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:eek: Absolutely amazing, Lriz! And to think I was congratulating myself last year for finishing the Pemi traverse before it got dark! :o My ankles hurt just reading your excellent report. Awesome job!!!

Date of Hike: 06/14/2012 Trail Conditions: Trails well marked, though corridors are very narrow with hobblebush growth in sections. New Bald Cap Peak trail very well done and well marked. Peabody Brook Trail flooded by beaver activity near the Bald Cap intersection, requiring easy bushwhack...

Wow, Jazzbo! That's one I have on my list to do in the next few weeks - great minds think alike! I love that old road - it's perfect for a quiet walk with the dog, and the sunsets over the Sugarloaf peaks from the clearings are awesome, especially in the fall. If you follow it to the end, you...

Yikes - I mistakenly read "Zealand Wilderness" at first. :D

Becca, nice photos! It's often the little things one notices that can really make a hike special :)

Thanks for the greenie and the kind words, John!

Thanks for the greenie, TDawg! Lots of rocks and lots of water = lots of fun :)

I usually take some time to compose my reports - this one was thrown together rather quickly sometime around midnight last night. :) Don't tell my old English teacher! :D

Finally, I wanted to tackle one of the bigger waterfall mysteries of the area: Davis Brook Falls. Davis Book lies on the western wall of Crawford Notch, alongside the brooks which bear Arethusa Falls, Ripley Falls, and Nancy Cascades, some of the largest in the state. It has been long rumored...

A late 1800's map of Lincoln and North Woodstock shows two odd features somewhat outside of town; a Natural Ice Cellar, and "The Cascades". While I did not have much luck finding the Ice Cellar, the cascades were a delightful treat and surprisingly easy to find. While the cascades are on the...

(What lies far upstream on Davis Brook in Crawford Notch? Keep reading below to find out….) It may be of little interest to most folks, but I've always been intrigued by the quantity of White Mountain features that appear in old guide books, old maps, and old publications... some dating back...

I did a similar loop last year - definitely a fun one, and exhausting! http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?41254-Tripyramids-Whiteface-Passaconaway-Semi-Loop We spotted a car and went up Pine Bend Brook. Some steeper parts, but nothing overly difficult compared to many other trails...

I remember one trip to Washington, way back when I was a teenager in a camp group. Things got from bad to worse as we passed over Boott Spur, and we took refuge at the summit building, a shivering and shaken bunch. While this did teach me valuable lessons that I remember today, I still...

Depends on your reasons for hiking. Folks peakbagging only for peakbagging sake will just get a bit cold and wet while doing so. Waterfall seekers might find something to like. Myself, I would most likely wait for a nicer day, but everyone is different.

Date of Hike: 05/31/2012 Loop as follows: Tuckerman Ravine Trail, Alpine Garden Trail to Nelson Crag, Nelson Crag trail to Washinton summit, Crawford down to Davis Path, Davis to Boott Spur, Boott Spur trail back down to Pinkham Notch hut. Trail Conditions: Was surprised to fine Tuckerman...

Glad you enjoyed the Redrock report! That was a long day, but I am so glad I made myself do it. One of the most beautiful spots in the Whites I have ever been to - I started feeling all poetic like those old guide book authors. Next time I go there I'm going to try a shortcut down the slide...

Spent the evening hanging out by Lonesome Lake waiting for the moon to rise. Quite a lovely sight - unfortunately, it didn't clear Franconia Ridge until it was very dark, so there wasn't much for foreground detail. Beautiful night, and not so lonesome! Headlamps were bobbing all around...

Thanks, Jim and Roy. That information is much appreciated. For some reason, this peak calls to me - hopefully I can fit the trip into this year sometime. :)

Are there any intrepid bushwhackers out there who have been up to Green Mountain? This is a somewhat bare, northern peak of Bear Mountain, which is east of the Mahoosucs and west of Grafton Notch. Old guides speak of accessing this peak via today's Lary Brook Road, following by foot after the...

Hmmm - not knocking these hikes, but it sounds like someone didn't want to travel too far north. :) While I enjoy Welch/Dickey and Rattlesnake, they just don't give me the encompasing views that most mountains further into the midst of the Whites do. Just my little opinion, though.