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LIvermore is normally readily accessible by car from Sawyer RIver road which currently is closed to auto travel, still open for hikers. There is a private camp at the site of the mansion. IMHO, its best visited after frost before significant snow falls as the undergrowth tends to obscure the...

I don't frequent fee lots of late, but this is first one I have seen at a WMNF lot. GIven many of the fee lots lack power and data, I dont expect them to be in all the lots.

My favorite DEET based bug repellent 3M Ultrathon lotion seems to be hard to get of late. It has got 34% DEET and some sort of polymer mix that limits skin absorption so it lasts longer. I have been using it for 20 years including the years I was sectioning on the AT. I found it longer lasting...

You got it close, the Brunel trail starts at the summit of Mt Tremont, goes past Owls cliff with a spur to a view, then it comes out on Rob Brook road (FR 35) which is a very well improved logging road (that is gated). Then out via FR 35 to Bear Notch road. BTW, the hike is nice, but it is the...

The Cross NH Adventure trail starting from Airport Road in Whitefield to the North Road in Shelburne is one to consider. It runs through a Fish and Wildlife refuge and the WMNF. No official campsites but plenty of places to camp. Unlike most of the rail trails in NH and VT, this section is just...

https://indepthnh.org/2024/05/20/group-files-lawsuit-to-challenge-logging-in-white-mountain-national-forest/ A new variation on the same old theme of turning the entire WMNF into effectively a National Park. I have not spent any time at the Lake Tarleton project as its on the extreme opposite...

Once you have done it, you will wonder why you didnt do it before. Its worth spotting a car and going all the way to Bear Notch Road

Making a run through North Conway today it sure looks like Memorial Day week has gotten off to good start. I did the North Moat/ Red Ridge loop today and no monorail, but plenty of wet rocks to slip on.

My guess is you may need to look at a rail trail. Vermont just doesn't have a lot of flat.

https://www.unionleader.com/nh/outdoors/mount-major-main-trail-work-starts-expected-to-last-12-weeks/article_b2fb65ea-13c5-11ef-84f2-1fc428c556da.html Sounds like a place to avoid.

I am surprised that AMC has not replaced it and put it up on the annual auction ;)

Not sure exactly sure why USGS did it, but I can guess. Surveyors normally install reference points around a primary point that can be used to recreate the primary point in case the primary point is lost or removed. Prior to the start of the GPS era, surveying points were of great value as they...

One is the primary benchmark and the second (and sometimes third) is a reference. If you look at them the reference will have an arrow stamped on it pointing to the primary benchmark.

The temporary road reportedly was built on top of the original Pinkham Notch route that continues on past Pinkham as the Old Jackson Road trail which is also the AT. RT 16 has been realigned significantly over the years to try to reduce some of the steep hills and curves. South of dead man's...

Good possibility, they had a two lane paved road up and over the hill they blasted.

That was quite the detour, I tell folks about it and they cant believe they actually routed traffic through the woods. Luckily the trees they planted on either end are finally big enough to screen the openings.

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/05/16/regulators-approve-mining-law-changes/ I wonder if the owners will apply for a permit?

Looks like the Glen Ellis gravel pit project has stalled. The road has been blocked off with a pile of precast underdrain and catch basins piled up at the end of the road but no activity at the site and its definitely not finished. Must be waiting until after Memorial Day weekend to restart to...

Distances are tough on varied terrain like this. Different methods will yield different results.

I missed the Coos County planning board meeting last evening but heard from a reliable source that the project got effectively a seven year extension. Last year they were in big rush to get approvals to do all the logging and prep work for the phase 1 slopes and lifts. As far as I know nothing...