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Sunday Hannah Update If you're just waking up and thinking of driving north this AM -- things are looking up. It was misting at 6am in Waterville Valley but seems to have blown through now. There is still a solid overcast, but the clouds have eased up to about 2000 feet now. The weather...

We took my wife's parents up the Cog (old coal engine, which was just what they wanted) two weeks ago. I asked the brakeperson on our train how much coal it takes to power one of the old engines up the mountain. She said, "About a ton." I asked how much diesel the new engine required for the...

I thought the exact same thing -- we saw a gorgeous young female at the Living Desert in Palm Desert, CA... I was overwhelmed at what a lovely creature it was -- slender, lithe, really beautiful. I was also blown away at how quickly it "attacked" when some goofy guy started making aggressive...

What they all said... long woods-walks in the rain can actually be pretty pleasant if you're dressed for it. Exposed, treeline, open-ledge walks with wind in the rain, not so much. All the usual cautions apply. Much younger and dumber, I walked across the Great Gulf on a rainy June day... in...

Maybe it's a north-south thing. I was corrected half a dozen times on the Waterville side of the notch for saying it like I was singing the Marine hymn (that's the only way I ever heard it before I moved here). I finally gave up and went with Triple-Eye. I do not, and will not ever, say...

Definitely "Triple-Eye" in local parlance. And definitely party-central on weekends. It seems like whole neighborhoods in Boston uproot and come to the woods en masse. The smell of ganja is sometimes heavy in the air. We've had one whacked-out kid play chicken with us, swinging some major...

Mountaintinis on Lafayette Last week, we decided to take the kids for a 'last hurrah' hike before they returned to school. We booked a night at Greenleaf Hut on Mt. Lafayette to simplify our packing and hauling, and the kids (Nathan, 11, Ellie, 8) did a great job on the climb up the Old Bridle...

Mt. Osceola via the Mt. Osceola Trail from Tripoli Road Trail Conditions: Trail in outstanding condition for such a popular route. No blowdowns, dry conditions, good footing (if a modest amount of rock-hopping for creaky knees). Special Equipment Required: Sunscreen and a little extra water...

When are you coming down, Yvon? I think we might have shared a table with you at Carter Notch Hut exactly a year ago this week. FWIW, we'll be at Greenleaf tonight. Sounds like you'll be miles north if you're down this week.

Great... he disappears in the dead of night some five years ago, leaves us all grieving, and shows up on the west coast, living a new life. Looks like he went in for a little nip-and-tuck, maybe some Botox. Probably bought a Porsche and married a blond 75 million years his junior, fake granite...

In general, river and stream levels, and therefore water crossings, are back down considerably from several weeks ago. On the Mad River side of the watershed, things are back to "normal" for summertime (maybe a little higher than average for late August). I haven't been on Sabbaday Brook this...

Main event starts at 2pm on Sunday -- if memory serves me correctly, traffic goes rapidly downhill somewhere around 5pm and after. I assume they'll be doing the multiple-lane split/shuffle in Concord, so things will be messy in both directions through dinnertime and beyond. For what it's...

I saw this hunk o' machinery yesterday myself... I agree with MichaelJ's guess -- it's definitely some kind of radar dome, with a big-ass generator on the trailer, complete with a free-standing A/C unit... I wouldn't presume to question Doug's research; my only issue is the dome itself doesn't...

BTW, Doug... I think I knew your legend before I knew you, virtually speaking... I was out for Easter dinner with some friends in WV a year and change ago, and heard the amazing story of a very unlucky, then very lucky, backcountry skier who went down hard up on one of the way-out BC trails off...

And if you're a member of that highly selective club, BJs, it's actually $3.45/gal for members at the pump, just past the Shaw's Plaza on the right at exit 20.

Huzzah, MichaelJ... Great accomplishment! More than most of these folks, I can say "I knew you when"... and, for a price, I won't talk!

I would say at 1500 feet in the southern Whites, things are pretty well past peak. You might find a few late raspberries or blueberries in shadier spots. Good luck!

MFurgal64 called me all excited at noon yesterday when he spotted several (not-swamped) maples that had turned along the lower Tripoli Road. I think Chip might be right -- early color, at least. I dreamt of snow last night. Is that a bad thing?

I think that's the right way to think of it, Tim. Filters don't care if there is a sudden influx of nasty stuff... if your filter is designed for backcountry use, it should be fine for any conditions. I would guess the only real issue is that all the run-off also raised turbidity, so you have...