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I know...too true, and probably why we straggle out of the woods many times when when the available resources says we shouldn't. I manned the trailheads many times over 15 years at Monadnock, and it was just a weird practical disconnect to encounter with the daily late hiker arrivals in the...

Monadnock is interesting in that it's visitors are such a broad group of people magnified with the high use. I really came to appreciate the diversity of hiker types there, one being many who actually preferred hiking at night, some just due to life circumstances of maybe working second shift...

Night time and rainstorms used to be my favorite times to hike this mountain, since it was when most people were gone.

Yeah, it would probably be a shame if a big tourist to do happened on the flats. There is always the danger of some such attempt to open the door to some cheesy tourist attraction. We have a couple food trucks working Bethlehem the past couple years, and I'm not sure what the deal is as one...

I agree with the example of Marty's in Danville. My wife and I have often discussed how some of our immediate surrounding areas would benefit from a combined retail and local flavor featured facility might be, as it seems sorely lacking in this area. Allen Brothers down in Westminster VT did an...

Same here, why are so many losing their footwear? I'm a Sorel type hiker and the more modern lace-up styles are snug and I never feel I'm going to lose them. I actually find myself hiking in mud boots often as well as my son (sometimes accidentally up a mountain), and I often have to hold him...

Very cool. I haven't been there for at least a decade, but the Mountain Pond shelter east of Jackson in the WMNF was still nearly original when my wife & I last visited. We spent quite a bit of time trying to find the oldest graffiti on the interior, and I seem to remember seeing some from the...

I have a friend in Milan who's family logs and I mentioned 2 yrs. ago I had too much popple, and wondered if there was a market, as I think it is a fine (finish) building material. Geez I could have said I found gold as they really wanted to get a look and cut, and it was hard to cool them off...

Whoops- thanks for the correction! Smuggs seemed too busy to think you could get away with it. 2 somewhat recent examples I had awareness about on NH Park land the offenders were awarded. I don't wish to share details. Peakbagger- I thought a market was developing for popple?

Unfortunately this article is not easy to access without a subscription https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/londonderry-man-sued-by-vermont-for-allegedly-clearing-trees-in-state-park/article_7da27328-5441-547a-86fa-735550d32ef7.html I searched around for another source unsuccessfully until...

If you want it from an economically challenged area (Lancaster NH): https://fullerssugarhouse.com/

The squalls were very fierce on Sunday, more so then I would have imagined. I usually spend quite a few hours in the woods on the weekends; had no desire to do so on Sunday.

It is the most fascinating thing to observe the battle between the seasons; dominant air masses, jet stream, affects of increased sun. I thought for sure the serious cold was behind us, but should know better by now. Heck the epitome of ideal winter conditions was only a month or so ago. I seem...

10 F for a high yesterday, 1 F this morning. There were some serious whiteouts on Sunday with fierce wind. I was concerned during a few of them that one might catch some hikers and that may be the case.

I do believe the spirit of freedom to roam and pass over others land (enabled by law) here in northern New England is a wonderful thing, and as skiguy describes is very different than in other parts of the country. I don't want to post my land but having a fine network of hiking trails for our...

Peakbagger, it is a thing over here to flee the higher property taxed surrounding towns to Dalton, I personally know 2 who did just that from Bethlehem. Looks like landowner is ok with guests since they maintain/allow a canister, but obviously want it to be local word of mouth and not through...

It's interesting that we seem to be in the most stable stretch of cold this winter over the past few days and nights, even though the spring equinox is a mere 2 weeks ahead and the sun is again a worthy contender. We tapped 2 maples on 2/26 and even got a spit of sap on 2/27. My wife said "I...

I used to have to give a safety talk to school groups of kids of all age ranges before letting them loose on mountain trails. One busload of 8-10 year old's I thought I was a superstar with my witty references and theatrical antics to get important points across. This one girl was looking at me...

I have gone to Precipice a couple of times early in the spring with the intent of just going up to the base of the really challenging areas and returning, just since I wanted to get there before the peregrine falcons nested and closed the trail. This would have been times back with only instep...

Precipice is non-technical in the non-winter, but geez it may be so in winter conditions (from a non-technical- non-climber). These used to be my favorite types of 'hikes', until one day I was clinging to a set of rungs 3/4 of the way up and had a moment of concern/fear. The next thought was...