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View of Pyramid from Sawteeth

Here's the text of an announcement I rec'd: The Adirondacks in High-Defintion The Adirondack Council and WNED PBS are pleased to introduce a new high-definition film, The Adirondacks, premiering on your local PBS station Wednesday, May 14th at 9 pm ET. The Adirondacks is a two-hour...

Neil, Congratulations on your picture perfect :D finish! Sorry I couldn't join you, but I was helping someone get Basin that day. Based on the views, we might as well have done Marcy.

Thanks for the photos! They show what I couldn't see on 3/19. The tree icicles were amazing. Until I started winter climbing, I didn't understand the concept of those silver strands of plastic on Christmas trees. Despite there being no view, I was sorry I didn't have a camera that day...

Congratulations on your grit and determination to hike again after a wet (and bloody!) day. You would have made a great 5th member on the 2/24 Katahdin hike, but maybe it would have been too easy for you. :) Oh, also, congrats on finishing your Winter 46! :) If you haven't made a...

PackMule, Congrats on your Winter Finish! 3/16 was the last weekend day of this winter, so you must be relieved to have gotten it at the last (practical) minute. If you haven't made a reservation for the Adirondack winter hiker's gathering in lLake Placid on 3/29, there is actually still...

Forecast was for snow degenerating into rain, sleet, and freezing rain after noon. I thought with an early start, I could be on my way down before the changeover, so I decided to go for it. I almost didn't bring snowshoes, based on the previous day's climb of Mt. Jefferson. Then I thought...

First time on Lowe's Path. Well packed and barebootable, From the map, it looked like taking the Link trail to the Israel Ridge Tr. would be the shortest route. However, when I got to the Link Tr. jct, it hadn't been used for a while, and a short test walk revealed a crust that sometimes...

Short reprieve granted to deadline missers Out of the graciousness of her heart, Peggy has made a way for you to attend even if you didn't get your check in by 3/15. She has until 3/19 to tell the Crowne Plaza a final number of attendees. If you call or e-mail her before the end of Crowne...

You still have a snowball's chance in March Out of the graciousness of her heart, Peggy has made a way for you to attend even if you didn't get your check in by 3/15. She has until 3/19 to tell the Crowne Plaza a final number of attendees. If you call or e-mail her before the end of Crowne...

I wish you the weather we had on 2/24. Good luck!

Your pictures needed for 11th Adk Winter dinner gathering A computer crash lost the great picture presentation that ran in the background during the dinner last year. adkclimber has offered to put together another one, but he needs our pictures. Here are some guidelines for sending them...

A bit more about the gathering It's a gathering, not a meeting. It's about relaxedly getting together with people you've hiked with, or met, or heard about, and trading stories, advice, plans etc. The only formal parts of the evening are some brief announcements, and a time for this years...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I should have mentioned my level of skiing. It sounds like quite a few of these suggestions will be beyond me, so I'll have to go over them while carefully looking at a map to see what's appropriate for me.

Which NH 4k's have skiable approaches? I'm looking to save time and knees compared to snowshoeing. I'm especially interested in doing this for the more remote peaks, but don't know if the terrain and logical route choice make skiing practical. Thanks.

Here's a brief report, by PigPen, of the trip I was invited to join. http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20997 He described it very well when he said we won the weather lottery. AS we drove to Abol Bridge and when we started skiing, Mt. Katahdin had some clouds around it. By the time...

Reminder Just a reminder that Winter is more than 2/3 over, and that payment for the Winter Gathering is due on March 15. Originally the date was posted as March 1, but I was informed that was wrong. It's just been corrected in the top post. There's plenty of room left. Remember, it's...

I agree that Katahdin is special. Years ago someone just coming back from there told me "If you ever get the chance, GO!" Two or three years later the chance came along, and I climbed Baxter in July, just before doing the 100 Mile Wilderness. I thought that the best part of the VFTT was what...

Seriously though, I'll provide my own food. For weeks, someone has been trying to assemble a group of 4 or more for a day hike of Hamlin and Baxter Peaks this Winter. I may be the only definite she has on the list, and I have doubts that this will happen. I'd like to do these two, or...

Lower Wolf Jaw & Rooster Comb via Rooster Comb Trail, 2/3/08 Firm crust at Rooster Comb trailhead, so my partner put on snowshoes right away. I was curious how it would be w/o them, so I waited a while. There were tracks ahead of us, but they disappeared within 10-15 minutes. The crust had a...