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Date of Hike: Aug 23, 2014 Trails: Kedron Flume, Ethan Pond, Willey Range, A-Z, Mt Tom Spur, Avalon, and Mt Willard Trails Trail Conditions: As it applies to All Trails, all of the water crossings were easy. Water levels are low. The specifics are as follows: Kedron Flume Trail was in great...

Did them all. We ended up starting from Lincoln Gap, late after the drive, and camped at the Battell Shelter, we then hiked to the Theron Dean Shelter for another night, next day we descended, hitchhiked back to LG (super fast and easy), then drove to Camel's Hump to hike it. We descended that...

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Winter is on its way :)

I'm headed to Vermont in the near future and am thinking about bagging Killington, then heading north and bagging the last four as a backpack along the Long Trail as one plan... or, possibly doing them all as a backpack as another. The hope is we'll be ending on Mansfield -- then figuring out...

Date of Hike: Aug 10, 2014 Trail Conditions: I wouldn't normally post a conditions report for such a small hike, but I did want to mention the 3-4 blowdowns I saw on that section of trail before the crag. All are easy to pass over/through, but it could use some work. There is evidence the pro...

Date of Hike: Aug 3, 2014 Trail Conditions: The trail was great and featured newly dug/cleared dirt waterbars down low (thanks). There were a couple of muddy spots and slippery rocks that will likely be dry by tomorrow if it doesn't rain. The ledges were mostly dry. There was one easy-over...

A trip report and some photos from my recent trip to the notoriously hot and dry Pacific Northwest. http://nhtramper.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/mountaineering-in-the-pacific-northwest/

Date of Hike: July 6, 2014 Trail Conditions: The Caps Ridge Trail was in good shape. A tiny bit of bridged mud at the start as is typical, then nothing of concern the rest of the way... with exception to one easy under blowdown. That said, for the life of me I don't remember it on the way down...

Date of Hike: July 2-3, 2014 Trails: Zealand Trail, Twinway, Bondcliff Trail, West Bond Spur, and Lincoln Woods Trail. Trail Conditions: All of the trails were in great shape with exception to the wet and muddy south end of the Bondcliff Trail and one muddy chunk of the Lincoln Woods Trail...

Date of Hike: June 27, 2014 Trail Conditions: This is an easy one. All trails have blowdowns, significant mud, and running water. The minor crossings were simple, the main crossings (although we did only one going in and one coming out) were NOT rock-hoppable. To cross we had to wade. Special...

My girlfriend lost her sleeping pad either on the Black Pond Bushwhack or on the Black Pond Trail. She's bummed. It's one of those expensive blow up ones. She thinks it's either a ThermaRest or REI brand but isn't sure. It's in a gray bag. If anyone finds it, please reach out to me here or...

Date of Hike: June 20-21, 2014 Trails/Bushwhacks: Lincoln Woods and Black Pond Trails, Black Pond Bushwhack, Lincoln Brook Trail, Owl's Head Path, Franconia Falls Bushwhack, and Franconia Falls Trail. Trail Conditions: With exception to Lincoln Woods, all trails/herd paths had some mud on...

Date of Hike: June 19, 2014 Trail Conditions: The Caps Ridge Trail was in good shape. A tiny bit of bridged mud at the start as is typical it seems, then nothing of concern the rest of the way. I noted some of the water bars could use a cleaning, and as if by magic, on descent I ran into a...

Date of Hike: June 15, 2014 Trail Conditions: Hale Brook Trail was in great shape lower down, but was pretty slick and muddy in places higher up. That said, Hale was in a cloud and it drizzled on and off the whole time. It was currently wet. The trail needs a little TLC to be great; some of...

Date of Hike: June 12, 2014 Trail Conditions: It had rained so the trails were wet, but everything was in great shape. I don't recall any blowdowns on the portion of these trail we were on. All crossings were easy, there was a few patches of mud here and there, mostly on Ethan Pond Trail, but...

Date of Hike: June 6, 2014 Trails: Wildcat Ridge Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail, Carter Dome Trail, and Nineteen Mile Brook Trail Trail Conditions: All crossings were easy, including the Ellis River right at the start. And aside from one blowdown on the Carter Dome Trail, the lanes were clear...

Date of Hike: May 31, 2014 Trail Conditions: Once above treeline, the Glen Boulder Trail gave us great rock on which to climb, it's so nice going that way. The Boulder itself is still unmovable (I admit I always try to roll it down to Route 16... but I always fail). All trails were wet in...