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While I'm sure the personal frequency of breaking out trails was higher years ago due to a lower winter hiking population let me just say that some of us 'younger' folks can and do hold their own when it comes to breaking trail. Sure I bet there's plenty of people nowadays that have only a...

An efficient 2 day 'snag'. Congrats, looks like a fun trip!

I've been up there in pretty mild conditions but in an unexpected whiteout nonetheless and a member of our group took the wrong turn but thankfully recognized the terrain was off based on her experience/recollection of the trail (she was unable to hear our whistles and we didn't see her tracks)...

1.1.15 Carters to Moriah via 19MB/ Carter Dome Trail/Stony Brook variation Barebooting or microspikes for 19 MB, some patches of bare ground and ice along the way (I wore spikes car to car and would recommend as much--if it's below freezing definitely leave the snowshoes in the car until it...

12.31.14 Waumbek 4wd vehicles can still make it to the trailhead though it's icy. I parked in the lot on rt 2. Snowshoes were left in the car today, microspikes were all that's needed. Lots of frozen water on the trail down low, even with spikes you could find yourself horizontal pretty...

12.30.14 Presi traverse via valley way, star lake, gulfside et al. Valley way was great with microspikes, very firm and a lot of the water holes were nearly frozen solid. I wore micros up Madison but they were a little overmatched with the lurking ice. Winds up on Madison were enough to almost...

12.29.14 via rocky branch/engine hill bw Snow is frozen rock solid now. I'd hold off on microspikes til you get up to the ski trail split due to some rocky and muddy bare ground. There's a nice snowshoe trench the whole way to isolation. Microspikes were fine car to car including the whack...

12.28.14 Owls head via black pond and Brutus bushwacks Lincoln woods had mashed potatoe snow and some bare ground, most of the bare spots were before osseo. Black pond was in nice shape, barebooting was fine. Soft slush and mud dominated the black pond whack. Followed some tracks that ventured...

I'm hoping to do a traverse one day this week and was wondering if anyone would be around to help with a ride to Appalachia in the morning. No date yet but hoping for Monday Tuesday or Wednesday. Beer compensation for your troubles. Thanks! Pat Pcushing21 at yahoo dot com

12.27.14 Pine bend/oliverian routes Snowshoes were needed right from the start on pine bend due to soft snow. Lots of blowdowns beginning 1/2 way up north peak. Somewhat fewer blowdowns between north and south peaks but still a modest number. One set of bareboot tracks went down the slide. No...

12.26.14 Kinsmans and canon via fish n jimmy, hi cannon et al We found it was barebootable hard frozen snow to the lake. We crossed the lake though I suspect officially it's not recommended. Microspikes were helpful to get up to the ridge and between the kinsmans. Snowshoes needed on the...

Congrats guys! When you guys go on a tear you do it like very few others can. Hopefully with Jason being done this doesn't lead to fewer beers being left on my car at trailheads ;)

12-21-14 Moosilauke via Gorge Brook -As others mentioned earlier in the week there's a nice atv track for the road walk to the ravine lodge. A great footbed exists all the way until treeline (though it gets a little more powdery and slightly less consolidated up high). Microspikes car to car...

12.14.14 I opted to skip a presi for something a little easier given the weather. Turns out it was probably about as challenging given the conditions I encountered. Sorry if this post is a bit longer for a trail condition format! Little River Rd to Hale via bushwhack/ North Twin Trail/...

12.13.14 Parking at the winter lot was fine. Sawyer river rd was barebootable. Variable conditions on the hike itself. Super firm snow down low - microspikes would have been fine but I wore snowshoes for the whole hike. Around the long side hill traverse lots of leaners over the trail, encased...

12.7.14, Liberty Springs to Franconia Ridge The trail was broken out by a mix of bareboots and snowshoes. It's pretty boney down low but once LS begins to climb a bit the trail is pretty nicely filled in. Franconia Ridge was blown in a bit and looked as though they only received powder from...

11.29.14 This post might not be all that relevant given the recent warmup but on Saturday night I ventured up to finally tackle Owl's Head at night. Lincoln Woods was packed out pretty well. Black Pond had been traveled by a few hikers so it was packed a little but still rather loose powder...

Congrats! It's been a blast running into you guys time after time these last few years. Happy trails and see you out there soon!

I got a pair of Denali Intuition Liners a couple of years back and had them fitted by the folks at Feathered Friends for my Scarpa Invernos. I found they gave me a mild shin bang when climbing moderate snow slopes, which could be mitigated somewhat by adjusting my footwork. However on descents...

I hear you, it's likely a little too rich for my blood at this point. There's other hard routes on the mountain that don't have the hazards of LR. Here's an updated story with the names of all the climbers: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023753653_rainierfolo1xml.html