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Hi all, really short notice,but if anyone is looking to play hookey thursday, i'm planning to hit Equinox. I can't leave until my kids are on the bus so i won't begin until 10ish. I am driving the 91 corridor to Brattleboro and over using the Stratton route, if there's anyone along this way...

Hi John, i don't have any info on the Emily Proctor side, but i did recently do this hike from the Skylight Pond trailhead, FR 59. The beginning section of it serves as delivery access roads to Middlebury College Breadloaf Campus. It was wide and relatively flat, slight incline/decline, but no...

Just curious if anyone has updated info on road access to either the Marlboro trail or the Dublin trail. I prefer non-state park headquarter approaches to the summit, and find halfway house road access excessively boring!! I have a Subaru Outback and can handle moderately rough going. I have...

Thanks for the info on this, my son and i did Smarts in mid fall and i was unsure of the actual summit. We stopped at the tower, and i was debating a return this winter, solo, which i still might do, but it's good to know i can confirm the summit for him. Plus he did the additional height of...

Well, I debated with myself whether I would join the 'group' hike of Monadnock this past Sat. or get another notch on my list. I originally had hoped to venture to the Manchester VT area and do both Dorset and Equinox. But my thyroid and hormones have conspired to do battle against me and have...

My final 4K in VT, my kids and dogs first. Took Monroe Trail in to Alpine north to LT then up. Nice clearing here for adjusting layers, hiding out from bad weather ie. winter etc. Very doable for my kids, 11 & 10, but with legs the size of 8 & 7 year olds!! Thursday overnight had been one of...

Well, i had looked forward to a four day weekend as my kids were out of school on tuesday the 11th. Then the rains came!! I stayed in CT until noon on Sunday to allow my son some hockey time, then headed north. I was listening to the radio and all the reports of serious flooding in Southern...

Hey Papa Bear..a huge congrats, you are an inspiration to us all, when life's excuses try to bog us down, just get moving. set a goal(s) and get it done. I was thinking of you on the 9th and am glad the weather didn't stop you, albeit no view from the infamous Carrigain tower (i have yet to...

ABSOLUTELY NO!!! I consider myself an enviromentalist and i'm all for non-fossil fuel energy, but the locations listed are abhorrent!! The destruction caused in order to place the towers is more than most people realize. What happened to wilderness rules..ie Bondcliff and no man-made...

Just putting out feelers here. I am leaving No Central CT friday 9/23 am, no later than 10am for the loooooong drive to Millinocket. (approx 6 hrs) My hiking partner is flying into Bangor and car renting so we can't meet up until Millinocket. If someone is looking to head to that area to meet...

I finished my NH48's with the Bonds and although views were minimal due to weather, it was still a memorable day. We went in No. Twin trail and out Wilderness..the long flat out on Wilderness was the worst. If I remember correctly..it was 3 long years ago :rolleyes: , it was around a 18-20...

Before you leave go online to www.mountwashington.org and go under their weather link to higher summits forecast. They usually post a 6am conditions and forecast for the day. Right now it calls for 70mph winds down to 35mph. Obviously if its windy down low when you start it won't be calm up...

If the weather looks at all good the morning of your hike I HIGHLY recommend Helon Taylor - Knife Edge to Baxter Peak and then jaunt over to Hamlin (only one route, I forget the trail name) and down the Hamlin Ridge Trail. It is a spectacular way to see Katahdin (Tour de Katahdin My BIGGEST...

I've read multiple posts on Katahdin/Hamlin and viewed many wonderful photos. I am venturing to Baxter for the sole purpose of Katahdin and Hamlin, wish i had more time for Brothers etc, next weekend 9/17&18. My anticipated route is Chimney pond-Saddle-over to Hamlin and back-onto Katahdin...

My two cents on the car issue, I second the hitchhiking plan. Leave your car at Pinkham Notch where you can begin the wildcats and then hitch back. Many, many hikers passing through this way. There will be some cars parked at the Carter trailhead and even more up at the Nineteen Mile...

I'll be taking my daughter up to Lakes soon and weather dependent..parking on the Cog base road may be first choice. Do you really have to park in the designated area or is parking allowed closer to the Cog base, and thus closer to shorter trailheads? Or do they empty the Mansfield Station...

'the nubble' is listed in the NEHH, but i can't find any reference to it in all my books, and haven't seen much mentioned about it in these posts lately. Anyone care to enlighten me.....i swore i was done with lists after NH 48, but i have been sucked back in although the Maine peaks in NEHH...

Papa Bear, You got my attention on the Scaur ridge and Vose/Nancy attempts. When will you decide for sure on your itinerary and any weather changes. Will you have access to posting while you're on your sojourn from the 5th on? I would be a weekender as well, coming in from Canaan NH on these...

Went up via LT/AT from south and west to the south summit which is a NE 100. First day of Spring. Other than the snowmobilers stopping at the snack wagon in the parking lot, i was solo all day. Easy lazy approach for first hour then started to rise. It was never difficult at anytime. I kept...

Hi first post here, looking forward to many more. Am doing Stratton sunday, and am curious about winter access to LT from the south. I will be driving in from the east through Stratton the town not the ski area. I have a good idea of where i am going, but would appreciate any specific info on...