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Thank you! --Mike.

I do this, too, both for fishing and as a way to reduce SAR liability. Some in NH are frustrated and enraged and need scapegoats. (For another example, see the stories on denying voting privileges to students.) It's easier for them to rage xenophobically than remember where the majority of...

Wow, are you the king of grousing or what?! Just kidding. I have two options: ==Cheap for most everything (Ocean State Job Lot, $10/pole..., or the Walmart specials are fine, too); I find that the baskets are too small for snow, tho. [Edit: I use 'em short, like a cane, rather than long...

Great stuff, thanks! That Katahdin shot is a beauty. There are a lot of webcams around now, a real mixed issue. Would love to see a couple views of the Pemi, although I wouldn't want them in there if anyone could trip over them. Maybe at the view-points along the Kancamagus. Thanks again...

Congratulations, and thank you for some real entertainment! Really psyched to see your next act! --Mike.

Champney Falls ...on Mount Chocorua is a beauty, both for hikers and skiers and also for climbers. I skied in there once and couldn't quite make it up the lip at the far end. Just as I was departing, a foursome with ropes & gear showed up. One of the good ones. By the way, it's a...

Thank You! I assume this means things are moving in the right direction? YAYY! Congratulations, best wishes, and thank you for sharing good news. We have a next-door neighbor who is going on a year since his successful treatment: throat cancer -- he's talking, eating, and gaining strength...

I've tried both routes, and been stymied both times. In one case, the Swift was open & running (March 15), so I went up Potash instead. In the other, the snow at Bear Notch was unbroken, thigh-deep, wet cement. I had never post-holed while skiing before, but I made it about 200 sweaty yards...

The day we went, Tux was iced boilerplate, but the Sherburne was powder bliss. There were a few tough spots, but it was a cruising dream..., that day (April 1, couple years ago). Goodman's book is fun! The bits about the Inferno (the Toni Matt story is incredible!) and the history of Cannon...

Thank you for this; what an excellent post! I once thought I was a voice in the wilderness on skiing low-angle hiking trails, but it's definitely not the case: there are plenty of us! My version of the "48" is actually just a must-do list, and skiing certainly sits at the top! I feel among...

Yes, indeedy, it will! Thanks for the replies. DougPaul, I knew of some of those, but not all, thanks! I also appreciate camera shots, and so use the MWO webcams (http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/cam/presidentials/) and notice you didn't mention Cannon Mountain...

Merry Christmas (and general Happy Holidays) to everyone today! I've seen li'l bits of snow data around the trip reports and trail conditions (winter and these pages go together like hand and glove!), but I'd love to see specific updates from those who have been out recently. MORE TC REPORTS...

Best of the season to all; Best wishes for a new year full of peaks; Thank you to Darren and the moderators for your service, and to all whose contributions add community and spice to life; and, with a little help, I hope to see many more of you out on the trails this coming year! --Mike.

Wu strikes again! Wu, you always crack me up. It's obvious that the party-of-two should be met at the ridge-line with a printout of this thread and twenty instant best friends. That wouldn't be awkward (for them) at all! Everyone wear jeans & sweatshirts (it'll be chilly!).

This kind of jumped off the page for me, reminds me of the Ann Landers rule: people can only take advantage of you if you give them permission. She's got to assert herself and vocalize boundaries. If I were in her shoes, I'd think about who's ultimately responsible for my decisions, and not...

Aren't there maybe some baby steps that could be taken first? Seems to me the issue in the northern Pressies is the possibility of long slides & falls. There are lots of good winter trails that don't have such exposure, but many of the approaches to the northern peaks have extensive snowfields...

Ah, a lurk man, I see (http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.stamp.1990.900620a); thank you, one can always use a new role model!

No, but no points off: the quote is wrong. I had to go find it, and it's in Goodman's "Backcountry Skiing Adventures" (available at the Mountain Wanderer!), p58. It was Otto Schneibs, and the quote is "... [S]chtem -- schtem like Hell!" The history of [Mt.] Moosilauke is intimately tied to...

Good story, though lacking in tragedy. Makes me wonder if there isn't a little spot somewhere in the Pioneer Valley named for Emily Dickinson. Now, wasn't New York's Whiteface Mountain named for a young man who pined for a sweetheart? Who says I'm not romantic?

Whattaya mean? I said "heartbreaking." I really feel for the young lass, especially getting raked over like that. But the story I heard included several people trying in vain to dissuade her from going out, and her cultural descendants (and here was my real point) would have fined her for...