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I was hoping this would be a TR on the Burnt Hill near the Sugarloaf ski area. I haven't been able to find the trailhead for that peak yet, despite some real easy-to-follow roads through the network of condos up there. You had better keep hiking this winter, Jim, or the Mainely Manly Men might...

Just for the record, I never signed that jar - it was hung months after I had followed the trail to that summit. VT is a little absurd in the number of extraneous jars floating around on trailed summits. Mount Snow, Haystack North, Aeolus, Mother Myrick... most jars are fun but these jars are...

I've got a pair of Northern Lites and I love them, too. I must say, however, their warranty and customer service are awful. When part of my cleat sheared off in crusty snow early last winter, I called about the warranty and the owner of the company told me he would be too busy to fix them until...

When I'm not sure what peak I'm looking at, I usually look at a map to figure it out. If you can pinpoint it on a map, I bet I can tell you what its name is...

I have friends that live off FR 55, just west of Rt 100 in Granville, VT. The residential road is plowed for a good bit, but there is room to park overnight down near Rt 100 and walk up to the fire road. This road will be broken out because of the snowmobilers that use it in the winter. I think...

Nice to meet you in person, Jim - it was the highlight of my weekend. But you didn't tell us - what time did you start driving on Saturday morning? :D

At some point, I am going to bushwhack to here just to say that I've been there: Top of the World It's right over by Squam Lake!

Who are you calling "old men", GrandPa? I think the average age of NE3K finishers will be coming down significantly in the next year or two, thanks to all of the advice that you've been kind enough to share with fellow obscure-peak-bagging enthusiasts. CONGRATS Kurt, Mark, and Herb!

I just did Longs and Elbert last week, too. No problems with the weather but I'll admit I was feeling the thin air. One thing I noticed was that there are lots of free places to camp near the trailheads - wish it was that easy back here in the east! Another note on peakbagging in Colorado - the...

Here's a tip that some of us bushwhackers use: Always go to the trickiest place first, and always leave your car where it will be easy to find on your return trip. (i.e. If there is a chance to get lost, you'd rather get lost in the morning than at the end of a hike when it might be getting...

The tradition of starting at midnight seems awfully random and arbitrary to me. Were there a number of other record attempts that all started at midnight, too? These speed records are nothing but legend and lore. Some make a bigger deal about it than others, but in the end it is just another...

I hiked a short section of the CT over the weekend near Kelsey Notch and South Baldhead Mountain, and I came away with mixed feelings about the trail. In some places it was wonderful - a well-defined treadway, easy to follow blazes, natural beauty in abundance, etc. In other places (probably...

The man that popped out of the "bathroom trail" on Hale was my friend Jim. He left me a voicemail while he was on the summit. When I talked to him today, he mentioned having a curious discussion with some guy on the summit. Small world, huh?

The east side of the loop parallels some heavy logging activity for most of the way up Long Mtn. Good for moose, but you don't really get the feeling that you're out in the wilderness. Sunday River Whitecap can be done as an easy 6 mile round trip if you know where the secret "trailhead" with...

I thought K-Man was his dog, Katahdin... Congrats, Keith!

Wish I had Audrey's advice before I headed up there! I had a tussle with that patch of crud on my way through, but I managed to avoid it on the return trip. Thanks to Michael and crew for replacing that jar last winter. Also glad to hear that we all found the highpoint - it was hard to find the...

If you're going to replace the container, it just seems like littering to leave the empty jar hanging there, too. Is there any particular reason you leave the old ones? I noticed that this is at least the second time you have mentioned doing this... Let's try and keep these summit register sites...

Please allow me to bring up the subject of bushwhacking... Recently, a member of this site mentioned to me that too many people are discussing bushwhacking around here, and it should be kept more discreet. Who cares if it is trendy - is this subject becoming taboo? Other threads have discussed...

In the course of crashing through the brush off-trail, I have come across Private Property postings a few times. Sometimes I heed them, sometimes I don't. I guess I try to be pragmatic about what harm, if any, my crossing that line will do. There is an unspoken rule that even though you might...

Well that explains a lot. My running buddies and I used to soak our aching legs in Boulder Creek 4 or 5 times per week when I lived out there in the summer of 2000 and 2001. All this time I thought it was "shrinkage" since the water was so cold! :o I always wondered what they were doing up there...