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We have to brush out anyway, blazing is extra. I personally feel appropriate blazing is useful in very dense or very sparse forest.

We maintain lower Ammo and Lower Jewell. The blazes on Jewell are too numerous but also too faded. We've asked several times to restore blazes at a greater spacing. Every time, they say we should brush out the corridor better and let the blazes fade away. Some of our contacts tell us in...

We hiked there this summer. Road is gated, bridge was removed. There was a Forest Service truck at the small turn around, east of the site of the bridge, plus big equipment obviously removed the massive concrete bridge. So the road is vehicle worthy. My guess is they are keeping it closed...

I've used Gaia for years, I have the legacy subscription. I love it except it does a bad job calculating gain on long complex trips. I do love all the alternative base map even if they are not perfect. There was no Mt Eisenhower in 1930...

I hiked with Dennis P a handful of times with 4 Seasons Hiking Group and Random Group of Hikers. Never made the connection to Peakbagger on this site. He was always interesting, and knew everything about every mountain and trail. Sorry for his family.

Do these companies make their cloth or thread to knit cloth? Nope. Can't make the last 5% of labor in NH and claim exoneration from third world labor horrors.

If you make a buy decision based on anything other than best cost versus performance, your punishing better manufacturers. Buy the best product value, and donate your money to a cause you believe in. Just my opinion.

No one cares what I think, but I'll tell you anyway. The forest is for all of us, people bringing animals, remains, or anything else that makes their life better doesn't make mine worse. I also don't care if stupid news people say that some obvious passenger, rabbit, cat, infant completed their...

There doesn't seem to be an easy answer to the trail running along side a river issue. Every large river in whites erodes it's banks any above average spring. The answer in the Dry River, to go way the hell up the bank didn't last long and is now damn dangerous.

We were "on" Washington Saturday redlining Raymond path, no intention of going to the summit, met some well experienced friends as we reached Huntington Ravine trail junction, they bailed at the slabs, just too wet for their comfort. Once on Tuckermans heading down, we met a mix of summited and...

I have the Washington outer layer and Jen has a couple sunseekers and I think the Franconia jacket. All her stuff fits great. My jacket is cut for a more athletic build than my chubby build, but it stretches. Their gear and shop are nice, as are the friendly people. We haven't shopped there in...

I'm not trying to pour cold water on all spirituality, but can't we easily explain the summit charge as Darwinian driven feelings of awe, curiosity and maybe a little fear?

Spured by this thread, we did Tremont from Brunel trail on Saturday. Damn steep and remote. We parked on Bear Notch, walked Rob Brook road into Brunel. Took Brunel to Sawyer Pond trail to the Kanc on the way out. Lots skeeters in the swampy areas.

Definitely Lincoln woods, but my wife tells me I misremembered Liberty springs. I was surprised they had a collection box at Liberty tent site in winter, not credit card.

I'm pretty sure there's a card based pay kiosk at Lincoln woods and at Liberty Springs tent site.

Last summer we dropped into Dry River from LOTC, went all the way down to Mt Clinton trail, then up to Mizpah. This is the crossing at the bottom of Mt Clinton trail

Did it once from 302 and remember being surprised by the gain. Trail starts pretty low. Probably due an approach from the south, this summer as we rev up redlining again.

I met my wife on a group hike. I'm not recommending group hiking as a dating site, but it is a way to meet people with a common interest. When we met we already had dozens of common hiker friends. Plenty of them are happily married. Lots of couples where one has an interest in hiking and the...

I met her on a group hike... https://www.pbs.org/video/mountaintop-wedding-wpk78c/

A lot depends on what you want out of your hike. Hiking attracts lots of personalities, group people, loners, exercise junkies, peakbaggers, backpackers, FKT seekers. I rekindled my boy scout interest in hiking after a late in life divorce. Meet-up group hikes provided easy friendships, social...