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Conditions snowy on the way up, well packed boot path. No traction used on the way up both peaks. I used microspikes from pierce to the falls on the descent, but nicole survived bareboot all day. Luckily it was very warm today, if it freezes, the trail will quickly turn into a skating rink. On...

Conditions: A few inches of snow down low, around a foot up high with drifts to 2-3 feet on the ridge. Barebooted most of the day, used snowshoes briefly on the ridge. Others wore snowshoes all day from the parking lot. Footing was very tricky, enough snow to hide trail features (to trip over)...

I'm not intending to ask this in an inflammatory sense. I was wondering if you could explain how you would use a rope to protect everyone? The way I see it (and please correct me if I'm wrong) is you have two options: The climber and group bring an entire rock climbing kit (rack, harnesses...

Christine, Thanks for sharing the article. Everyone who reads this article should take it with a grain of salt. Anyone who has lived near NYC realizes what a complete rag this publication is.

That's quite an impressive accomplishment! This bothers me a bit, but I'm sure there was some dramatic license used in describing a 1 & 4 year old on a 13k' peak in 80MPH winds.

Relevant: http://gunks.com/ubbthreads7/ubbthreads.php/topics/59833/Uberfalls_Tropical_Storm_Updat#Post59833

It really was a beautiful area. We had our fill of birds at Brighton state park where we could hear the loons on Island Pond throughout the night. I was really impressed how well the LT held up on Jay. Rumney had a bit of destruction as some of their new paths got washed out (which is a bummer...

Tuesday 8/30/11 (Back to VT, Hike Jay/Big Jay 5.6 mi, 2600' gain): We left the NH house and drove back to VT to continue our vacation. We didn't encounter any major issues getting up to the Jay area other than some construction/repairs. VT242 was closed at the ski area, but we were told we...

I had to burn some vacation prior to the end of summer so I decided to take the entire last week before Labor Day as a long vacation. Nicole and I wanted to spend some time in VT doing some more touristy things instead of hiking constantly so we decided this was the week to do it. Thurs 8/25/11...

Yes it, what is it? The forest rangers want it all, but they can't have it. It looks like it's in your face, but you can't grab it. Yeah, yeah, yeah...

The campground is very flexible, I think you're safe to show up whenever you'd like.

I've tried to limit my amount of hiking to become better at my other hobbies (summer: MTB, Downhill MTB, Rock Climbing, Winter: Snowboarding, XC ski) and every time I find myself making plans to go hiking on the weekend anyways... If I do stop hiking, I realize that I will revert back to truly...

Glad the hike went well. Sorry for joshing around when we met you :D

This is what I was going to recommend as well. Although I have a complete set of the AMC maps this is my "go to" map for white mountain hiking (unless I want the higher resolution/detail of the AMC maps).

I have a bit of an Osprey addiction (Atmos 50 & 65, Talon 22 & 33) and I have been very happy with my Atmos 65. I purchased the 65 after using the 50 for a whole winter and being very pleased with it for a heavy winter day pack (or light summer overnight). The 65 carries weight much better than...

To be honest I don't really remember (and I don't have the book anymore). For Mansfield we left from smugglers notch area and we either took the LT or one of the other trails from that side. I do remember that it intersected the profanity trail on the climb (so that might help isolate what trail...

We did all day hikes, we had 2 cars but only did 1 thru-hike. Here was our basic plan: Mansfield: Out and back from smugglers notch Camel's Hump: Out and back from ??? on the west side of the mountain (shortest route I believe) Abraham & Ellen: Thru-hike from Lincoln Gap to Jerusalem trail (car...

We did all 5 on a long Labor Day weekend a few years ago. This book was our guide (the 2003 edition): http://www.amazon.com/Green-Mountain-Club-Trail-Guide/dp/1888021187/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308824916&sr=8-1 I don't remember having a map besides the guide book, but they do sell a companion...

I think you'd be better off doing it as 2 separate hikes (especially if you don't have a car to spot). Mohammed has a good page about the quickest approaches to each of the peaks: http://home.earthlink.net/~ellozy/northern.html A. Lavigne has some good info on his site for a full traverse...

This is exactly the way I started tying my shoes once I realized I was doing a granny instead of a square. I think I'd have a much harder time reversing the "finish" as opposed to the start. A quick way of knowing if you have a granny or a square is that in a square knot, both ends come out...