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Speaking of the Flume Slide Trail, how do the red-liners hike it? I tried it two Mondays ago and it was too snowy and icy, but even when I first tried it in July 2005, there was one ledge that was just too high (and I’m just over six feet in height) and slick for me to get up on. Perhaps if I’d...

Is there a Mount Ascutney expert in the house? I climbed the mountain on Monday, taking the Windsor Trail up and down. I didn’t get started on the hike until 1:45 p.m., so I didn’t think I had time to make a loop out of the hike, by descending the Brownsville Trail. However, I did take the...

I think I may have mentioned this before, but when I was a kid, I read that years earlier bright, flashing lights were set up on the Pru and Mount Washington, but neither site could see the other’s light. When I was on Mount Monadnock in April 2011, there was a guy on top pointing out Mount...

Thanks for the information about the Asquamchumauke Trail, too, Dave. I was wondering why it had been closed. DayTrip, there was a gate at the very beginning of Ravine Road, so it may close at some point. While it remains open, the only rule seems to be to park along the side of the road, not...

Roy, I meant a section of the trail below Mount Blue, where the trail makes a more-than-90° turn to the right and climbs up to the herd path to Blue’s summit. The trail apparently used to continue straight ahead, as seen in my photo above. I guess Dave answered the question, that it would have...

I did follow the herd path to Mount Blue. That one wasn’t faint. The herd path I mean was on the other side of Mount Jim.

Just curious. Why was the trail relocated over Mount Blue and away from the edge of Jobildunk Ravine? Was it beginning to slide off the side of the mountain? There weren’t really any good views of the ravine. Also, there was a faint herd path well before Mount Jim that went off to the...

What about killing a b’ar when you’re only 3? Here’s another skill that would be handy to possess: being able to get from one end of Avalanche Lake (true, not in New England) to the other without using the hitch-up Matildas. Just swim around the cliffs.

Ohhh, yeah. The one time I parked at the Crawford Path, my car was broken into. Back to Elephant Head.

Lincoln Woods, I just remembered. I think that was the only place I used the last pass I bought, which proved to be a waste of money.

Are there even that many places anymore that require a parking pass? Beaver Brook, I think it is, on the road to Twin Mountain has a sign, but that’s not really a trail head, unless people park there during the winter when Gale River Road is closed.

Unknown Pond Trail Power line cut by Appalachia Above King Ravine Lowe’s Path

It’s just two extra miles in each direction, so figure on the hike taking about an hour longer. Remember, if you’re planning to climb the mountain for ‘‘credit,’’ and the road is closed to vehicular traffic, you can’t ride a bicycle on it, either.

Actually, that hike was on June 11, 2004. It was Peak Above the Nubble that I climbed in May 2005. Here are the two pictures I took from the top of that talus field.

I think if you slant across the talus field on Vose Spur, in the direction of the summit, you may find another herd path. I climbed Vose Spur just the one time, in May 2005, and I found no herd path during the ascent until near the top. Going down, however, I and a fellow I met along the way...

Tim: D’oh. Cumulus, we missed seeing you with the flag raised there in ’10, but my son and I passed you as we were heading to Middle from North and you were heading toward North.

What’s a bluebird day? I know people use that a lot around here, but I’m never sure what is meant by it. The Urban Dictionary defines it as, ‘‘A bright, clear, sunny day after a night of snowfall.’’ I doubt there was any snow up there on the night of the 18th, though. TermWiki defines it as...

Cumulus, you didn’t hoist the Flags on the 48 flag on Middle Tripyramid in 2010, also, did you? Someone resembling you did, anyway, according to my memory. Your hike on the 15th was the same as the one I did two years ago on my birthday — that was even the first time I discovered that Kinsman...

On foot it is, then.

Thank you.