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WMNF does not have it listed on their roads page (which is now on Facebook, sigh...) and they've been pretty good about checking with MDOT in the past. I can't find any info about it on the MDOT website (there was no press release, there usually is when they close a road). You might try...

I've been using the UnderArmour ColdGear glove liners, just because that's what I found last time I went shopping a few years ago. (I bought two pairs.) They've held up well. They're close-fitting, they've got a cuff that goes way up the wrist, and they've got silicone grippy stuff all over the...

First thing I wanted to comment on was the idea of "book time". I think it's quite useful to have a "guideline time" in the summary description, especially if your routes vary greatly in character. But it's even more important to include the indisputable facts: distance and elevation gain...

It's common for land to be donated/sold for conservation after it's become worthless to its previous owners. In the case of the WMNF, I vaguely recall that the land had been valuable for logging (circa 1880s), but in addition to much of the best timber being logged out over the next decade or...

I can believe there are plenty of people in NH who don't know anybody who's gotten sick. In Massachusetts almost 2% of the population has tested positive - that's enough for most people to know somebody who got sick, and to know somebody who knows somebody who died or who got...

I do like the suggestion of reverting it to Clinton -- "no, not that Clinton." Fits in well beside Jackson -- "no, not that Jackson."

Can't find (nor remember) the VFTT threads Sanbu is talking about, so I'll answer Mike P's variation of the question. Looks like RocksOnTop is no longer in business. I seem to recall both the AMC and the Mt Washington Observatory had pretty active forums once upon a time. Can't find them now...

As a proxy for "trees big enough to hammock from", I looked at the aerial view and found a stand of birch trees on the Eisenhower trail. That was at 3,600'. (The trail junction is about 4,400'.) The trail is steep, so it's only about 0.3 miles distance down the trail, but 800 feet of...

Just a guess, but I can think of something you'd want to boil, stir, and put in barrels in the woods of New Hampshire. There are maple trees in most of those photos. (The ringlike pipe thing, though, I haven't a clue about.)

I'll TLDR again, to save folks clicking on the Yahoo article that links to the Popular Mechanics article that links via three tracking networks to the article in Nature Geoscience. (But note that somewhere along that path you get a token that lets you read the full paper; if you shortcut...

Here's a photo of the ice cream man enjoying the fruit of Mats' labor: http://davidalbeck.com/photos/2008/july_4_2008/i20.jpg

Yes, Wolfden bought the property for $8.5M, and now they're raising cash by selling timber rights to Haynes for $4.5M ($3M immediately, the rest in the fifth year). "$5M worth" seems like an odd way to write the contract, but I assume it refers to the wholesale price that Haynes gets. That...

A filter is a lot lighter than a liter of water. The only problem is, you have to have water sources along your route for you to filter. That's not always the case on a day hike up a ridge in late summer. On the other hand, for a short hike you can probably get by just fine without drinking...

So if Tecumseh drops off the NH4K list, will it get added to the 52WAV? Judging from photos, somebody has already been up Tecumseh with a saw, so the views are there...

I stopped carrying spare headlamp batteries years ago. I carry a spare headlamp (or two or more, if it's a long trip with lots of night hiking). Changing headlamp batteries on a dark winter night can be avoided for the rest of your life for under $40! I haven't had occasion to try any of the...

Those corner pockets get repeatedly abraded when you negotiate steep rocks on your butt. Duct tape works great, and it prevents further damage. I initially tried it as a field repair, found it lasted for years. Tape both inside and outside the pocket, so the tape sticks to itself. A bit of...

Yeah, if you're going to spend the cash on a winter bag, go for a serious bag. A minus twenty rating is about right. If you sleep as cold as I do, you'll still be wearing your down jacket inside there when it's minus ten out, and you won't (intentionally) camp at all if you know it's going to...

Three days sounds about right. IIRC they (HH and JB) were not particularly unsure of their location, but the snow conditions were so atrocious that they were basically unable to make progress. I once attempted going in there in early spring, but I met a stream crossing that would have...

If my memory can be trusted, there are a couple of places where dynamite was used on a hiking trail, to create a resting spot in the middle of a steep slab. I seem to recall one in the middle of a traverse near the summit of Chocorua, i.e. the Liberty trail, above the cabin.

Going by maps not memory: there is an old logging road that leaves the Kanc just south of the Greely Pond trailhead, right alongside the stream. It joins the Greeley pond trail after less than a mile. Should be a great place to camp, with mild slopes and reliable water. (Just go 1/4 mile...