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You said it right! The route today (Friday March 16) was nicely packed from route 302 up to Zeacliff, with several spots of drifts in driftprone areas. But beyond Zeacliff, the trail was unbroken. I followed it til about 100 feet past the junction with the Zeacliff Pond trail. But then I...

Middle Sugarloaf and North Sugarloaf (in New Hampshire along the road to Zealand and Hale) via Zealand Rd and the Sugarloaf Trail Equipment: snowshoes essential (I normally wouldn't bother posting about this type of hike, but I didn't see any other post-snowfall trail reports, so I figured I...

Table / Peekamoose / Lone / Rocky / Balsam Cap from Denning Date of Hike: 4/17/2013 Trail Conditions: Dry until the river crossings. Some minor ice patches as low as 2300 ft (of elevation), but don't become more frequent until around 3500 ft. Near complete snow/ice cover about 3700 ft. On...

Reviving an old thread... Does anyone know if the Long Trail is open from (Lower) Cold River Road north to the Gov Clement Shelter? Or is it still posted as a roadwalk detour? This is about 5 - 7 miles south of Killington Peak. I was on (Lower) Cold River Road on May 25, 2012 and it was...

Make that four daily records in a row. Temps are now up to 30 degrees above average. The new record high for March 19th is eleven degrees higher than the old record! March 18: New daily record high of 46°F; Previous record of 37°F set on March 18th, 1945. March 19: New daily record high of...

Update: With temps in the high 40s, all that firm, well packed snow at the trailhead was gone by 6 pm. Gale River Trailhead (summer lot) 3/11/2012 Of course, at higher elevations there was plenty of snow. It's still winter. Snowshoes required. I hiked behind you up to North Twin, but...

Date of Hike: 2/14/2012 Trail Conditions: Crawford Path: from US-302 to ridgeline near Pierce summit, hard-packed snow, no ice, very easy hiking. From Pierce down to Eisenhower-Pierce col, mostly hard-packed, but a few drifts 2-3 feet covering the track, easy hiking but route finding not as...

I think you're right the first time - there was very little new snow, maybe an inch, at higher elevations, and nothing in the valleys. And I think most of the bushwhack route is still there, but both termini happened to be in drift-prone areas and got filled in. Now I kind of wished I spent an...

I got all stoked to test out the hard-packed bushwhack route so I headed to Isolation this morning (2/13/2012). The first 1.5 miles were still hard-packed and easy to follow, but the strong winds (over 100 mph on Washington) filled in portions of the trail, so I switched to snowshoes early on...

Dates of Hike: 1/21/2012 - 1/23/2012 Balsam Lake Mountain and Graham from Mill Brook Road on 1/21 afternoon. About 3 inches powder near trailhead up to 8 - 12 inches on the summits. Some two - three foot deep drifts high up on Graham. Snowshoes - essential. Eagle and Big Indian from Seager...

Date of Hike: 1/18/2012 - 1/19/2012 Short version: It's finally winter in the Catskills. Prepare accordingly. It's snowing as I write this near Belleayre, so this report is already out-of-date. Long version: Windham High Peak from Peck Road via Escarpment Trail Black Dome & Thomas Cole...

Date of Hike: 12/16/2011 Trails: Undermountain Trail, AT from Riga Junction to US-7, roadwalk Trail Conditions: Muddy compared to the norm for the area. Soft swampy ground, especially between Jug End Road and US-7. No snow on trail. Just some snow in woods, on the north-facing slopes of...

Mt. Madison via Valley Way from Lowe's Dates of Hike: 1/13 - 1/14 Appalachia was not plowed out on 1/13, so we parked at Lowe's, paid for parking, and walked two miles along US-2 to Appalachia. On 1/14, Appalachia is nicely plowed out, suitable for any car. Trail Conditions: Powder, Packed...

Ah, now that I read my map, I see that you are right. The Old Job Trail ends just before the suspension bridge; so detouring the LT onto it doesn't accomplish anything -- you still end up needing to ford the river or doing a road walk. I wasn't referring to an original Old Job Trail and a...

That sounds right. Depending whether you go in early or late October, there should be very few to no through hikers. Just a few section hikers, peakbaggers, and regular hikers.

Are you planning to bag all the 4000ers between Saddleback and the Bigelows? I just finished a similar trip on Saturday. I started north of the Bigelows at East Flagstaff Road and continued south over 10 high peaks, reaching Maine-4 after about 56 miles of hiking over 4 days + 3 nights. I...

A white blaze was painted on the side of the boat which ferries hikers over the Kennebec River in Maine because purists still forded the river thinking that was the official route and that sitting in a ferry was cheating. Peakbagger describes me well. I'm guilty of that purism too! I did most...

Actually, we're talking about Preston County, West Virginia, since the trail to MD's highpoint is mostly in WV. But your points about the season being over and the poachers are still right. I googled some info about 'discarding / disposing deer carcasses' and 'hunter etiquette.' Interesting...

Backbone is a neat little bi-state hike with a high point, a state marker obelisk, and some views. Similar to Frissell in CT/Mass. I was there on November 7, 2008 and saw the fresh, bloody bodies (trunks) of four deer, with about 16 detached legs scattered nearby. No heads. I guess that...

Hi Jay - I think you live near Franklin in Sussex County. I'm in the Franklin in Somerset County. So you're more likely to bump into me in the mountains of New York or England than in New Jersey. BTW, I like your twisted sense of humor. Steve