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we day hiked the San Juan Wilderness in june 2003, while we were checking out the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (a highly recommended, excellent music festival nestled in a scenic mountain valley) http://www.bluegrass.com easily the most scenic hike we've ever been on ... lots of deer and...

try before you buy consider renting a Garcia or BearVault before buying one, they run about $5 a day BearVault looks like the lid could have issues once it gets worn in, difficult to open and/or lock down ... Garcia lid has two screws which lock the lid in place ... easy to unscrew each one...

two common bear canister models are the BearVault and the Garcia i wasn't crazy about the lid on the BearVault, so i picked up the Garcia (after renting one last year) i like the way the Garcia lid easily unlocks and pops out, and you can pick up a carrying bag that fits it, with straps for...

fun time at the FTFC dinner and at Portsmouth Brewery afterwards congrats to SherpaKroto on reaching "Old Man of the Mountain" status ! thanks for showing up so we could celebrate (mourn the loss of) your youth ;) happy birthday to SherpaK and Audrey !

another vote for not gathering a large crowd you can split up your group into ten-or-less teams, up separate trails, but it'll still be buzzkill central when someone else reaches the summit and there's a cast of thousands hoarding the summit besides, poor HarryK would have to carry a half...

spent a few days visiting Scotland's Highlands after catching a music festival in Amsterdam last week flew into Edinburgh, rented a car with left-handed clutch (manual transmission) to drive on the wrong side of the road up to Glen Coe, then spent two nights at Clachaig Inn...

we hiked up the new Osseo Trail about a year ago to Mount Flume, then found the turn-off for the old Osseo Trail hiking back down, and found it easy to follow back down to the condo's ... there were blowdowns, but it was a fun hike walk down the new Osseo Trail from Flume's summit, and keep...

Davis Square fun stuff: Somerville Theatre Redbones The Burren Johnny D's Redbones has tasty BBQ and great beverage selection (sometimes cask-conditioned!) The Burren pours mighty fine Guinness (sometimes free music in the back room) Banff Film Festival at Somerville was pretty...

hope this helps: http://www.jacksonxc.com/Trail_System.htm http://www.jacksonxc.com/jstftrailmap.htm http://www.jacksonxc.com/wildcat.htm http://www.skiwildcat.com Wildcat Valley Trail - 17.8 km, Most Difficult; connects the summit of Wildcat Mountain to Jackson Village. Skiers...

there was a sign posted near the AMR gate a week ago:

we scouted out a loop hike over Mount Equinox sunday tried to drive up into Beartown, on the west side of Equinox, after spotting one of our cars behind the Equinox Hotel (where the Day Hikers Guide to VT suggests parking when hiking Equinox) VT Gazeteer seemed a bit sketchy covering these...

we traversed the Bonds saturday, from Lincoln Woods lot to Zealand Trailhead - posted pics here: http://community.webshots.com/user/armmon a ranger suggested we hike East Branch Road and backtrack after crossing the Pemi suspension bridge we asked if we could bushwhack around the washout -...

hmmm ... the AMC is offended by something being constructed in Crawford Notch ? :confused:

got some snowshoeing in last weekend, after attending a training course in Eagle, Idaho wasn't easy finding out about outdoors options, snow depths, or someone to hike with, before heading out there, so it was PIBE mode all weekend drove north from Boise on Route 55, then turned right onto...

just got back from a fun week exploring Baxter State Park started with a hearty breakfast at the Appalachian Trail Cafe in Millinocket on sunday morning - drove through Togue Pond Gate to Roaring Brook, then started our backpack out to Russell Pond swung around Sandy Stream Pond and spotted...

just checked out a great four-day weekend in the Whites headed up thursday night and set up basecamp ... woke up fryday, chained my bike to a tree at Skookumchuck Trailhead, drove around to Gale River Trail, and hiked up to Galehead ... foliage is kicking in pretty good this week treked over...

Muir Woods, just north of the golden gate bridge http://www.nps.gov/muwo/home.htm http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parksearch/state.cfm?st=ca awesome Sequoia and Redwood Forests may the forests be with you

thanks for the hospitality at feldspar lean-to ... didn't get to hike with Ed, Lyle or Carol, but we got some good laughs in before crashing that night thanks to SherpaK for hanging with me on the hike out ... that picture of me on Gray sums up how blistered feet had me hurtin' enjoyed a...

When friends first told me about "lists" of mountains, I thought they were crazy. After hiking many of the White Mountain 4kers, the prospect of completing that list became appealing for various reasons. Exploring areas I'd otherwise never see topped the list of reasons why I'd attempt to...

we dropped a mountain bike at Reel Brook Trailhead in November 2000, then drove to Mount Kinsman Trailhead, where we parked on the side of the road, to loop hike the Kinsmans don't remember if a WMNF parking sticker was required for Reel Brook, but you don't need one for Mount Kinsman...