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Thanks for the square, Bob. Heck of a way to earn one! Happy trails, Rick

Thanks, Hobbes. Always something to learn! Happy trails, Rick

Well, OK. If we're ever hiking and encounter a progression of yarn markers, we'll expect to soon meet up with a guy carrying snow wands:). Thank you! Your girls were adorable, so purposeful and engaged in the task at hand (hiking up)! I hope they enjoyed the toboggan rides down.

I did set it down (at the bivy site) and it did recover the signal but without the topo maps loaded it didn't matter (it gave coordinates but neither that finite data nor a very detailed map would have been any aid in the weather conditions I was in, without shelter). Good advice on the maps...

Thanks, Kevin. Yes, those sharp western ravines and ridges are pretty close together, aren't they!

Thanks, Doug, I've been waiting for you to weigh in with your GPS expertise. I've had the same experience with the 76CSx and, no surprise, I've reached the same conclusions about the Etrex Legend in my recent field studies...

Thanks. But some one (who must have read my posts here and assumed I relied only on my GPS) is already trashing me on the WMUR site for not navigating with a compass (I had one around my neck and used it to keep a rough line). In micro-navigating, as in trying to find an entrance into the scrub...

Trails in great shape, well-packed and wide except in a few blown-in places. No blowdowns or crossing issues. Accommodations were lacking, though, and room service non-existent but the ready and willing rescue service was highly competent. Neither snowshoes nor traction needed. On my descent...

Not the Yucca but the Cholla!! The climbing is among the best in the US (but so popular holds are getting polished), in its own way, but the hiking is as good and you can take advantage of the early/late light, wonderful there. Can't go wrong. Have fun!

Thanks, SF. I'm just glad I still have a shot at 65!

Thanks wg! I learned much more than I have communicated and may write up a TR but will maybe see how the dust settles first.

I had a fully charged cell phone, three Verizon bars and no service, typical of the Whites. I'm not sure what happened with the GPS but I will find out (in non-threatening conditions!). I've gotten the impression that this GPS (eTrex Legend) needs to be still for a while to pick up a signal. Its...

Thank you so much. The snow cave (which I mostly trashed exiting) was on the eastern slope, 50-100' vertical below the summit. You'd have to had thrashed in spruce traps for a while to get there, believe me. Although I was pleased that the rescue effort hadn't gotten on the trails when I...

Thanks, Mike. That's about what the visibility was as I arrived at the summit (even took a photo). The snow was configured with a few inches of light powder over a robust layer of ice/crust over a few feet of powder. I found that sweeping the snow under the crust out with my mittens, I could...

Thanks. I'd be a lot happier if I'd have had the skills to avoid it!

Thanks, Carole! Yup, that's me. 14 hours in a snow cave is good for the soul. Been in many whiteouts but this one, at a little under freezing temps and instant, made vision, with or without goggles, impossible for at least an hour. Learned a lot about how to use all that stuff I've been carrying...

Thanks for the green! I've always found your posts well considered.

A Garmin Oregon 400t was lost somewhere on the Marion Davis Trail on Pack Monadnock Saturday. Please let me know if you have any information regarding it. Thanks! [email protected]

Thanks, Glenn. I hesitate to dive into these threads (bad for the blood pressure!) but sometimes I feel I have to. Happy trails, Rick

Can some one explain why we care whether some one else benefits by our trail breaking? Perhaps, if a very able-bodied hiker did nothing but exploit others' work but, let's face it, we generally end out doing our share whether we want to or not. Trails blowing in and untallied mountain snowfall...