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AMC shot down (for now) Don't have a link for ya, but a judge denied AMC's request for a restraining order. For now, the state can work on and the sledders can use the new route.

The Wilderness zones based on human impact are based on actual counts the Forest Service has done over the years, not on a guess as to how many peakbaggers will be climbing any given mountain. If you've been hiking in the Whites extensively, chances are good that you've been "counted" by one of...

The draft EIS for the WMNF plan revision has different recommendations for different Wilderness zones (A through D). This is just going to confuse the general hiking public. Good observation about the "non"-trails, Roy. I'll offer two more that are technically bootleg trails: The .3 mile view...

I have my druthers. 'Nuff said.

32 degrees F. in Tamworth with a mix of sleet and wet snow. 113A between Wonalancet and North Sandwich is treacherous. It's gonna hafta cool down some if we are to get any accumulation out of this.

You can have my house for $800 (I'll go backpacking) but you'd be better off with Waumbek's cabin. You'd also have to promise to feed the cat. I can't think of anything off the top of my head but I'll ask around.

Yeah, he does. He also wears neon green knee-highs with his hiking shorts. Other than those two oddities, he's basically harmless. And pretty intelligent for a Dartmouth grad. The smartest thing he ever did was marry Liv. And e-b: Don't you forget it!

Terry, is that you?

Bears move stones. They flip them over to find grubs, salamanders, etc. So if what you heard was flipping over good sized stones, it was definitely a bear. Bears will be in Tuckermans. Bears will be most anywhere in the Whites. Kevin Rooney said it best: "Watch in awe - you've been given a...

If AMC doesn't like the idea of a snowmobile trail looping around their facility, they have the option of offering a corridor along the west edge of their property. This would reduce the distance a sled would travel within sight and hearing of the Highland center and bring the sleds no closer...

What are you people talking about? Winter started on 11/06 when bigmoose, Bob Kittredge and I were scooping snow down the neck holes of our shirts while pushing through spruce on the back side of Mt. Huntington.

In a previous life the Uncanoonucs and Joe English were prominent features of the view out my living room window. Happy Birthday to the Uncanoonuc Reservation and thanks, arghman, for the history lesson!

As long as the road is bare (which it is now) there's no problem. Living in Tamworth, I always head to Sandwich Notch from Center Sandwich. If you are going up Wentworth Trail, you don't even have to get on Sandwich Road. Just follow Diamond Ledge Road to the end. If you're going up Guinea...

Depends on how you define "climb". Does each climb have to start at a trailhead and include the very apex of the summit? But no matter how you define it, I can claim no mountain a thousand times (that's 20 times a year for 50 years). However, I can safely estimate I've spent well over 2000 hours...

Right on, Roy. Roy makes a number of valid points. I'd like to add that it is the inclusion of inappropriate areas to the wilderness system that creates an anti-wilderness response from much of the backcountry recreation community and weakens the Forest Service's ability to effectively manage...

KayakDan: To clarify, the revised forest plan will still allow logging, but not in Wilderness areas, nor will it likely occur in any of the identified "roadless" areas. The Wilderness Act of 1964 disallows logging in Wilderness. MtnMagic: Nash Stream could not be designated as Wilderness by...

1. Not in favor. 2. Yes. 3. Probably not. Believe it or not, most people would probably classify me as pro-Wilderness. But at this point, I would rather see the existing Wilderness managed more in line with the tenants of Leopold and the Wilderness Act rather than seeing more Wilderness...

According to the 27th ed. Guide, AMC maintains the trail. It isn't described or shown in the maps of the 3rd or 5th editions. The 11th edition attributes maintenance responsibility to AMC but says nothing of the trail's origins. So Fishin Jimmy Trail was likely built circa 1925 - 1935 by AMC...

I think Warren's link provided an adequate definition. VFTTop'r, I trust that you are sincere in your posts and I believe that the topic is legitimate. But I admit that I had a fear that a thread on trapping in the national forest could result in a heated debate and degenerate into a flamefest...

Mohamed, here's my version: Old hikers never die, they just smell that way.