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Field & Willey via A-Z, Avalon, Willey Ridge, A-Z Sun 5/29/11 Trail Conditions: A-Z to Avalon had minimal mud in morning, more later in day. Avalon was wet which made steep sections a little slippery but doable. Willey Ridge likewise, and had running water in eastward section from Field...

Apologies for asking a old question: With rain forecast for this Sunday, what's your favorite 5-10 mi. hike in the Whites in the rain, in this buggy, muddy pre-season? Itching to hit a trail this weekend with the fam. Cabot? Passaconaway? What about Willey? thanks so much - TwimMom+1...

Date of Hike: Sun 4/3/11 Trail Conditions: 8-12 inches of new fallen snow, unbroken and sticky. All snowbridges holding. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes - essential Comments: Optional - Today's rains probably make this post irrelevant, but the trail had so much snow on Sun 4/3 I bet...

VFTT garb - count me in, thank you Just wrote check/put in mailbox for 2 shirts. Many thanks for doing this!

Date of Hike: Sun 3/20 Trail Conditions: Hard packed snow with some crusty ice spots. Most snowbridges are intact or easily circumvented. Blue ice on upper portion of Pitcher/Champney falls viewing loop trail looked very bad so we avoided it and marched back out the way we came. Still plenty...

Just caught a post that indicates Windblown X-country ski area is planning to operate this year, even though a potential sale of the property to Central New England Ski Council is pending though stalled. See below...

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/index.html Touching story on hiker John Arum, son of a famous boxing promoter, who died while hiking solo in the Cascades in August. I loved how this man used his professional life as a lawyer to advocate for the environment while purusing his own 'lists,'...

Congrats and thanks for the warts Congrats and special thanks for posting the warts of your journey - the injuries, delays etc. that you still surmounted. Between my stupid ankle injury of 2 mo. ago that is so slowly healing, and the needs of my twin autistic sons who hike with us, I'm...

Date of Hike: Sun 10/10/10 Trail Conditions: Surprisingly good given recent rains - muddy only in a few spots descending on Old Wolfeboro Rd (see below). Nice views from S. Moose summit on a gorgeous fall day. Special Equipment Required: none Comments: Optional - We followed a hike suggested...

Date of Hike: Sun 8/1 Trails - Ammonoosuc Ravine, Crawford, Monroe Link, Crawford, Trinity Connector, Gulf Side, Jewell Conditions - Fabulous. Clouds dodged us all day but with minor exception on Ammo. trail where there was some running water on sides, trails were dry and in great shape...

These are probably long gone but just for grins, should any of you uber-hikers locate a pair of men's prescription sunglasses,brass wire rims, floating down Drakes Brook in the Waterville Valley area - they may belong to the hubby. Lost them in a tumble when crossing on the Sandwich Mtn Trail...

Jennings Peak via Sandwich Mt. Trail/Drakes Brook Trails Date of Hike: Sat 6/26 Trail Conditions: Dry, easy and with surprisingly minimal bugs until 3 pm. Stream crossings were rock-hoppable but when crossing on Sandwich Mt. Trail, the rocks were slippery and one of our party fell, tumbled...

Nineteen Mile Brook to Carter Notch Hut Date of Hike: Sun 3/28/10 Trail Conditions: such hard packed snow that trail was icy in spots but softened up in afternoon sun. At least 18 inches of packed snow on the footbridges and 64 inches of a base at the hut. By end of the day you could see...

Latest snow conditions on 19 Mi Brook Trail? Anyone been on the 19 Mile Brook trail in the past week - assume the snows are still holding up? Hoping to sneak in one last snowshoe before it melts. May have to play hookie from church on Palm Sunday to do it (not that the kids will complain)...

Mt. Pemigewasset (Indian Head) Sun 3/7/10 Trail Conditions: slushy corn snow everywhere, only a few inches at bottom and probably 1 1/2 - 2 feet at top - not as much as you might think given the reports of five feet or more depths in Crawford and Pinkham Notches. Got a little slippery going...

Dickey Mt. to Ledges Date of Hike: Sun 1/24 Conditions - perfect - at least 6 inches of hard packed snow. Only a few sections where it was getting slippery; unfortunately this week's rainstorm may wreck that temporarily. Gorgeous sweeping views for minimal effort on a rushed Sunday where we...

West/East Rattlesnakes via OBP, Ridge Trails Date of Hike: Sun 1/10/10 Trail Conditions: Old Bridle Path was a highway of hard-packed snow to overlook of Squam Lake but with surprisingly few people. Ridge Trail to E. Rattlesnake had been visited but much fluffier though. Plenty of snow with...

candles and hope Bobby - we've never met but I've so enjoyed your posts as I surfed the site. I just lit my favorite candle with thoughts of you and your family. It's a fragrant red Christmas kind that I keep out year-round, because it smells like comfort and love. May you take great...

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/travel/29canyon.html?pagewanted=1&ref=travel My new life's goal, after reading this article. Makes a lot of sense - hiking in winter, when crowds are gone and the cooler weather makes it more pleasant. Check out the slide show which presents many of the...

AT from Norwich to Happy Hill Sunday 11/29 Conditions: superb. Minimal mud given recent rains. Special equipment: none Other info: Wimpy hike for you uber-hikers on this forum, but we wanted a not too demanding walk nearby the King Arthur Flour store. (my other passion) No views and...