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Date of Hike: May 29, 2014 Trail Conditions: The Lower Half of Valley Way started dry but got muddier as it rose. There were several blowdowns and the drainages really need some work. One of the blowdowns had a herd path around it, but a descending FS employee had a saw and made the blowdown...

Date of Hike: May 25, 2014 Trail Conditions: The Tuckerman Ravine Trail's lower half was its typical rock-strewn dry stream, though today it was a little damp and there were some remains of ice on trail between the Fire Road and Summer Route junction. The upper half was in typical rock pile...

Date of Hike: April 27, 2014 Trail Conditions: From bare ground, to thin snow cover, to ice, to thick snow cover, the Ammo offered us the whole shebang. Fortunately we were prepared for it all. The monorail (which wasn't quite that yet due to surrounding cover) was pretty solid so while we did...

Date of Hike: April 24, 2014 Trails: Blueberry Ledge Trail, Rollins Trail, East Loop/Walden Trail, Dicey's Mill Trail Trail Conditions: Aside from the East Loop (which we descended only) being softer than the other trails due to more limited usage, I am going to lump All Trails together...

For the mountains I really love my 18-24 Nikkor wide angle zoom.

Sent these back to the grateful owner. :)

Date of Hike: April 12, 2014 Trail Conditions: The Tuckerman Ravine Trail's lower half was a mix of conditions from soft to hard to icy on the ascent. The Cat came up later so when we left it was soft and unconsolidated. The Fire Road was in decent shape, albeit a little soft. The Lion Head...

Date of Hike: April 6, 2014 Trail Conditions: The Tuckerman Ravine Trail's lower half was hard packed and icy on the way in. Then the Cat came up behind us. After its passage the trail was loose and lumpy. It remained so for our return later. The Fire Road was in decent shape: not too hard...

Date of Hike: April 1, 2014 Trail Conditions: The warm weather has made Tuckerman Ravine Trail's lower half soft by day's end, and now featuring a mud spot or three, and it was still lumpy like the other day (3/30), though not as bad. There was a hard path in the middle of the trail, probably...

Date of Hike: March 30, 2014 Trail Conditions: A warm, rainy morning ensured Tuckerman Ravine Trail's lower half was lumpy mashed potatoes that made for an awkward hike in (and it was even lumpier on the way out since the Cat had recently run over it). The Fire Road was in better shape, as far...

Date of Hike: March 26, 2014 Trail Conditions: We were in luck, Airline was broken out for us, saving us some work (thanks). Until we got up there in elevation, it was packed down hard. After the Scar junction (untramped), though, the trail petered out some and got down to a single snowshoe...

Found a pair of trekking poles, individually, along a couple of butt sled path sections on the Mt Tecumseh Trail (Waterville side). Contact me within the next 30 days to claim them, after describing them, of course. You may do so here, if a member of this forum, or you may reach out to me via my...

Date of Hike: March 23, 2014 Trail Conditions: All trails were roughly broken out. The Cat had been up Tucks, but it was chunky and somewhat unconsolidated. The Fire Road was pretty much the say way, not full width yet, though. Lion Head was the same way, loose and chunky though firm on the...

Date of Hike: March 21, 2014 Trail Conditions: All trails were broken out and fairly packed down, especially the Mt Tecumseh Trail. Part of the trail was skied hard, shredded. Many folks where either sledding on the trail or barebooting it (a random posthole here and there). There was evidence...

Date of Hike: March 18, 2014 Trail Conditions: All trails were well broken out and decently packed down (although some of the sections between the Fire Road and Lion Head were slightly loose with wind blown snow). The fixed rope is still absent. Not much else to report. ETA: The snow fields...

Date of Hike: March 16, 2014 Trail Conditions: All trails were roughly broken out. The Cat and snow machines had been up Tucks and the Fire Road, but it was pretty lumpy and somewhat unconsolidated (though give it a few days...). Lion Head was the same way. There was a small boot track on the...

Date of Hike: March 11, 2014 Trail Conditions: The Ammo was well packed down near the start but as we climbed, the trail was drifted in some, though never more than about 3-4" deep. We did end up losing the trail just before the hut as it appeared there was more that one packed track -- we...

Date of Hike: March 9, 2014 Trail Conditions: All trails were well broken out in typical MW fashion. No blowdowns aside from that perpetual one part way up the steeps. The fixed rope at the "Hillary Step" is gone, for good I suspect. Eastern snow fields are looking good, not so much for...

Date of Hike: March 6, 2014 Trails: Rocky Branch Trail, Engine Hill Bushwhack, Mt Isolation Trail, Davis Path, Spur Trail Conditions: All trails (and the bushwhack) were very well packed. The bushwhack is the primary trail. There is one giant blowdown on Rocky Branch Trail but it was...

Date of Hike: March 2, 2014 (also went up on 2/28) Trail Conditions: All trails were well broken out in typical MW fashion. No blowdowns aside from that perpetual one part way up the steeps. The fixed rope at the "Hillary Step" is back. Seems like there's a battle going on. The pros to it are...