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Kidney is much more open, Daicey more secluded and much smaller. Neither allow swimming, both have put-in areas as well as kayak & canoe rentals ($1). At Daicey you'll be using a cart (they have them) to get your gear to the cabin. While both mention "propane lights" in the cabins, they are weak...

I've certainly seen cars with MA plates driving home on I-93 out of the Whites area with trees tied up top. I assume they've cut their own, it's a long drive just to buy one. :) And wow do they get icky with road oil and salt all over them.

Hah! And I actually think of it as "west" because going to Wallingford is westward. No idea how "east" ended up there.

Ludlow's a neat little ski town with some nice shops, you could waste a couple hours exploring. I used to drive through there every Friday night and Monday morning. There are some excellent breakfast options (though I'm sad to read online that North Fork Bagel has closed? They made excellent...

Stan, very tempting, and thank you tons for the offer, but isn't late June in that area the big black fly convention?

Welch-Dickey was completely rebuilt since then, but is still in effectively the same place. Piper Trail parking lot moved, didn't it?

New England Trail Conditions website reported on their Facebook page:

A little clarification: The "Ravines" webcam is the one at the top of Wildcat ski area that was attached to a summit building scheduled to be demolished. You can see that building in the left edge of the webcam image. Unfortunately, the current location does not provide a view into the ravines...

December 1, 2012: From 3:30pm to 3:45pm in Conway there is a Holiday Parade on Route 16 from Washington Street to West Main Street. Road closed approx. 3:00-4:00pm. From 6pm to 8pm in Bethlehem there is a Christmas Celebration on Route 302. The celebration will take place from Congress Street...

Most important: leave an itinerary with a precise "Call Fish & Game at this number & report me missing if you don't here from me by XXX o'clock" on it. You don't want anyone jumping the gun but you also don't want to be out there too long in winter conditions if something happens, like, say, you...

Well, apparently microwaved water is actually more likely to be superheated if you use a mug or Pyrex as the smooth surface leaves little or no nucleation sites for steam to form and so the water goes beyond the boiling point. This means it will not have as rolling a boil. But I still feel like...

Stan don't forget -35°F the first night of Gathering 6.5 in the Adirondacks. Good times!

I agree! Doug! Why is this so???

Just to sidetrack for a moment: There are people who claim an ice axe is never required in the Whites, and my position is that they're fools. There are definitely locations on popular hikes where an unarrested fall will result in serious injury or death. Not many, and they're very specific, but...

And in fact, Rebecca Brown, author of Women on High: Pioneers of Mountaineering, was in my class. Of course, I also learned what happens when you roll, the axe doesn't bite, but your toes do. Ow ow ow ow ow. That was a week on crutches.

Wow, it sure wasn't that expensive in 2002! But this is a 3-day course and includes food and lodging so it's actually not an unreasonable cost, especially if it is in fact a good course (it's hard to tell since beginners are welcome). Cost-wise, it's on par with 3 nights in a motel, meals, and 3...

I took the AMC course. At the time it was called "Winter Mountain Skills II" and involved going up into Tuckerman Ravine and learning how to self-arrest (as well as crampon technique and other goodies). Instruction as well as practicum: after being taught how to recover from each type of fall...

Today, "Cyber Monday," is the day to shop for one. One particularly popular higher-end camera, the Canon PowerShot G12, is $200 off at B&H Photo a very reliable professional Internet shopping source (with NYC store). Lots of other deals, too. The Nikon AW100 waterproof, and Olympus Tough TG820...

Currently in its 30-day public comment period. Includes reconstruction of Tunnel Brook Road among other projects in that general area, http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=34713