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YES. (The response to the right is deemed too short by VFFT so I'll just keep tying here saying nothing...)

1. I always carry my topo in a waterproof case attached to my pack, hanging at my side 2. 4.25" x 9.25" folded size preferred 3. Tyvek 4. Guidebook size is irrelevant as I don’t carry (photocopy or write details when necessary) 5. Additional details not requested by you: 1 Km X 1 Km grid; three...

Hi Tuck, I'm unaware of your BB protocol. Everyone I hike with heads off into the woods until they cannot be seen from the trail. That way you can dispense with the flagman role. In certain situations - a cloudy day in nondescript woods in level terrain - there is a slight chance, after...

For $5, if you can wait to December, a gift from the White Mountains they'll never forget! http://www.derrynews.com/local/x517505224/WMNF-Christmas-tree-permits-are-5

That particular moose is molting. http://naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/annual-moose-molt/ Also, search 'molting moose' on Google images.

Karl, After twenty plus years of always hiking the Whites the weekend BEFORE Memorial Day weekend, not one blackfly bite to date. Occasionally, on warmer, sunny days we may pass through small clusters of the buggers but they're not chomping. Relax - have a great trip!

As a good reference and to calculate your exact mag. declination, go here: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/declination.shtml

http://marmot.com/products/details/precip-shell-glove

John, Most bigger bicycle shops or outdoor stores carry well designed shell (or wind) vests, a type I use for cycling, hiking and running. Neat thing is most have one or two big pockets on the back designed to carry water, snacks, etc. Could be just the ticket you are looking for.

http://www.amws.org/loosestrife_project.html

Giant Mountain by the Ridge Trail. Class by itself.

Yes. www.thecompassstore.com/whatisglobne.html

Thanks Sardog! Your guide and resources are, and always will be, relevant to those of us who give a damn.

Going west on 302 into Bethlehem, before the business section, on your left.

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Grandaddy, Having been up on the Gulfside between Jefferson and Clay on May 19th and seeing a few blooming diapensia, alpine azalea and lots of lapland rosebay (all early, especially the lapland), I'd say, this year, you'd be wise to aim for the first week of June.

The "big three" in the wind blasted parts of the northern prezzies were just starting to bloom on Saturday, May 19th, as we hiked along the Gulfside Trail between Jefferson and Clay. Here and there were a few individuals of flowering Diapensia and Alpine Azalea, but the most frequent was...

Marquette skis, $189. http://www.marquette-backcountry.com/

PSmart, Thanks (and probably thanks from the majority here) for contacting the USFS!

Bob and Geri, On Sept. 7th, drove south on 27 from the Quebec border through Kingfield and on to Skowhegan, then east the next day. Two temporary bridges either side of the Sugarloaf entrance, and a chunk of north bound highway a few miles further south on 27, now controlled by lights, were...