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I :heart: le royaume du Saguenay. Some of the land you're thinking of (to the east of the road through L'Etape) is the Parc des Grands Jardins. Much of the rest is part of the Reserve Faunique des Laurentides -- which can be hard to research, as there doesn't seem to be as centralized an...

Good question. As Dr. D suggests, I believe the range has been traversed on skis before. Any question like this is hard to get a handle on without descending into Clinton-esque (and thereby Presidential) analysis of the meanings of "traverse" and "on skis". Do you have to go over every named...

Telos Lake matches your original description. Flag's neat to me for historic reasons, including the 1775 Arnold expedition, the pre-1950 townsite and ruins, etc.

http://www.wcsh6.com/life/programming/local/bill_greens_maine/story.aspx?storyid=108660 Another Maine sighting, this time in the city of Bath.

There were some guys with me on that loop, but they're both unreliable characters. At least the so-called "doctor" is considered unreliable.

Well documented. That second slide is one of my favorites.

Sure, I'd be up for an Augusta-area meet-and-drink. Turnbill is just down the road, right next to the Liberal Cup and a few other good options.

Sherp, if we both make it through useless to Eustis this year, I'll make sure to document you thoroughly.

Whoa, another Augustan? I don't currently have specific plans to head to Baxter, but it may happen ... just wanted to shout out to another capital-area vftter.

Leave it to Gary Moody to draw me out of lurking. I knew Wu would be all over this.

You mentioned early February -- and having passed by the RB bunkhouse last week, what I'm about to say sounds less likely -- but male skunks in particular leave their winter dens in February and start looking for loving. From the picture you showed, the meat wasn't present -- primarly pelt and...

I'll be encamped in the woods, skiing and climbing wherever the wind blows me. This weather is the best.

If mountains represent a place beyond man's rules to you, aren't you your own arbiter of whether skiing "counts"?

The Geminids' radiant appears to be near the star Castor in Gemini. I think of Gemini as being above and slightly left of Orion's upraised arm (his right arm, the one not holding the bow). Castor is the star at the head of one of the twins -- a pair of lines about as long as Orion is tall...

To the left, you will see a tandem hiker symbol you can find somewhere in the Maine woods, complete with a peppering of birdshot. Depending on your tastes, you might find it appropriate.

From the "guns, dogs, and bikes" department: I use a wrap of tape (hockey/medical tape) around the 'ankle' of the bootie, which serves pretty well to keep the boots on, even when he's postholing. My primary reason for using the boots is to prevent snow from balling between his toes, which...

To step back in from hunting-camp exile, Maine does not allow any hunting on Sundays.

Aw, that's a shame -- you'll have to go back! The traditional trail up from Pigeon Hill village is definitely the best route. We always park right at the cemetery: The 'trailhead' is across the road from the cemetery and perhaps 100' south. It can be tricky to find; I started going there...

From Pigeon Hill, last month: Pigeon Hill was recently conserved by the Great Auk Land Trust. Great Auk is now working on a Phase II which will add even more land. Last month I got to bushwhack around the hill with one of the trustees, scouting new trail routes. That area has a lot of...

I've climbed Lobster from the lake, having crossed by boat. As you hike up from the lakeside trailhead, you do cross some old skidder roads; I recall a few that looked like they might actually go somewhere. I'd be curious which of the roads you used as your approach. Did you go over the...