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Fit on them wide boots I have a set of the steel ones and they are good for all but the most serious non-technical terrain. The reason I got them in the first place was they were about the only crampon on the market to fit wide-soled winter boots like sorels or columbias. If you are out...

Yea, we have a lot of busybodies over in Vermont, probably more per-capita. I once heard someone admonish someone above treeline for walking on the rocks off-trail claiming he was harming the lichen on the rocks. Why dont we close all the trails as well so they can "regenerate"? Do we...

A summary of tactics... To Summarize the best ideas of "passive discouragement": The idea is to create in the mind of the dirtbag, the fear that somehow, this might not be the time or the place or the vehicle to victimize. ( I hope the dirtbags arent reading this) -(as I suggested earlier)...

NRA stickers and shotgun shells First of all, anyone who would leave a wallet in a car is more or less perpetuating the problem. I leave a bunch of spent shotgun shells on the dashboard and rear deck. Also, several NRA stickers on the side windows for good measure. A petty thief does not fear...

The Smugglers Notch road (VT 108) is unplowed in winter and can be accessed from either end. Skiing up the road is a nice way to see Vermont's "little Yosemite". Just watch out for prodigious amounts of doggie poo. Last weekend I skied north up the road to the top then up the "old Long Trail"...

Sunset Ridge If you have never been, make sure you get hold of a good map. Probably the best is the waterproof map of Mt. Mansfield put out by the GMC (Green Mtn Club). From the large gate where the State Park road is usually plowed to in winter, it is about 1 1/4 miles to the Sunset Ridge...