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Alex, Thanks for posting this report. I agree the lighting and conditions up there had a very unique surreal feel. I headed up Lafayette that day, starting much later than you I presume, and the combination of fresh powder, rime, and low angle burst of light made it an unusual day. I'll try...

Sierra-- I thought of that as a solution (volunteers signing waivers), but is this liability insurance to protect volunteer organizations from being sued by users of the trail who get hurt? If so that wouldn't work, unfortunately. General Question: Does anyone know if this proposal is being...

jniehof-- The Belknaps are my "backyard range" and usually hike in there several times a month year round. Here a great map of the Belknap Range Mt. Major in winter is very popular and usually broken out. Regarding your concern going up the main trail-- usually people hike up it but skip the...

Wardsgirl-- I had the same thoughts and concerns you did. I got to the Greeley Pond Trailhead at 8 am on Saturday when there was still regular legitimate parking. Within the span of the 15 minutes it took me to gear up, the lot filled, and many people (all with out of state plates) arrived...

What happened with this issue? Is the Summit Trail as it was, or has development occurred? Anyone know?

Yes, the length of this spur might be more accurately described as about .1 or a little less, my memory was faulty. But it would be accurate to say you have to keep going down it a little ways, the view isn't immediate. Tim... Your post shows it perfectly. I won't say anything about the...

Thanks for posting the redlining patch and resources, as well as to the BRATTS for all their recent trail improvements. I hiked a lot of the interior/ off the radar trails before the improvements and can see the difference. The Belknaps are a great range with lots of room to explore so it also...

Thanks for sharing this story Brian. I got a kick out of it. And to think I am doing anything to keep weight off my back while hiking. I won't even bring toothbrushing stuff if its just a one night backpack. As for the LNT outcry here--I suppose anyone is welcome to carry the barbell out...

Karl, That is a nice hike for little ones. I took my oldest daughter, then 2.5 years old, now 4.5 years old. Back then I had to carry her for some of it in the baby backpack but your right that is has enough interesting stuff but not too long. Did the Eagle Scouts get rid of the graffiti and...

More cutting on Tecumseh than just view area, new bootleg trail to new view I don't know if someone touched on this in this thread, but I just wanted to observe that about a month ago I noticed an obvious bootleg path off of the western section of the Tecumseh summit loop. The path was...

Blisters on the big toes usually means that your boot is too big, or at least that something is loose and your foot is sliding forward when descending. Three tips for this: 1) If wearing hiking boots don't tie them the regular way, but rather use a knot system (forgot name) whereby you make...

Congrats on completing that trail and thanks for sharing the good detailed write up. I have been thinking about this trail for a while and it was good to see one consistent recent perspective. I had to laugh with the slide brook and cherry pond bit. I went in those two areas in the evening...

The focus of my photography and hiking while out in the Southwest was to try capture some of the great trails by combining some golden hour landscape shots from famous viewpoints with stuff from along the trail. During my first full day at Grand Canyon (April 13, 2015 forgot to put date in...

Thanks Stan! April was definitely a good time, though it can be hot already then. The day I went to the river and back a cold front had swept through and it was actually 27 degrees when I started (with icicles and frozen trickles) and never hotter than 68 at Indian Garden. 46 degrees at the...

Thanks for sharing. That was my daughter's first hike on her own power when she was 2.5 too a few years back! (I held her hand though on the rougher sections). Her little sister didn't make the trip though. Good that you are making it out there with the little ones. I think Les Stroud...

Sticking with Sierra's original question, I would say the concern would definitely be for the dogs pads. One time hiking the Caps Ridge Trail I saw bloody dog footprints the whole way down from the summit area over all the rocks until the trail got back to treeline. Every step that dog took...

I have always loved when people posted their out of New England reports and photos here so I figured I'd do the same. This past mid-April, I had the good fortune to visit the Southwest and have 8 hiking days. I missed a full year of "regular hiking" (march 2014-mar 2015) due to a significant...

Great to see people still putting pictures up here. It's always great to see spring unfold. I did a backpack across the whole Breadloaf Wilderness via the Long Trail Lincoln Gap to Middlebury Gap on Memorial Day weekend (5/23-5/24). There was about half an inch of new snow consistently on the...

I didn't want to hijack J & J's thread about rainbows but I too had a pretty nice thunderstorm experience last night. Right after the storm rolled through, I was reading the bedtime story to my daughter by the open window so we can hear the peepers (frogs) out here in rural NH. She interrupted...

Finally got around to those photos from 5/16 along Lincoln Woods/Franconia Falls/ Black Pond. Saw this hobblebush in full bloom growing right up against a tree. Didn't manipulate the branches at all. Thousands of Painted Trillium out Cluster I noticed that the shoots behind were the...