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Here's a primary source on the hybridization of the Eastern Coyote in Eastern Mass: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1656/045.017.0202 Research showing populations of hybridized coyotes in the Northeastern U.S.: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/6/1/89.short There is also some...

Just realized there is a book event tonight at Porter Square. Since it's an 0.1 mile bushwhack for me, I'll be there! http://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/tom-ryan-following-atticus

Trails + bushwhack with EarlyLite Trails well packed. No problems with stream crossings on trails, ice bridges formed and were solid. Traction needed for for trails, some difficulty even with microspikes (we both switched to more aggressive traction). Snow a little over one foot deep in...

A friend (EarlyLite) has been eyeing West Field and, having realized we are both free tomorrow, we've decided to go bushwhacking. Plan is to approach from A-Z trail and not to start too early. Visits to any other peaks would depend on when we get back on trail.

Thanks for that report Mohamed!

I don't meant to take away from the core topic (though my dog is 1/4 Lab). I'd been trying to put together some thoughts without much discussion of this story. But since you ask for more info: We were bushwhacking to Scar Ridge a few weeks ago. My dog and I were up ahead when problems...

Very useful thread. This is useful for me with my dog, and for conveying to others. A couple weeks ago, I joined some others on a bushwhack they'd planned. There were two other dogs, aside from mine and one of those dogs became hypothermic (shivering uncontrollably and unable/unwilling to...

In recent years, what I've seen is groups using the shelter as a base - but with no one or just a couple sleeping in the shelter. It still alters the experience of the trail and I prefer to avoid it, as do the few people I've talked to. There are places where you have to stay at or very near...

That should be a great time to hike. I hiked almost exactly those dates on my first LT hike (July 25 to August 15) - it was great time to be out there. I definitely recommend finishing before Late August when the college student group tirps start filling lots of shelters. My journal on...

Thanks for kind and encouraging words.

Date of Hike: 12/22/11 Approached from Little River Road - followed cross country ski route to Trailhead. Trail Conditions: Parts of approach route and North Twin trail iced, others wet and with standing water - very little snow at lower altitudes. Few blowdowns, little erosion, on FWT, up...

I think 4 weeks would be ideal for hiking the LT. If you can only get 3 weeks off work, I'd still say go for it.

I'm hoping to find time to go E2E (Northbound this time) next summer also. I find the LT to be highly addictive. The list of shelters, with notations as to fees is at: http://www.greenmountainclub.org/page.php?id=54 The fee shelters in the north tend to be in popular areas (like Mansfield)...

TDawg. My sense is that either route is fine. People seem to usually take the snowmobile route from 7 dwarves and use the cross country ski trail closer to the river from the end of Little River Road.

Thanks Tom. I'm hoping my memory and my notes work for me. I found it in the summer a few years back with no problem, but evidence of foot traffic right off the trail made confirmation easy. I have noticed that people, many with far better back country navigation skills than I, have been...

I've been planning a trip to Hale and South Hale to celebrate the start of winter. My planned route to the Haystack Road trail head is from the end of Little River Road, crossing the bridge nearby (just before the end of the road) and then turning a sharp left after crossing the bridge and...

I ended up getting both Hillsounds for last winter, the crampon (amateur?) and the crampon pro and love them both. The Crampons seemed to have stronger bite than microspikes - I never owned the micros, but last winter it seemed that people more agile than I were a little less secure moving with...

Great pictures. What a loss. I am sorry.

Dug - I believe my Chippewas were in the Arctic series. They are pretty much as you describe. I've had them for 9 or 10 years - they've held up very nicely and they are heavy and clunky. They do great with crampons - they are a bit wide for my snowshoes, but do fine. The extra weight is...

Thanks - I'll definitely have to try one on and see if I can wear them.