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Congratulations! - Ivy

I just want to echo others to say thank you Christine for keeping us all updated. The first thing I do when I go online each day and is check for a new report. I am glad all of the team members are safe... and summit or not, I know they are going to have fantastic stories and pictures to share...

I am glad for their existing customers that they finally saw the light. But for me it's too little to late -- mainly due to customer service reasons. I don't feel comfortable giving money to a company that a) treated customers with concerns about the change so poorly (particularly because in...

Trail conditions: Trail is in good shape throughout this section ... few patches of mud but otherwise, it's smooth sailing. Black flies were out in force -- they were particularly bad along the blue blaze around beaver flooding (near Old King's Highway) and at Crider Shelter. Mosquitoes were out...

Good luck and take care up there. I'll be looking forward to reading the updates and the trips reports when you all return. :) - Ivy

Trail Conditions: About 4.5 miles of this 13.5 mile section have painted over blazes (apparently due to forestry issues) that made the trail very challenging to follow. Once we reached the Leverett Co-op, the trail became well blazed and easy to follow -- with the exception of a small bit of...

Trail conditions: Trail in excellent shape and was my first snow-free hike of the year.... hooray! Mostly well-blazed with the exception of a couple of the road walks where it was helpful to have the guidebook in hand. Lawrence Swamp was surprisingly free of bugs (though it was sprinkling in the...

I also had the same problem. - Ivy

Trail conditions: First mile of the Mt. Tecumseh Trail has beach-sand consistency snow and patches of melted out places. If you stick to the rail, you won't posthole. First two brook crossings were easily rock hoppable. Snowbridge on the third crossing has collapsed... I didn't have any trouble...

Trail Conditions: Kinsman Ridge Trail from the tramway is very postholed and was extremely icy. Only bare spots were just shy of the summit where some of the rocks were exposed. Special Equipment: I used snowshoes on the way up, crampons on the way down. You will definitely want crampons for...

It's interesting that you say that, timmus. I've found the opposite. When I am hiking solo and meet people on the trail, I find it is usually men who comment on me hiking alone... and more often then not, they start in with a lecture. So much so, that I rarely admit I'm alone anymore-- mainly...

Trail conditions: Hard pack snow on the Double Head Ski Trail... I had no trouble barebooting the first .6 of a mile. Above that there are icy stretches and you might want some light duty traction. Old Path is also barebootable as long as you stay directly on the treadway... if you're off by a...

I live a couple of towns over... I've driven past but never tried walking in. The top of the hill has a National Guard Armory (some of the other old buildings are now municipal -- town hall, animal shelter, etc.) My husband has been to the armory (for work) to take photos of troops returning...

My highlight was finally finishing the winter 48 on Mt. Bond... after too many tries to count. It was nice to have the rest of the winter off from list chasing! :) - Ivy

I've seen bloodroot twice -- tons in Massachusetts along a section of the M&M trail and a few in New Hampshire while hiking the trails around Passaconaway last spring. - Ivy

You can share videos on smugmug... but you need to get the second tier account. I think it's called a "power user" account. They don't allow the videos to be as long as phanfare does (but frankly I've never put together a 10 minute video anyway.) I've been using smugmug for a couple of months...

I'm not sure it has the exact ghost town you're looking for, but there is some great information in this thread: http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16760&page=1&pp=15 - Ivy

It's "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana. - Ivy Edited to add: Pamola beat me to it.

Trail conditions: Couple of inches of powder on all trails over three to four feet of snow. Powder is not consolidated and made the hiking slow-going. Hancock Notch and Cedar Brook very well packed now... brooks were running but we had no trouble crossing them. Only five people hiked the south...

You can't use the coupon for a GPS... it's on the list of excluded products, I was sad to find out. - Ivy