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Pisgah and Hor, surrounding Lake Willoughby. They're quite recognizable from many places in the Whites, too (Moosilauke, Franconia Ridge, Garfield, Cannon).

I wouldn't call it boring exactly, but there aren't that many views either. There are a few decent lookouts going up Pine Bend Brook, and you can scoot over to the top of the north slide easily enough for fantastic views of WV. Middle Tri has good but not-360 views. Sabbaday is a beautiful...

Same here. I can't keep that many numbers straight in my head for longer outings. I kept a small piece of paper in my pocket with the 11-hour adjusted splits, but that was about it. I took nearly 100 pictures throughout the day. I was thankful for having a cool temperature day. I brought 3...

The single-day Pemi Loop has become almost commonplace it seems. With all the trip reports and ridiculously fast times being reported, one might be tempted to approach the Pemi Loop casually. Well, I don’t care if I sound like a sissy: the Pemi Loop is HARD. Last winter I decided to set a...

Fat Boy's Pork Palace! That place is great, and was always a must-stop between Seneca Rocks and college (JMU). I still have the tee shirt. :D Dolly Sods is another great area in WV in that same general area.

I'm guessing it has more to do with the owners who can't imagine themselves walking for 6 hours. :rolleyes: CNN Headline News has a brief story about this. Pretty interesting the little contraption they made as the 'wheelchair' for the dog. From the quick video clips they showed, the dog...

shhh.... there are some colorful trees in central Vermont already....

I was there 4th of July weekend (hiked in via Carrigain Notch). I don't remember seeing any signs indicating any prohibitions against camping around that site. There are plenty of places to throw down a tent or two.

Quite the thread indeed... 3 thoughts: 1) The hikesafe principles may be generally sound, but please understand the context of them. First of all, they are only the most current of a long line of different educational and safety codes that have surrounded outdoor recreation in the northeast...

Today (Aug 2) is a Canadian holiday, but you should be fine next weekend. I would plan to go up Lowes and get there relatively early, b/c most August weekends it is likely to fill up. I prefer Crag myself, b/c of the views, especially is the Perch Shelter is closed (meaning the tent platforms...

Well put. Since I plan on never asking an organization for a badge, plaque, or recognition for my hiking 'accomplishments', it makes it easier to draw such lines. In my mind, a winter solo hike is a hike in which I had no companionship and no assistance on trail. The fact that someone may...

Yes, I was interested in how many how done all of a particular list solo. I was guessing it was pretty low, too, just because of all the folks I see or hear who have done the 48, or are pursuing them, it often comes with "so-and-so is helping me with them" or some such statement. Spouses...

What do you think the percentage is of all those who have done a given list (NH 4Ks, ADK46, NEHH), who have done them solo? Not that every hike was solo, but that they attained the summit of each peak on the list at least once while hiking by oneself. What about the Winter version of those...

It's hard to compare the northeast to the 14ers b/c there are so many factors that just don't carry-over. (I lived in CO from '02 to '06.) Weather/Lightning -- rule of thumb is to summit by noon at the latest, which calls for some early departures. Treeline is roughly 11,500 out there, so...

I think if you're okay with Huntington, then North Slide will be fine. I didn't find it too daunting; the hardest scramble was right at the bottom. The rest was just enjoyable and challenging, but not scary. I don't remember having to do much smearing, which I am not fond of either. That...

That's basically my plan, too, although sometimes I don't bother with a lock if I think I've hidden it well enough and if nobody saw me walk into the woods with my bike. Also, I almost always park the car wherever I plan to end the hike, and then bike to the start of the hike (preferably...

Date of Hike: 1-May-2010 Did a loop by going up the new AT/LT, then south on the Sherburne Pass Trail (old AT/LT) and Pico Link. Trail Conditions: Snowline was about 3000', steadier and with some monorail above 3200'. Sherburne Pass Trail was quite muddy in places, almost down to the road...

Knight's Castle the Gargoyle the Subway the final ridge just south of Flume's summit south summit of Moosilauke, looking north Cliff Trail sign on Mansfield Six Husbands' ladders Spaulding Lake along the Holt Trail various firetowers plaques/memorials certain trail signs that have a story/memory...

I enjoy hiking in the dark during wintertime, or, more accurately, when there's plenty of snow on the ground. Finding one's way is much easier when the roots and rocks are all covered up and headlamps and moonlight reflects so much more against a deep snow. Summertime night travel is much...

For skiing and mountain biking (or even casual road bicycling), I always wear a helmet. When I'm traveling on my own two feet sans skis, my boundary is when there is 1) sufficient rockfall danger to warrant wearing a helmet, or 2) possibility of slipping/falling and wracking my noggin against a...