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I stayed at Imp Shelter once with a caretaker who claimed to have sat out "Bob" or "Floyd" or some such in the shelter there. He said it was quite a wild ride, but that the (two-tier, Guyot-type) shelter was perfect for the conditions. I also camped at Wild River during a good November blow...

Just put a piece of cardboard over the part of the screen that shows the percentages! I have bad joints, so yes, I'm a partisan. Not so much in the Mahoosucs, either, or on the Wilderness Trail, but yes, absolutely, coming down Osseo or Adams (the worst!), and yes, going up the Twinway, TRT or...

That was what I thought. And then you could have just entitled the thread "Ladder."

Great stuff, keep moving forward! Of course, now Chester needs to take you all to Galehead Hut (and he should complain loudly about the trail conditions when he gets there!). Congratulations to all!

As I recall, the local water there was beautiful, but a touch chilly, not that it mattered. I've also been known to dunk as late as November! Swimming and fishing would be central to the trip. Thanks, just pondering how to fit it in. No one's ever skied it, have they? My perception is that...

Hitch-hiking? I parked at Pinkham Notch Visitor Center and hitched back from 19-Mile Brook. I was a dirty mess, the car was a show-room-new Lexus suv, with a family of four, including two little kids. They saw me hesitate in my filth and called "Come on in, we're worse. We just finished King...

Thank you! --Mike.

Holy crap! Strong work. But especially Thank You for the photos & write-up. Every time I read something on this section, it bumps up on my list a notch or two. So maybe mid-October to early November? When's the average first hard (bug-killing) frost? Average first foot of snow (at...

I also recently enjoyed reading the Randolph Mountain Club's trail (uh, "path") guide: "Randolph Paths (RMC Guidebook)" (see also: http://www.randolphmountainclub.org/stuffwesell/publications.html). It had a lot of little historical bits about how the north slopes developed over the years (in...

Well, now I guess you're karmically bound to report on what you find! Thanks for the greenie, --Mike.

Oh. Well, then good luck..., and don't forget to write! Wait a minute: aren't you The Man?

So as not to hijack threads about specific trips (hint), here's my separate question: If one were to imagine the highest and best environment for crossing the 100-mile Wilderness, at what time of year would this take place? It seems that doing it in spring or early summer meets with too many...

*Snap* for this, it's true, and, depending on the season, you get a pretty good shower much of the way up. However, the trail keeps with the riverside far beyond (above) the falls, and it is easy to bypass the barriers and warnings all along the line. The same is true in an even greater...

Amen to that! These people are true heroes to me! A buddy and I met an 80-something-year-old couple on the Webster Cliff, and they were kickin' butt and not looking back (left us in the dust)! I met another octogenarian on Mt. Willard, complete with 25-y.o. Limmers and a 46er patch. He'd...

Ugh, how horrible. I hope there's some kind of lemonade to be made from this. Thank you again.

Yeah, great job, forestgnome! ... But help me understand which falls we're talking about: the shorter one closer to the trail, or the (much) taller one further in from the trail (which has a herd-path through and then above it)? I can't remember which is which. I can't imagine falling from...

I was there in May a couple of years in a row, with the water about 80% of what it was on the news in this story. There are a lot of access points further upstream of the falls, at least one with a warning. We stopped to filter water (a huge moment on a dry 20 miles) and could easily have slid...

Doncha think you might have a wee bit of a halo effect going there? Strong work!

Thank you. What a pure, beautiful thing. Thank you. One is inspired to Walt-Whitman-esque rhapsody: the trees and streams rejoice, the walkers see only beauty. Great job. --Mike.

Thank you! --Mike.