Search results

Never had the orange backpack but I STILL have the orange tent. 29.99 at Stewarts discount department store circa 1970 and it is still servicable. It has outlived three other tents that went for as much as 12 times the price. Of course, I wouldn't want to use it if the forecast called for heavy...

Re: Oh no Then you can ride your bike up to the point that you believe that your heroic 4WD vehicle would fall into the river. But you must walk from there. PB is right, Al. You're wasting more energy trying to figure this out than it would take to walk it.

I (and my map) stand corrected. hope you enjoy your new home, Rick.

Rick, I'm just a dumb New Hamsterite but isn't it Wachusett, without the "s"? Oh, and if you see a very dirty grey Chevy half-ton pickup going 5 mph under the speed limit with a VFTT sticker on the left end of the step-n-tow bumper, wave to me as you whiz past.

Looks more like a purple fringed orchis. Cant tell whether it's a large or small. The rose pogonia would have a larger, wider lance shaped leave at the base of the flower and the stalk would be straiter. The triple-beard shown in the photo is a classic feature of the fringed orchis.

Jack: Cool! That's a real find! I'll be sure to get a copy. Thanks. I'll even let you off the hook for the bet.

Sounds like the Forest Service is going with alternative #2. It was nice of them to allow Jeb to let the cat out of the bag before printing of the draft EIS. You can find the details of the forest plan at www.fs.fed.us/r9/white Comments should be directed to WMNF Planning Team. It will be quite...

I don't talk too much when I'm solo. Saturday I hiked with a friend and it was non-stop, including a lengthy debate on the definition of consensus. We reached no consensus. As for preferences, I'd say my favorite hiking companions are two female friends who do a fine job of holding a...

Two or three years ago i closed my cabinetmaking shop and started working for a building contractor. This has helped my hiking confidence tremendously. Nothing in the Whites seems too intimidating after bituthaning a 12 pitch roof on a three story building. Except maybe (yes, Stan) Bondcliff.

Are you implying that NH-LPNP isn't a major list?!!! I'm deeply hurt. But you're right -- not enough col depth (or not too much in the case of LPNP). In fact, Duck Pond Mountain is also a LPNP. It has slightly less than 200' col connecting it to Mt. Anderson and is not on the 3000' list (at...

Old Shag Camp on Paugus was the first victim of Sandwich Range Wilderness. It was removed shortly after creation of the wilderness in 1984. Structures within Wilderness can be spared if they are deemed historically significant. I can't think of any in the White Mountains but there are numerous...

Didn't do that poll. I hate to get too introspective -- afraid of what I'll find. So, OK, my TOPO program says it's about 11 miles with 4600' of vertical. I admit that at my age that's darn close to the absolute maximum and I wouldn't be interested in bagging a 4k, or even a 3k, the next day...

I've never hiked in the Catskills so can't state a preference. I'm not doing the 4ks, P2Ks, 3500s, 111s, CoHPs, 50Fs, or even the list I devised myself (LPNP). I just wanna go on one or two nice hikes. I'm happy to let people familiar with the area convince me to go to any particular...

If I were smart, I'd agree with Pig Pen. But if this week is any indication, it doesn't look like a dry summer.

I'm in. Thanks teejay.

Well, the upper parts of the trail below the ledges were mostly bare when I hiked it on Feb. 28. Squam Lake ice was breaking up yesterday. It will be total ice-out by the end of the weekend. I can't believe there would be more than an occasional snow patch now. Let me know if you are going this...

From the 1940 AMC guide: (From Plymouth) turn left just beyond the Holderness School onto the Pulsifer Hill road which leads generally NE to an old farm road near J W Pulsifer's house about four miles from the village (Plymouth?). This road on the right follows through the pasture to the woods...

Also, Bunnell Notch, Cleveland Notch, Cranberry Bog Notch, Cree Notch, Edmands Col, Gadwah Notch, Gore Notch, Hunters Pass, Kelsey Notch, Livermore Pass, Moran Notch, Paugus Pass, Spofford Gap, Stratford Notch, Tabor Notch. Courtesy of the FIND feature on TOPO.

Sabbaday, Sleeper and Downes. Bag a hundred highest too! And when you write your trip report, could you let me know how many blowdowns need to be removed from Sleeper?

Belknap is still in use. Last I heard, Hal Graham was manning it. There's also a fire tower (no longer operating but maintained by Tamworth Conservation Commission) about ten miles northeast of Red Hill. It was where the picture of Tim Seaver's first "mystery mountain" was taken from.