Search results

vftt.org

Help Support vftt.org:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. N

    Helicopter Tour of the ADK Park

    helicopter tour view behind paul smiths Lyon Mountain would, I believe, be more distant. I'm guessing the high point is Loon Lake Mountain.
  2. N

    Blake from Elk Lake

    Trail is good all the way. Many signs of recent maintenance, even on the spur to Pinnacle. The big blow of '99 opened good views of the Great Range along the ridge. It was mostly dry, but some mudholes were hard to bypass, especially on the Panther Gorge trail just before the junction to the...
  3. N

    pinnacle to blake

    I haven't climbed Blake from the south. That's what I plan to do tomorrow & will report on it.
  4. N

    Rocky Peak from Chapel Pond trailhead

    The trail above the Washbowl has three or four steep ice flows where MSR Denalis just didn't cut it. Stabilicers worked OK but crampons would've been better. The open ridge above was mosly bare with only one or two small tricky ice patches. All the rest including over to the top of RPR was...
  5. N

    Goggle fog

    Here's a tip I got from a guy at EMS (he said someone on the luge team told him about it). Any brand of shampoo that contains glycerin makes a good antifogging agent. Spread it on the inside surface of your goggles with your fingers and then wipe it off with good paper towel (like Bounty) that...
  6. N

    Butterfly at Flowed Lands

    It looks like a fritillary...maybe a great spangled frit'. My compliments, Nundy
Top