Search results

Most of my snow is gone from by backyard in Pittsfield but there would still be snow up on Greylock I would think and it is mud season here in the berkshires. None of the stream crossings in Greylock are that bad though at least along the AT up Cheshire Harbor trail unless you go off trail...

Southwestern Mass is a nice little sheltered island in among the upper hudson valley. Lots of little jewels there for kids and adults alike. sage's ravine, bash bish falls, Everett/Race, S Brace, Alander, etc. Welcome! jay

About 3" of wet dense snow here in the berkshires.. ho hum... Jay

And more, these are Friday to Sunday's foray into Daicey Pond and North Brother on sat. Abol Bridge to Daicey Pond via the Tote road, Elbow/Grassy Pond trail https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130315AbolBridgeToDaiceyPond Daicey pond to North Brother and some W115 finishers...

Ooh, almost there, congrats on Panther and GL and another siting of the prolific Korean hikers enjoying the catskills! Surprisingly not hiking to a leanto for kimche. :-) One more to go! Jay

We kind of hunkered down sort of NE of the summit sign for some celebratory happenings... J&J and I ran into the group of 4 (at the time 3) that we ran into before we ran into you at the AT Cafe friday morning! Nice pic Adventurous. I should have my North Brother/Daicey pond pictures up...

If you're including all of New England, the list is really endless! hike them all :-) Jay

Photos from the Roaring Brook-Chimney Pond trip... Sunday, Mar 10th: Abol bridge to Roaring Brook https://picasaweb.google.com/104827043392670889977/20130310EnteringBSPAbolBridgeToRoaringBrook Monday, Mar 11th, Roaring Brook to Chimney Pond and Saddle Trail to Hamlin->Howe->North Howe->Baxter...

I presume you mean commercial flight? Aren't most airplanes pressurized to basically simulate around 6000' ASL? I think some of the spiffier corporate jets may be pressurized to a lower altitude. Jay

From: Rt 23 trailhead To: WHP and back Why: Just a nice walk in the woods on my way home Date: 3-3-2013 Carried snowshoes and used microspikes from the kiosk up. A really nice hard track all the way to the summit. Checked out the map of the new multiuse trails just past the kiosk to just...

Well, considering he would of had to put it there (unless he had help), hopefully it's on the GDMBR. Headed towards New Mexico myself this summer, probably wont have the time to get to NM though.. Jay

Hi Mike, I typically would reuse my daypack (since you're going to need it anyway) to carry things you need for the day, (water, food, etc) since it's a lot easier to grab stuff there rather than to disconnect your harness and rummage through the pulk (especially if you use a tarp rather than...

Do they plow the road in, it looks like it is easily skiable though, probably could even ski a bit into the park, at least to the base of Sunset Ridge or any of the other trails leading to the summit ridge... SoloJoe and I had a perfect snowshoe track to do Mansfield last winter, but then it...

$5 for a shower doesn't seem that cheap to me :D Just kidding bcskier, I'm sure it felt way more than $5 to you! Jay

Tom, I realize you might be talking about the Stowe Resort and not the town of Stowe... My first time up Mansfield a bunch of us took the Hazelton trail from the actual ski parking lot up to the Nose and then down via the LT with the short road walk back to the ski lot. I do not know...

You can do Mansfield from the LT which starts in stowe. Drive up Rt 108 (?) to the gate where there is usually ample parking on the sides and walk up the popularly skied road about 1/3 mileish to find the LT kiosk in the woods on the left... I don't remember mileage nor do I really care...

Yup, though ascending to the thunderbolt shelter in a hour is a pretty good feat in itself... :-) There was an attempt at a commercial ski facility around where the thunderbolt trail ends in Adams, if you take some of the more meandering trails off the summit towards Thiel road, you will see...

http://www.thunderboltskirun.com/documentary.html If you can catch a showing of the above which was produced by the Thunderbolt ski runners, it's a real interesting history of the t-bolt. I saw it one sunday at the Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield and it was very interesting. They also have a...

The Campmor link says it goes inside the sleeping bag, but I guess one could use it outside, as Peakbagger mentions, I have also had the luxury of staying dry if water gets inside the tent due to the pad during heavy rain... jay

I have, they seem fairly expensive, given that Skurka guys seems to be a one-man advertisement for them and their lead time is like 10weeks or so... Thanks all for the advice everybody, I'm still undecided at the moment... but doing research nonetheless... Jay