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2-5-13 I checked in with ski patrol at their office in the base lodge and got some looks for requesting access at 4pm but thankfully they granted it to me but told me I couldnt snowboard down after dark--fair trade. But since I was in a hurry to catch the sunset I set off wearing my snowboarding...

part 3: Orizaba <continued> On the 30th we traveled to the town below Orizaba, Tlachichuca, which surprisingly had a direct bus from Puebla. That was an interesting bus ride as I'm sure we had about 30 people on the bus beyond the seated capacity (cue Entrain's 'Mexican Bus'). But for a 90...

part 2: Izta <continued> Amecameca below the Pass of Cortez was our favorite city/village of the trip. Getting there was a bit tricky as we missed our stop at the nondescript turnoff on the highway (easy to do since there's no signs or announcements, monitoring our progress via GPS was rather...

Mexico Volcanoes, 12-25-12 - 1-4-13 Climbers: Arm and myself. Mountains: La Malinche (14,640 ft), http://www.summitpost.org/la-malinche/150260 Izta (17,159 ft), http://www.summitpost.org/iztaccihuatl/150193 Orizaba (18,490 ft), http://www.summitpost.org/pico-de-orizaba/150192 Arm's photos...

Thanks for posting Tim! I just got my AIARE I cert this weekend so it's neat to hear the rangers talk about how the layers that we got our hands into are going to change. I hope they continue to do informative videos such as this one in the future (or maybe they routinely do them and I just...

Agreed. I just wish I hadn't spent 10 minutes of my life reading select opinions by those that deem people driving to the top as 'lazy and obese'. I agree wholeheartedly with not being a fan of the stickers but frankly who gives a s*&^, it's a good marketing ploy. I'd like to think that when...

1-28-13 With snow coming in I bypassed the Table Rock trail, though it was very well broken out. Excellent firm packed trail up to the upper Table Rock junction. Lots of firm windslab in the open woods up to W Baldpate but trail was generally well broken out, with microspikes being my choice...

1-25-13 After a full day course at the Highland Center I decided I'd make good use of the evening by doing the loop solo from the Highland Center, heading up around 5pm. AZ was well broken out to the Tom Spur with some heavy drifts at higher elevations. Spur was well broken out, but light...

1-24-13 On a whim decided to do a night hike up Moriah solo to brave the cold temps. Started up ~5:30 pm and although the temp at the trailhead was 0F I heard it was already -20 on Mt. Washington. The winds were very light down low and fooled me into thinking it wouldn't be too bad up high...

Found a single gaiter halfway up the Nancy herdpath on 1-19-13, definitely was dropped that day. Meant to leave it at the trailhead but forgot. PM or email pcushing21 at yahoo dot com

1-20-13 Big Rock approach. Got a generous ride to Big Rock from a skier from Lincoln Woods. Easy crossing the river. Headed straight up the ridge, perhaps a bit too far to the East on the way up and hit some thickish stuff. Some trouble finding/staying on the herd path even up high due to...

1-19-13 Sawyer River Rd-->Vose Spur-->Carrigain Notch-->Nancy Pond Trail up Nancy and out Sawyer River Rd had a few snowmobiles come through to pack down the fresh snow that fell overnight which helped some. We switched from barebooting to snowshoes at the old Signal Ridge Fork since there...

thanks! thanks guys, appreciate it! I got back to VT a little sooner than I had originally planned so I'll just update here: Trail Conditions: Pico, Killington, Mendon: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?47621-Killington-Pico-Mendon-via-Bucklin-LT-bushwhack-1-12-13 Stratton...

1-16-13 Burrows Trail Signs on Camels Hump Rd indicated that the road was closed to hiking the mountain. With the fresh snow I was unable to get up one of the hills in 2WD since the plows hadn't yet made their way up there. There's a few turnoffs that are plowed and the one I chose added ~3...

Sat 1-19-13 Vose Spur; Sun 1-20-13 Scar Ridge (we should finish well before the pats game. Go PATS!) It seems like a good time to get after some bushwhacks given the recent weather events. Planning on the usual approach for Vose Spur. Possibly camp out at hancock campground on the kanc Sat...

1-14-13 I couldn't believe my eyes as I pulled into the parking area for Dorset at 1500 feet to see zero snow in the woods/fields. The southern exposure and semi-low altitude worked their magic I see. After 15 or so minutes the woods/trail had nearly complete snow coverage and I erred in...

1-14-13 Parked in lot 1 at the ski area and spoke with a lift operator about hiking up the ski trails. He was quite helpful and confirmed my suspicion that the preferred route up is the right-most green to the climbers right from the base lodge. He also said Stratton doesn't charge passes for...

1-12-13 No problem parking in the Bucklin trailhead. Trail heavily used by skiiers but due to wet, consolidating snow we needed snowshoes the whole day as expected. Around 3500 ft or so the trees began to POUR on us with all the melting snow. We quickly lost the LT heading towards Pico and...

Cool option for a descent. Last fall a group of us descended the scree slope from the Flume summit til it ended then cut across to intercept the Flume Slide Trail below the steep section. It was pretty easy open woods and allows for a ski descent option. Sounds like you guys had a good hike!

I recall the satisfaction of reaching the various NEHH peaks a few years back and for many less interesting peaks figured it'd be one and done. Yet this fall I decided I'd start working on the NEHH-W list to mix things up a bit and motivate me to go back to see some of the nicer and less...