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Same with me Bryan! I have a lot of fun on Huntington, Flume Slide, all the Baxter trails, but when I did North Slide on Tripyramid I turned around. I was near the top and there was a slab of rock about 100 feet that was too steep for me . I tried 5 or 6 times and didn't feel comfortable and...

Aaron, that's a great hike you planned, I've thought about it many times. The only problem is you have to stay at either Russell Pond or Chimney Pond the night before you stay at Davis Pond. Both times I went up North Brother I was too tired to do Fort, so going up from the east looks like a...

There's several places you can evaluate your progress. After the Abol Trail on top of Baxter if it doesn't look good you can just cut over to Hamlin and back across to the cut-off and down the Hunt Trail, a great loop hike there. Or you can go directly down the Hunt Trail and you would have...

Hamlin Ridge Trail is almost as nice as the Knife Edge. The Klondike is so mysterious grog.

If your hiking back to Katadyn stream from chimney pound the rangers won't stop you past the cut off time, besides you're going up Hamlin so they won't even see you. When you go over Hamlin peak and return to KS you don't have to go to Baxter peak, take the cut off trail, not only to save time...

Glad to hear you had a great hike Paul. So how tired were you when you finished? The first time I did that hike with my daughter we were both trash. We agreed never to go up the rock pile again. The next time we went up HRT we cut across the gardens and went down lions head, much better. I guess...

"it's a learned skill to maintain safe footing consistently." I agree. It's a lot of fun when you learn how to slip and slide. For work and hiking I go through 2 pairs of soloman techamphibean water shoes a year and they work excellent. When it's slick I like to relax into a crouch, it not only...

"good amount of face-to-the rock downclimbing mixed with a little routefinding " that's what makes it fun. :D :) Mama told me never to look into the eye of the sun - but mama that's where the fun is!!!! grog

50 degrees and rain, throw in some fog, 50 mph wind gusts and a little hale and it sounds like my favorite hike. I always bring a poncho, WT hoodie, rope, compass, three lites( green, white and red so I can have a nice lite show) in my day pack so I know I can survive 24 hours. Considering it's...

AAron, are you going into the mountains to be a mountain man or an accountant? Have some fun and do the Hell Brook Trail. grog

I thought the Hell Brook Trail was steep but no real dangerous part. I don't remember any views but it's a must hike just to see the best Vermont has to offer. grog

another rolla here In the last 22 years I've put on 800,000 miles on my 2 two wheel drive pick-ups, business (concrete and masonry) and pleasure. When it came time for a new vehicle I decided to down size and got a basic corrola. NO power windows, no power locks, no traction control, no...

" It really ticks me off when people say what I'm thinking before I get the chance" "The dog haters will respond that you should've gone Rambo on the dog and his owners, and that no dogs should ever be on trails." Those are 2 quotes by dvlb, the first one I agree with 100%. I hate dogs and...

The first time I did HR I was a little nervous, but I've done it 4 more times and I really enjoy it. I tried to do the north slide on tripyramid, but I turned around. There was one spot I tried 3 or 4 times but it was too smooth and steep for me to get up it. That's the first trail I'm going to...

HR faces south east so it dries out quickly. One october afternoon I drove by and saw HR was all icy so I cancelled my hike the next day. The next morning about 9:30 I drove by and it was good, I think the part in Daves picture was a little wet but I jammed my sneakers in a v groove and made...

That looks like it is right off the hunt trail and it was already well trampled. The tarp seems like a 20 by 25 piece of plastic and I assume they put it down to lay out their sail and then take off. The first post seems like it exaggerated the damage. At least it wasn't powered by an obnoxious...

Northwest basin trail from russell pond to davis shelter. I spent 15 mins. once looking for the trail and the mark was in the stream going up. I can't wait to do this trail in the rain, but the first 2 times it was nice out and last fall it rained so much that nobody could cross wassataquoik...

When I go 113 I like to take exit 25 (Holderness) instead of exit 24, that way I avoid a lot of congestion. I try to pull over whenever someone is behind me on 113, but there's no way I'm speeding. I'm on my mountain time and it's easy does it all the time. I don't need any cop spoiling my good...

When I wore my Merril wilderness boots I had a tough time. When I wore my soloman aquatech water sneakers I walked right up that place in Daves picture. When my daughter was 12 I took her up Huntingtons and she also wore sneakers and had no problems, but that was her second mountain so she was...

If you can't do what you want when you're single, then you'll never get to do what you want. grog