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This was a solo traverse of the White Mountains 4000 footers south of the Kancamangus Highway. Start: Sawyer Ponds Trailhead Parking (then short road walk to Oliverian Brook trailhead) End: Hancock Notch Trailhead Parking (short road walk from Greeley Ponds Trailhead) 4000 footers...

Greylock is melted out. On 3/24 I hiked Thunderbolt, AT, Overlook, bushwack down through The Hopper, Money Brook, AT, and Bellows Pipe Trs and all were clear. There were a couple very small patches of snow off trail in the woods.

Does anyone know if there's still snowy or icy trails at Mt. Greylock after this major meltdown? I couldn't find any recent reports here or at newenglandtrailconditions.com thanks

I've done the race three times. If you have access to a treadmill, put it on an 11.5% grade (the average grade of the race) and go hard for at least an hour--multiple times. There's no subsitute for continuous hard uphill practice and if you don't live near a mountain with at least a 2000'...

How hard is it to replace an iphone battery in the field? Thnxs for the info.

Lithium batteries in original packaging, carried on board, appear to be O.K. : http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/batteries.shtm Anyone have a different experience? (I'm about to fly with a lot of lithium AAA's)

thanks a bunch!

Does anyone know the current condition of the Osseo Trail in the Whites? Is it snow-free? thanks.

possibly the simplest and lightest alcohol stove of all time is used by the ultra-distance trekker Andrew Skurka: http://www.andrewskurka.com/advice/technique/fancyfeaststove.php I've tried it myself and it works great.

But what, exactly, constitutes a Mahoosuc Traverse? If a Fastest Known Time is to be set (not by me), this would have to be defined. Seems to me like it should start on the Old Speck Trail at Rt. 26 in Grafton Notch, and first hit the summit of Old Speck before starting on the Mahoosuc Trail...

My late Dad, Albert List Jr., always told the story of doing it in 10:15 with Brookie Dodge back in the late 40's when he was a hut boy, eating only oranges which they pealed as they ran. He claimed they set the record. The quasi-official "Fastest Known Time" site for such things at...

Thanks a bunch. I start Sept. 4. Unfortunately, although my legs have felt fine in my practice hikes, my feet haven't held up well hiking with a pack and I have to eat too much food. The equations for doing the Long Trail unsupported within the constraints of less than 9 days and less than 20...

I'll be starting on Sept. 4, after a very large breakfast. Good to hear the trails are dry, but are the water sources drying up too? Farmer, are you still in Europe? How were the mountain ultras?

My background: I was a traditional backpacker way back in my youth, but recently I've mostly been an ultrarunner (four 100 mile finishes, including Western States, Wasatch, and Hardrock--all middle of the pack finishes). Much of my training has been in the Whites, so I'm very comfortable on...

It took me 15 hours to do the full out and back, and I had to finish going down Watatic with a flashlight. Given that that's about 43 miles (with the trail beiing a bit longer now with the re-route through Windblown), I'm trying to translate that to how many miles/day I can make on the Long...

But other than that it was great? ;-)

Thanks for the replies; that's just what I needed to adjust my expectations and planning for harder, slower, and more food needed.

Accounting for some of the main factors that make a trail tough--including the elevation gain and how rocky/rooty the trail is--which is tougher on average, the Vermont Long Trail or the MA/NH Wapack trail? (The reason I ask is that I hiked the Wapack Trail out and back on Saturday in training...

Date: April 4, 2010 Bernard Farm Trail: O.K. almost to junction with AT, a few blowdowns, then 1-2' deep snow on AT to Greylock. Snow soft and melting, but dense enough to prevent postholing with bareboots. Gould Trail: top 1/3: messy soft snow and mud. mid 1/3: muddy. lower 1/3: good...