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It was so windy up there that I just kept my head down, so I was particularly unobservant. To say nothing of the fact that we had been on the go for 5.5 hours and still had to bag Abraham, which was not a certainty at that point. I have a GPS track of the day; I haven't looked at it myself...

Too bad! If we had known of each other's presence, you could have headed toward Ellen, and benefitted from our trail-breaking, and we from yours. You would have had more of a problem with the lack of a car-spot, however. ;)

He said he "built a ramp" and wiggled his way out. I wasn't close enough to see, but when I fell in up to my chest, I may have done the same thing by leaning back and freeing up my snowshoes enough to pile up snow underneath them, and then twisting and inching my way up. It helps if you can...

Right uphill from the top of the lift, there is a knob; once we got to the summit of the peak we found the trail without too much trouble. We had left the LT and taken a ski trail to the warming hut as the path of least resistance. I can't remember if there was a sign there or not, but the...

4 of us started from the base of the Mt Ellen ski area at 8:30 and headed up slope. At the base it was 45 and sunny, so we were quickly layered-down for the climb. We met one ski patroller who thought we should have hiking passes, but when he radioed his base, they said we could continue up...

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They never heard of the two-inch rule No, not some obscene reference to male anatomy, but the generally agreed-upon guideline that if you're sinking in 2 inches or more, put on the snowshoes! If the hikers ahead of you had been more courteous and mindful of the mess they were leaving behind...

Nice pics! Enjoyed the photos! Alas, I doubt I will be up there again this winter; am heading to Vermont this weekend, and the next two weekends are spoken for as well.

What we have here..... We realized, about 3 hours into the hike, that it would have been easier to go in via the Indian reservation the way you went. Of course, we weren't sure that you had summitted, and I certainly learned a lesson: failure to communicate leads to wasted effort. Of course...

Hi Kevin. I think Claudette said she has done that peak now 12 times in non-winter, and this makes 3 times in winter. Must be a record.

Albee, Thanks again for all your trail-breaking this weekend! I myself have been heard to malign snowmobilers, but I have found them more helpful than otherwise. I was sure as heck glad not to have to break out the boundary swath that day!

Hmmm. Ignorance is bliss, they say. Also, something I learned in the service; don't ask. Nobody hassled us either of the 2 days we drove and parked on the Canada Road.

Following our saunter through 14 miles of deep snow the day previous, [see thread Boundary Peak from Canada Road 2/24/2007] I was a bit fatigued. 5 1/2 hours of sleep helped some, but when Sunday rolled around I still wasn't rarin' to go. Didn't help that I left my coffee and espresso machine...

A group of 6 highly-motivated hikers bagged this peak after driving in 11 miles on the Canada Road from Coburn-Gore. GPS track can be viewed here, along with photos. Al and I met Pete and Albee at exit 17 on I-93 and took two cars up to the Roadhouse in Stratton. Al and I arrived after...

Good work getting both peaks, Mohamed!

Dorset via the northern route Yes, Buckette did it via Emerald Lake SP some years ago, and doesn't recommend it either. :( As I mentioned in another thread on this forum, Mohamed Ellozy and Judy Dillman of the Boston chapter are leading a Stratton and Dorset hike this weekend. I gave ME a...

Mohamed Ellozy is leading a Boston Chapter trip there this weekend. I will be in Maine bushwhacking, but I gave him a heads up about the Dorset Hollow route, and the waypoints for the northern approach (which you Vermonters know about anyway, no doubt).

Buckette and I, after bagging Equinox yesterday and having a wonderful evening, dinner and breakfast at the Dorset Inn, headed off to do Dorset today. We didn't know her, but clearly we met Una Dogger as we were descending from Equinox; Buckette is the "fit senior woman" Una Dogger refers to...

That was us ahead of you! Met you on the way down, after summiting yesterday. We could've used your help on Dorset today! See trail conditions report. Equinox = #68 in winter for me.

Thanks for the input. I will post a report on our activities this weekend, whatever we do. DocRoss