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Trail work and loop hike via Webster-Jackson Trail, Webster Cliff Trail and Crawford Path. All trails in pretty good shape, no major issues. Lots of people and trail dogs out enjoying the good weather and lovely views. Hannah had a good day on a loop she knows well - more water between the...

Hannah and I would have loved to join the pooch party but I had to work on Saturday - a big congrats to Toby from both of us!

Hancocks loop via the usual (Hancock Notch, Cedar Brook, Hancock Loop). All trails in pretty good condition - usual large mud pits along the ridge with well establish herd paths but otherwise easy to navigate. We did the loop clockwise, no major issues ascending North Loop or descending South...

Good day for this hike - great weather, and ended up getting a bit of a late start after staying up late watching the Stanley Cup champs win :D Some slippery roots and rocks down low in the morning on the Garfield Trail with the usual mud patches. Water crossings were all very low. After...

Fabulous hike to finish out May. Day started out cloudy but sun came out just before we hit Guyot, and stayed for the rest of the day. Trails were in decent shape - just a few blowdowns on the Twinway about halfway between Zealand and Guyot. Few easily passable snow and ice patches on the...

I second Becca's idea - for those who can't get out of work early enough on Fridays ...

After an epic hike in the Presi's the day before, we decided to do a mellower hike and check out the Fire Warden's Trail. We parked at the end of Little River Rd and took the snowmobile trail and Haystack Rd (which is completely bare) to the North Twin trailhead. Two large blowdowns in the...

Via Crawford Path, Webster Cliff Trail, Eisenhower Loop, Monroe Loop, (a bunch of shorter trails south of Mt. W), Westside Trail, Jewell Trail Parked at the Mt. Clinton lot. Microspikes worked great until the Webster Cliff junction, then barebooted for the rest of the hike - snowshoes got a...

Out and back to the Kinsmans from Mt. Kinsman Trail. Started in microspikes, switched to snowshoes about 1/4 mile below the junction with KRT where the trail got messy, kept those on until about one mile from the trailhead as the snow was significantly softer in the afternoon. Monorail poking...

Started at the Basin parking lot, took the bushwhack from the snowmobile trail to Liberty Spring Trail, up and over Franconia Ridge Trail to the summits and back. Trail reasonably packed out, a few inches of new fluffy snow in places with some drifting near the ridge especially just below the...

FINALLY replaced the boots - with a bit left over after the coupon and free shipping. Got the Vasque Women's Bitterroot GTX's, newly added to REI's menu. The new ones are pretty but the old ones did me so well for so long. (This weekend I need to look into trying to add my mortgage to the...

Wow, great pictures!! It was nice to meet you both on Saturday, hope everything went smoothly for Thor this week!

Nice to meet you and Thor on Saturday, hope to see you on the trails again soon! - Sarah and Hannah

Few inches of new snow but easily packed all the way from Lincoln Woods through Black Pond and the bushwhack all the way to the base of the Brutus bushwhack. Snow depths increased to the ridge, and we broke trail in about 12+" from the old summit to the new summit. Quick descent with perfect...

Indeed it was - and of course much less exhausting than the slog up to South!

About 2-3" fresh powder at the trailhead, 4-6" heading up the south loop and 12+" drifts in spots on the ridge. One very large walk-under on Cedar Brook Trail. Good butt-sliding heading down the north loop :) Hannah had a good day - fully decked out in her new Ruffwear Cloud Chaser jacket, in...

Wow, couldn't have said it better myself - very inspiring ... thanks for sharing!

(From a long time follower of VFTT and your blog, but only recently established official member) - best wishes for a speedy recovery Alex! The mountains will be there after you heal and I'm sure you'll be back on the trails in no time :) Sarah (and Hannah)