Vincent Aceto
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Any recent trail reports? Last saw on NETC was that 12th of January. Thank you
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That report at the top is from my trail buddy and her dog - they've done the 48 and are chipping away at Winter now. It's a pity that more folks don't file reports at NETC, it's such a wonderful resource. I try to for my winter hikes at least, when getting that info is so critical. You can try looking through the large facebook groups, but it's hit or (mostly) miss what you'll find, and the search function isn't very refined.
Vincent Aceto
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Mountain Forecast indicates a pretty good day tomorrow. I'll give it a shot. Thank you for the reply.
MWObs Higher Summits Forecast is essential reading for any hike in the Whites, especially for a tall mountain next to Washington.
https://mountwashington.org/weather/higher-summits-forecast/
Vincent Aceto
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Oh yes, always check that as well. Thank you
Barkingcat
Active member
We don't file winter reports on NETC any more for many of our snowshoe hikes, in particular those local to us, unless it's for a very commonly used trail -- been burned too many times by making public a nice snowshoe track only to come back a few days later and find it wrecked with frozen postholes. But yes, if it's a popular trail in the Whites, we'll post on NETC.
Edited typos: Yup, the parasitic bare-boot post-holers, as the owner of NETC calls them, the scourge of winter recreation in the mountains, along with butt sledders. At least snowmobilers rescue moose. But, overall, I think that NETC reports are a plus, if for no other reason than pointing out blowdowns that need attention from trail maintainers.
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Time for this one again. https://www.google.com/search?sca_e...ate=ive&vld=cid:d5527f9f,vid:RYivAQbYfoQ,st:0
OMG I had not seen this (have seen other parodies with the clip) - very well done, and literally LOL funny.
I would guess that AllFails does more to bring in the postholers than NETC.
helmethiker
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Having seen actual barefoot hikers, it took me a while when I first read it that barefoot in a winter hiking report meant boots with neither snowshoes nor crampons nor microspikes. Although there is a report in the latest Appalachia where a woman has her shoe/boot come off in the winter so she is actually barefoot for a short period.
Ken MacGray
Active member
Pretty sure "barefoot" in a winter hiking report is "bareboot" being auto-corrected when people post reports from their phones.
It’s the damn moose that do it up here, every time I make a nice cross-country path Bullwinkle has ruined it the next time I’m out. It’s a good thing I enjoy breaking trail!
And some winter hikers have been found both dead and alive after their trail running shoes have been torn off and could not be found when they got off trail and caught in spruce traps and the like.
The same thing happened to me with one climbing skin on my mountaineering skis on a traverse between Appalachian and Lincoln Gaps on the Long Trail in Vermont. I spent over 30 minutes digging for the lost ski skin to no avail, and that was on a trail. Fortunately, I was able to slide along to the top of Glen Ellen (Sugarbush North) ski area and bail out down a ski trail and hitch a ride back to our starting point.
helmethiker
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I have turned off autocorrect on my phone. I would rather the mistakes be mine, not the machine's.
