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Route: Lincoln Woods Trail > Franconia Brook Trail > Lincoln Brook Trail > Owl's Head Path Full photo library ----- Brief comment about Owl's Head (for those who have yet to do it): Owl's head gets a bad rap. Yes, it's long. Yes, it'll take a full day, but 80% of it is an easy stroll through...

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I'm sure many feel this way, but I have to say the wealth of knowledge here at VFTT is staggering!

Heading up to Owl's Head on Sunday...I have a few questions about hike: 1) Curious -- anyone know how the rivers have been? I don't mind getting wet, but I'm hiking with my 10 year old...and I've never done the route before -- will he be OK crossing the rivers? 2) In the summer, is it best to...

Wonderful stuff -- LOVE the macro shots...easily overlooked!

Thanks for the explanation Lefty -- althought, it's kind of odd...the higher land is rather obvious from the summit sign (this photo was taken by me, standing on the true summit, with Henry almost next to the marked summit)...I just feel bad for all the hikers that stop at the sign...and...

Yeah...we saw the spur path to the horn...but I'm not too proud to say fatigue was getting the best of us...and the promise of a dip in the pool was lingering in our minds. The horn is definitely on the list for the next go 'round... As for the arrow -- that's a funny one, because the Kilkenny...

Route: York Pond Trail > Bunnell Notch Trail > Kilkenny Ridge Trail > Unknown Pond Trail (loop) Full Photo Album: http://jcwheel.smugmug.com/Hikes/Cabot (Note: captions under the photos) --------------- We had been reluctant to climb Mount Cabot due to it's remote location, and now, after...

Thanks...and honestly, I really don't mind giving 10 bucks to the good people in the Town of Gorham. ;-)

Ha - interesting you ask about that. The short answer: I'm an idiot. I too was rather confused when I saw it, as I have a WMNF sticker on my truck. In fact, I went so far as to ask two gentlemen who lived there if my car was OK where it was...and they said it was fine. So why did I get the...

Thanks for the name of the mushroom. Turns out, I had posted on Facebook too, and just had a friend from Oregon who is a naturopathic doctor guess "fly agar", which seems to be in the same family (Fly agaric amanita). I guess these pretty little mushrooms are highly hallucinogenic and he was...

Billy -- that's because all the adults WERE wiped out -- thank goodness I was behind the camera so I couldn't be seen. ;-) The weather was dreadful...we were dripping in the first 10 minutes...and there no good water sources, so we had to make do with what we had in our bladders for the whole...

Route: Out and back via Carter Moriah Trail (Note: This was Henry's first hike back after a broken knee-cap 12 weeks ago -- huge congrats to him for completing this climb.) ----- Let me start by saying we underestimated Moriah. When I first glanced at its low spot of 41 on the list of 48...

Indeed we are getting close - 6 more hikes to go, but we want to enjoy them. Isolation, Moriah, Cabot, Owl's Head and Carrigain -- with a Zealand/Bonds finish...but who's counting! ;-) JW

Trip Photos http://jcwheel.smugmug.com/Hikes/Galehead

Galehead, North & South Twin via Gale River Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Frost Trail, Twinway & North Twin Spur Equipment: None really...traction wasn't necessary. A perfect ten day for mid-May! We departed Gale River Road Trailhead around 8:15 AM and were very pleased to find the weather...

Out and back via Garfield Trail (although on the way down, much of it was Garfield River!) What a great day for a hike, and this one had a little of everything: dry ground, wet ground, rivers running down the trail, mud, snow, ice and a couple good blasts of wind. We started up about 8:45 AM...

Thanks so much for this -- heading up tomorrow morning, so you're timing was perfect! JW

Route: Blueberry Ledge Trail > Rollins Trail > Walden Loop > Dicey's Mill Trail We started around 9:15 AM heading up Blueberry Ledge on dry trail, and were astonished by the sheer number of blow downs, especially around the newly routed trail in the lower sections. The moose activity was...

Date of Hike: Saturday, March 31, 2012 Trail Conditions: Frozen, wet trail trail for the first mile or so, then building into 1-2 inches of snow. Just below Starr King (around the spring) long patches of ice covered with an inch or so of snow - very slick. Summit of Starr King and ridge to...