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I’m 260lb, 290-300 with my winter pack, and even with the tails found MSR Lightning Ascents good only on semi-packed trails (snowmobile trails or high-traffic hiking trails.) They’re really made for snow not quite packed enough for crampons, in powder cut the recommended weights in half. The...

I know it’s a little late for this reply, but if you’re looking for snowshoes that offer a lot of flotation and don’t want to go with traditionals then GV Wide Trails may be what you’re looking for. I have a pair of 12x42 and they keep me near the top of everything but the lightest, fluffiest...

It’s obviously too late for the OP, but GV Mountain Extremes are an option. They have 2 wide straps with ratcheting buckles (and also offer a BOA-type binding that I haven’t tried yet), a toe stop molded in as part of the binding, and a heel lifter. The straps are plenty long enough even for...

That’s nuts! I moved up to Jackman ME 4 months ago and it’s right in the middle of the mountains of western Maine. A friend & I bushwhacked up Boundary Bald Mountain and there were a few spots that were a real struggle, including one where we had to crawl on our bellies (never easy with...

About 13 hours on an aborted attempt on Washington, I simply was in terrible shape. My longest completed hike was The Tripyramids, that was about 10.5 hours. We went up Pine Bend Brook and down Sabbaday Brook, with most of the descent in the dark. I think we left the summit of South around...

Thanks, it’d help if all apps used the same names for the same trails but AllTrails doesn’t show this under “Fire Warden’s Trail.” I guess there are too many of those.

I’m looking for fairly strenuous snowshoeing day hikes within a couple hours of home, and Mt Abraham Trail in Strong popped up. The map shows all but the last 0.8 miles or so as being hard surface and packed dirt, but the last bit is labeled as a 4WD trail. I have a Jeep so as long as the snow...

That would have worked if there was signage at the Falling Waters trailhead informing people of that option. If those hundreds of cars parked on the sides of I93 had gone to other mountains or trails, the non-crowded trails you mention wouldn’t have been that way. And what about hiker condition...

Last year I hiked Little Haystack on Labor Day weekend and by the time I got to the Falling Waters lot it was filled to capacity. I ended up having to go 0.4 miles up the road to find a spot. Both sides of the road were the same way, in both directions. Obviously there’ll never be lots THAT big...

Thanks, my thoughts on the matter are that the mountains aren’t going anywhere and while I don’t want to injure myself I want someone else to be injured on my behalf even less.

I was supposed to hike the Moats with a group last October, but it was the Sunday that the big rain & wind storm rolled in so we did Eastman instead. Thanks for reminding me about them, I’m moving up to Jackman ME within the next month but I’ll definitely make it down for hiking the Whites...

I used my new NEMO Tensor 25 pad, 3” thick and only needing about 30 big breaths to inflate. I doubt I’d use it in temps much lower than what we saw since it’s not insulated. It weighs less than a pound and packs down to the size of a 0.5l bottle, though. I have a Therm-A-Rest Trail Pro and...

We definitely started way too late, I don’t think either of us woke up till 0730. We both slept poorly, too, my partner because he forgot his sleeping pad and it got down around 40 at Big Rock campground, me because he snored all night! Next time it’s separate tents LOL. We should have started...

A 4K would be nice because my hiking partner likes bagging them, I’m less discriminating but if one comes up I’ll go for it. Kearsarge North has a great view and is fairly strenuous for me, but I think I’d like to try a different route sometime. Chocorua is still probably my favorite, and my...

Willey didn’t look too steep from the contour lines on the map, but then again neither did Greenleaf! I’ve already done Tecumseh but my partner hasn’t, and it does seem like a good trainer. Kearsarge North is only an hour from me, too, and along with Chocorua & Monadnock is where I started my...

Well 3 months with no hiking at all, and only 2 or 3 shorter trips in the last 6 months due to foot & heel problems (Achilles tendinitis & plantar fasciitis) meant that Lafayette via Greenleaf was a little too ambitious of a hike. We got a pretty late start, too. So, at 1410 and about 1/2 mile...

8, my feet are the only part of me that’s dry when I hike in GTX boots on a summer day.

I totally forgot I had “The 4000-Footers of the White Mountains” on a shelf at home, which pretty much backs up the WMG. So I’ll bring that along with the maps and we can figure out our route tonight. We’re driving up from different directions and camping on the Kanc, so with 2 vehicles we can...

I also have flat feet, mine are pretty messed up from 12 years in the army and being overweight. Asolo Fugitive GTX and Lowa Camino GTX fit like a dream and are great for walking on knife-edge rocks. Both are available in size 14. The Caminos needed no real breaking-in, I bought a pair on a...

Tell me about it! I hiked Little Haystack Labor Day weekend last year, and had to park about 4/10 mile north of the trailhead on the side of I93. The only mountain I’ve ever seen that many people on was Monadnock. Temps at the summit are only forecast to hit the low 40s so maybe some people will...