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Considering picking up a good ul bivy for a ~2700 mile mtb ride this year, any opinions on the Montbell UL bivy or any other particular kiind? Would be out west along a very rough estimate of the continental divide.... I tend to like the Montbell stuff so I'm starting with that, plus I know...

I'd expect if anything, snowmobilers cause they could snowmile either from the LT or arlington stratton road or from the somerset reservoir where there is sure to be a lot of snowmobile usage in the winter... (as evidence from the plethora of snowmobile trail markers I saw from kayaking there...

That's funny, so do I! :D Jay

Well, they do have one brake, or they can have a brake installed.... Not sure if that answers your question if there was one.. Jay

Sometimes that quiver overfloweth :D Same idea, a fat tire running a low PSI, will float on top of sand/snow in certain conditions... Jay

There are "snow bikes" where they replace the front wheel with a skid. I've seen those before... If I saw a sign that said "No monster" I'd either think it was referring to the energy drink or perhaps I'd have a quiet day on the hills w/o being attacked by Godzilla. :D Jay

Yeah, I believe I saw a guy riding a fatbike along the road to the summer trailhead on Carrigain one winter ago. You can kind of liken this to the emergence of mountain biking in general many years ago in the say the mid 80s when hikers are soon forced to deal with fat tire riders and mud...

Was tempted to buy a used Salsa Mukluk 3 from a bike shop over in hadley but refrained. If you want to check out the emerging field of fatbiking to the general public check out Kingdom Trail's facebook page. They always seem to have FB updates on their trail status WRT to fatbikes.... Have...

Well, I bet GMA flipped the bill for the snowcat, after all it was for GMA! jay

As mentioned already, they took the snowcat down. I happen to be at my fathers for the Lunar new year and saw this sunday morning.. Looked like a nice day for the hike! Jay

I gave my 2 year old nephew the "Woobie" from REI as a christmas gift but it hasn't been used. Looking at it, it looks pretty nice as a sleeping bag. My sister intends to use it while car camping in the summertime.. Jay

I've heard 4-8 inches by the time saturday is here in the Berkshires of Western Mass.. Today snow wasn't predicted to be anything other than a flurry though.. Jay

There should still be a canister on Vly, no canister on BearPen. Crampons would probably be overkill, but some kind of traction aid would be needed I think now. All my snow has melted from my yard now pretty much here in the berkshires... Jay

Pretty cool, I hope he had help with some of the road crossings though (Rt 17 by Harriman State Park comes to mind...) Jay

I didn't but I heard about it from Coldfeet at the Catskills 3500 club winter weekend... :-( I hope they are able to recover and rebuild and perhaps even better than before! I feel bad also for "Cake Placid" (I love that name!) and Rick's Taxi who are also in the same building. Coldfeet...

The "Moo"se list: Peekamoose Poke-o-Moonshine Moose mt Moosalsamoo Mousilauke (ok, sort of honorary "moo" mt) Jay

I have never gotten a flu vaccine, and I don't recall the last time I got sick, let alone the flu! Jay

http://www.moosalamoo.org/ Cool name, must check it out... Anything interesting that is a must see in this place? Looks like it has some waterfalls, a lake, a Mt of the same name... I love cool names, there must be a list! :p Any chance of anybody knowing the XC Ski conditions too around...

Thanks :), I finally found a ice cream store here that carrys Giffords AND their "Maine Black Bear" flavor here in Pittsfield, MA this past summer. There was another place that carries Giffords but they didn't carry the brand and I almost got a small grocery store here to carry the gallons. This...

And a short snowshoe to Sentinel Mt is worth it!!! :) (even if you are breaking trail). That was one of my solo trips from Abol Bridge the week I spent up around there in winter...I broke pretty much all the way from Foss and Knowles Pond.. and then missed the short cut to Daicey pond and...