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Seems to be some confusion about who is hosting the site. Management of site was transferred to NHDES - not UNH which I think is associated with GRANIT. Of course text on website refers to GRANIT which I suppose is UNH, but actual site is now hosted by NH DES. One problem with Stonewalls...

White Mt National Forest is now in Stone Wall Mapper. I played around with it last night. I was right about another time suck hole. JR Henry's logging RR and skidder trails show up quite nicely. although NE and NW shading seem to have some limitations. I was studying areas around Owlshead...

I was on Stonewall Mapper last night and LIDAR imagery wasn't available. I think they must be working on the database. I profited from recently from mapper in that I was able to find logging road beforehand in area I was visiting. I went off in direction and sure enough there was the old road...

The house is called the Moses Hall House named after the last resident of Sandwich Notch and who the Hall Ponds are named after. My Caltopo files show an off-trail excursion I did on 4-23-2017 up to Campton Range. The gate was open and I parked at turnout that leads to Atwood Pond. I...

The thing these sites have in common is the water courses were formed relatively recently since departure of glaciers perhaps within say last 12-15,000 years. Route of water may take couple 1000 more years to settle on final route. Or those pesky glaciers may decide to come back and obliterate...

OH OH! Like a typical flat-lander I just came in from changing back to my 3-season tires. At least I know enough to keep the snow shoes in the way back. I think sap must be running in NH south of the Whites. I monitor weather in Plymouth and see steady long run of switching back and forth...

Mount's Kearsarge (North) near or in Conway NH and Kearsarge (South) in Warner NH are both excellent destinations. South, Middle, North Moat are far more rewarding than the usual 4K peaks. I find it depressing to see how beat up the principal trails look compared to less visited trails.

Speaking of neat MSR binding trick - I like to double up on the strap clips. I install them so they face in opposite directions. I find this helps prevent loose ends from flopping around and coming loose. I find doubling up on clips also helps keep rear heal strap where I want between...

I inquired with my contact at UNH an additional question of interest to explorers of WMNF Sorry to bother you again. Is there any plans to LiDAR White Mt National Forest region? LiDAR data would provide many benefits to users of the national forest. I explore area around Tripoli Road and...

Salty I was wondering what happened to the Swipe feature so I contacted someone who informed me Stone Wall Mapper site has been moved to NH DES server and will be managed by them in future. He responded as follows: We moved the stone wall mapper to a different organization today, sorry you...

I have two large cotton duffel bags I bought 15-20 years ago at a tag sale obviously used for carrying hockey gear which I use now to carry winter gear in winter season. In and out of the car every other weekend in winter and shoulder seasons. They still look pretty fair and no laminating to...

One reason NH Granit shows Owlshead RR so well is it uses Microsoft Bing Maps Imagery. I came across Bing Maps one time. MS Bing Maps seems to use mostly late winter or early spring imagery meaning no foliage. Another benefit to off trail explorers is you can tell where the hardwoods are - my...

I was looking for abandoned Osceola trail from East Pond last year so I loaded my track and saw I was following the old road where I was following the wire for a while and it checks out on LIDAR imagery. Unfortunately I noticed LIDAR imagery appears to stop just south of Osceola ridge line. I...

Oh noooo!!!!! Not another Internet time suck hole! :( I've been messing with it and find it fascinating. The Swipe feature is pretty interesting. Too bad they focus just on stone walls. I found the cellar holes I located last fall near Algonquin Trail. Lost North Roads in regions around...

I was out hiking today around near Walden Pond. I was pleasantly surprised to see many people out on the pond ice skating. very nice clear ice. I was wishing I had my skates. It's started to snow here in Waltham as of 4:30 PM. Snow cover has been long gone hereabouts but that will change tonight.

I think we're due for a reunion. Anyone care to try that route again? See if we can better our time?

Wow! A front end loader on 19mb trail? I bet front end loaders are't allowed in wilderness area trails!:eek:

I'm no expert, but I suspect with unfortunate combination of rain & snow hot cold weather events some smaller lots might become difficult or impossible to plow especially if berm freezes solid.

Interesting report! Sounds like you didn't visit Peggy's ledge which features views to north and good view of majestic Osceola north slide and split cliff. W Osceola is on my to-do list for good weather day so can hang around and enjoy. Check out Nordic Gal TR on NE Trail Conditions. She...

If you're interested in off-trail navigation you should visit Steve Smith's Mountain Wanderer blog. He has a blog post for just the area you're interested in Walker Ravine dated 1/20/2015. There is a search function in the upper left hand corner. Just type in Walker Ravine. Unfortunately...