on the Glencliff Trail in great detail, including time driving to/from trailhead and time hiking to/from work sites. The latter was not usually relevant as we typically worked from the bottom to the top of the trail in both directions, say removing...

Thanks. Of course, all could change by the next winter when we hope to revive our one-day, Pemi ski-through after a hiatus of several years. Shoal Pond Trail is the only viable route now with removal of the bridge at the lower end of Thoreau Falls Brook Trail.

Many of my mentors in the AMC huts served in the Tenth Mountain Division during WWII and the Korean conflict where rappelling with skis on was commonplace, and the ski troops carried heavy packs with a rifle and lots of ammo, trained at Fort Drum in Upstate New York.

Another tree well rescue story with video. https://www.skihood.com/en/about-us/meadows-blog/posts/2023/03/remarkable-deep-snow-safety-rescue-on-video-at-mt-baker-is-a-lesson-for-us-all

Enjoyed this trip report, Curious about the number of blow downs and their height above the ground on the Shoal Pond Trail?

Cool video, although that conifer sapling appeared to be a bit sketchy for rapping into Lincoln’s Throat. 🙂

Oh, wow, that is exciting! I have colleagues a the U in Laramie, and I love the Snowy Range, although it has been since August 2010. My six years in Colorado, Idaho, and Seattle way, way back were a special time in my life. Enjoy the big skies and gorgeous sunsets!

Are you moving out?

Yup, reason that I noted CFR south of RMNP. Probably most popular 13er in the CFR is Mt Audubon, which has a trail to the summit. Many of the other peaks involve a little scrambling, but my guess is that your doggie would be up for most of them. Fourth of July valley just south of Boulder’s...

On my drive across Rts 3 and 302 late yesterday afternoon for round table discussion of Michael Wejchert’s new book ‘Hidden Mountains, Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong‘ with Mark Synnott at Theatre in the Wood, every NH4’s trailhead (Five Corners, Beaver Brook, Haystack Road, TFW...

Just about every valley in the Colorado Front Range west of Boulder has multiple spectacular alpine lakes, including tarns in many headwater cirques, along with a few tiny alpine glaciers clinging to life. I think that as long you are south of Rocky Mountain National Park along the Peak-to-Peak...

I know several hikers who are w*rking on a four-season grid, so 192 peaks vs 576.

Spring Equinox, not Solstice. 🙂

Recently added the water pick routine, which is wicked tedious but seems to help.