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Mountain: Mt. Monadnock Date of hike: Thursday, April 17, 2008 Trails hiked (in alphabetical order): Amphitheater Cascade Link Cliff Walk Do Drop Harling Lost Farm Noble Parker Pumpelly Red Spot Smith Connecting Link Spellman Thoreau White Cross White Dot Some of you have noticed that I've...

This week's trail report is in the form of an open letter to the Monadnock State Park Manager. Dear Andrew, I decided to hike the Little Monadnock Trail from Rhododendron State Park to see how it survived the winter. There were a few blowdowns which I cleared, but mostly the trail is in good...

He's none of the above Dear Tim, Since Andrew hasn't responded, I don't know if he wants to reveal his "secret identity" so I'm certainly not going to do it. I will say, however, that he is not a retailer or a manufacturer, but he is an extremely knowlegeable "outdoors person" who sees A LOT...

It's a fine thread Full disclosure: I know Solitary and "sponsored" her membership. So Solitary you wrote: In my opinion, this is a fine topic for this forum,, so don't worry. There have been cases not all that long ago of women raped and/or murdered on the A.T. and I know another woman who...

Today I hiked south on the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail from Troy, NH. I only had this section to do to complete all of the M-M in NH. Although mostly a road walk the trail abandons the woods road in favor of the forest just over a mile and a half from the summit. I was post-holing in corn snow...

I’ve had it with this winter. Even though I love winter climbing and snowshoeing, I have sated on the snowiest NH winter in the last 138 years. The two inches of snow that fell in Keene on Friday after a week of melting felt like a betrayal. I got mad and refused to shovel my driveway yet...

Good to know Thanks for that link Tom. If I'm reading right, only one of those posters had a problem. Mine are still going strong (I'm closing in on two dozen outings). Nice to know that Kahtoola is so good about customer service.

New web site I came across the MMM National Scenic Trail Study Website and thought you might be interested: http://www.mmmtrail.org/ - Monadnock Volunteer (aka Steve)

Date of hike: 3/22/08 Mountain: Mt. Passaconaway (4,043) Trail: Dicey's Mill (9.2 mi. roundtrip, 2950 ft. elevation gain) Trail conditions: From the parking area to the end of the plowed road it was tire-rutted ice (quite slippery). From the road to the summit the trail was broken out and...

The lorax speaks for the trees... Excellent point, although I would mention that high-volume mountains (e.g. Monadnock) would be destroyed if large numbers of people bushwhacked. Also some ecosystems (e.g. high altitude zones) are very fragile and trails confine the damage. Other than that I...

Happy St. Patrick's Day Fearing that it would be cloudy on the night of the full moon, I went up Monadnock this evening. As the sun set the temperatures dropped and the snow was firm under foot. My microspikes were biting and holding exceptionally well. Orion was looking down from above which...

Date of hike: 3/16/08 Mountain: Monadnock Trail: White Dot Trail conditions: soft snow from HQ to summit. Special equipment: stabilicers or microspikes optimal. - Monadnock Volunteer (aka Steve)

You never know how things are going to turn out. During the week I looked at the weather forecast and decided to work Saturday and hike Monadnock twice on Sunday. But I didn’t get as much done on Saturday as I hoped so I reluctantly decided to bag Monadnock and do a shorter, quicker hike at...

Raising the issue again So summer will be here soon (or so it is rumored) which means that people will be climbing mountains with their kids strapped to their fronts or backs. I’m resurrecting this issue because of an experience that happened since I first raised it three years ago. Last...

12 ticks a day Years ago I was studying Blue Monkeys in the Kibale Forest of Western Uganda. After a long day of following a blue monkey troop through the rain forest it was not uncommon to find a dozen ticks on me. One type seemed to specialize in going up into the nose. Prior to that time...

Bushwhacking is... Define bushwhack? I'm reminded of what my old hiking partner Hank Jenkins would say: "If you get back to the car and you're not bleeding, it wasn't a good hike." - Monadnock Volunteer (aka Steve)

Poole Road is fine I just got back from the Mountain and the roads are fine (also see my trail conditions report for 2/23). Happy hiking.

Date of hike: Saturday, 2/23/08 Mountain: Mt. Monadnock Trails hiked: White Dot, Pumpelly, Red Spot, Cascade Link Other trails observed from junctions: Spruce Link, White Cross, Old Ski Path, Harling, Birchtoff, Smith Connector Trail conditions: 3-4" of new snow fell Friday night on top of...

Thanks I'm glad you like the pictures. I went up Thursday afternoon and was shocked at how much snow cover had been washed away in the rain (see my trail conditions report for 2/21). Of course, we're in the middle of a big storm right now so who knows what it will be like for Saturday...

For those considering a hike this weekend, here are the trail conditions as of Thursday afternoon. Mountain: Monadnock Trail: White Dot Date of hike: 2/21/08 Trail conditions: The rain earlier in the week washed away of some of the cover, so more rocks are showing through than last weekend...