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April 4, 2014: The Hancocks Trails: Hancock Notch Trail, Cedar Brook Trail, Hancock Loop Trail Summits: North Hancock, South Hancock Hikers: Keith Malone and me With a very wet forecast for Saturday I decided on Friday for hiking this week. Keith was interested in The Hancocks with an...

Hey Marty, Thanks. It was definitely an unusual day. Some days I bump into one or two others that I've previously met but, as you pointed out, it seemed like everyone on the trail knew me or knew of me. Did you set that up? :confused: The day was fun with great company and that's all that...

March 29, 2014: Tripyramids Trails: Pine Bend Brook Trail, Scaur Ridge Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail Summits: North Tripyramid. Middle Tripyramid Hikers: Jessica Davis, Marty Emmick, and me What an outstanding day to hike The Tripyramids and do it with a couple of hiking partners like Jessica...

Thanks to fellow gridiots Schorman & Lady Di as well! I was really surprised at the speed things changed on the trail. On our ascent we met the other group of three and solo hiker in the lower switchbacks. By the time we reached the upper switchbacks the trail was completely gone – no real sign...

I’m thankful for Summerset Banks and her two companions (sorry, I don’t have the names) that got out there after the storm and broke out the trail. I know what the snow conditions were like on Thursday (the day before your hike) and this trio did some hard work. The general accumulation was...

March 22, 2014: Garfield Trails: Gale River Road, Mt. Garfield Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail Summits: Garfield Hikers: Jessica Davis, Larry Donoghue, Keith Malone, David Chase, and me The calendar indicates March 20 was the start of spring, but it’s a slow start. Since she was not heading...

Late post – sorry. Saturday, 3/22/2014 - We’re planning to hike Mt. Garfield from the winter trailhead at the west end of Gale River Loop road (west of Five Corners). If you’re interested, please respond here or message me and I’ll fill in the blanks. :D

March 20, 2014: Tecumseh Trails: Mount Tecumseh Trail Summits: Tecumseh Hikers: Kathleen “Katie” Kirby, and me As planned, we met at the Dunkin Donuts just off exit 28 (Waterville Valley) from I-93 at ~7:30am. Our target on-trail time was 8:00am. I arrived a little early and used the extra...

March 15, 2014: Moosilauke Trails: Glencliff Trail, Carriage Road Summits: Moosilauke Hikers: Trail Trotter (Sue) and me In case there are others out there that have never checked; driving from the south to the Glencliff trailhead is 16 miles shorter if Route 25 from Plymouth is used...

March 8, 2014: Eisenhower & Pierce Trails: Crawford Path, Eisenhower Loop Trail, Webster Cliff Trail, Mizpah Cutoff Summits: Eisenhower and Pierce Hikers: Angelina MacDonald, Katie Kirby, Peakbagger, and me Tough day! At least it was a tough start. The plan was to meet Angelina at the...

March 7, 2014: Hale Trails: North Twin Trail, Fire Warden’s Trail, and a couple herd paths. Summits: Hale Hikers: Jessica Davis and me With plans for a larger hike on Saturday, the Friday choice was intentionally a smaller hike. Mount Hale was a target on both of our lists making it an...

Hey Peakbagger, I also just got the notification and cleaned house. That's great news. I hope you can join the party. I'll be in the woods tomorrow but will be home early and checking messages. Actually, I'll get them on my phone once I'm out of the woods. Looking forward to positive news :)

It was really good to hike with you again Summerset; I hope we get together and go again soon. Thanks for joining the party. :)

Hike: Southern Presidentials (Eisenhower, Pierce and Jackson) Date: Saturday - 3/8/2014 Location: Highland Center - Crawford Notch The latest forecast for Saturday at the upper elevations (~4400 feet) looks very good; partly sunny, temperature of ~30 degrees, 10-15% POP, and NW winds in mid...

Thanks mirabela, Yeah, Crawford Notch is a drafty place. Your comments are very interesting to me. We experienced a westerly wind for most of the hike to Lafayette. Somewhere between Truman and Lafayette a southwesterly shift became apparent. With these wind directions the Willey Range should...

First, I need to ask a question…. You have diagnosed me as neurotic. Are you actually a psychiatrist or just a pretend shrink? :rolleyes: Different people use different resources. Search for past threads on weather sites and you’ll find many other choices. You’ll also find a number of...

March 1, 2014: Lincoln, Lafayette Trails: Falling Waters Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Greenleaf Trail, Old Bridle Path Summits: Lincoln, Lafayette (plus Little Haystack and Truman) Hikers: Jessica Davis, Summerset Banks, Kathleen “Katie” Kirby, Jeff Tyler, and me This one got a lot of...

I agree. At times exaggerations are entertaining. The National Weather Service has a weather station on the summit of Mount Washington. It’s very easy to get a report of actual recorded conditions on the summit; essentially an hourly snapshot. In a recent hike report to the summit of Mount...

That's interesting. I rely on the various forecasts from the National Weather Service and a couple other commercial sites. It isn't unusual for me to spend in excess of twenty hours researching the expected weather for most of my hikes. For hikes that have significant exposure, such as...

Our hike direction depends mainly on the weather conditions on Saturday morning. Based on the forecast, it looks like CCW makes the most sense. Since this is the end of a vacation week, I doubt there will be a great amount of trail breaking needed. We'll see.