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Spread Eagle Mountain and Hopkins Mountain. Great views of the ADK high peaks. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Owl’s Head Mtn, Keene, NY. A lot of fun and great views for a short hike. Attached File |
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Hiked the Burroughs Range as a traverse, Wittenberg, Cornell, Slide, in the Catskills. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Last weekend I started flagging a bushwhacking path up Boundary Bald Mountain that I began making this past Feb/Mar. I never made it to the summit due to poor snow conditions, so this winter I’m starting early. ![]() There was maybe 15-18 inches of somewhat compacted snow last weekend so I got to try out my new Atlas Range MTN 35 snowshoes, with an initial rating of 4 stars after 3 uses in the kind of terrain they’re meant for. So I headed out, following the terrain like I did last winter so I stayed pretty close to my previous route. The going was slow because I was stopping about every 50 feet and tying a 3-foot length of pink flagging tape on a tree. The weather was warming up, though, and Sunday night through Monday we had temps up to the low 50s and heavy rain. Today I packed my pack and headed out, but the going was much slower due to the tangles of vegetation no longer being covered by snow. I’d originally planned on going tomorrow but the Christmas Eve weather forecast turned a little crappy so I headed out in early afternoon today. Too late, it turned out, since my flagging tape was hard to see as the light faded. With a path of snowshoe tracks to follow it would have been easier, but with the sun sitting right on the surrounding mountains I headed down and will go back up tomorrow, crappy-ish weather or not. Half-assed gear loadout video. ![]() Winter pack loadout Pack weight is 45lb and it carries extremely comfortably. After I got home I remembered that I have a pair of 28” Atlas Aspect snowshoes in my gear room, their bindings pack more compactly than the GVs I brought today. If I need to use them at all I doubt it’ll be until I get near the summit. I’m usually not a big fan of the Atlas SLS (Slings Lotsa Snow) pivot system, but there won’t be any powder to be slung up my back. A new piece of clothing I’ve been wearing this winter, I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s revolutionized my winter hiking because I no longer have to choose between being warm and sweaty (thereby cold and wet) or cold and dry. Marmot Olden Polartec hoody. More Monday! |
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4 miles yesterday, 3 of them were off trail. Attached File |
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Hiked two ADK mountains today, Ampersand and Baker. About 8 miles, 2600 feet of elevation gain. Clear blue skies and nice packed trails, that’s how I like winter hiking. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By ME2112: Clear blue skies and no trails except the ones I make, that’s how I like winter hiking LOL Just roaming around the woods, looking for a way around a cluster of hills but ran into impassable evergreens both ways I went. https://assets.trailspace.com/assets/1/d/7/12825047/IMG_1384.jpg https://assets.trailspace.com/assets/1/d/9/12825049/IMG_1379.jpg https://assets.trailspace.com/assets/1/d/a/12825050/IMG_1373.jpg https://assets.trailspace.com/assets/1/d/b/12825051/IMG_1377.jpg https://assets.trailspace.com/assets/1/d/6/12825046/IMG_1386.jpg Beautiful! |
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Originally Posted By ADKRebel: Beautiful! Yeah, I love it up here but I do miss the scenery like you have from when I lived in southern Maine and hiked the Whites every weekend. I need to get to the summit of Boundary Bald this winter, the views from there are incredible in the summer. I can’t imagine what they’ll be like in clear, dry winter air. |
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Hiked up Treadway Mountain in the eastern ADK. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Yesterday (Sunday) morning I decided I needed to hike, so I loaded up my Osprey Stratos 24, strapped snowshoes onto it, and headed out. My destination was Number 5 Mountain, about 1/3 of the way as the crow flies to Eustis from Jackman. The trailhead is at mile 17 on Spencer Road off Route 201, there’s a small white sign with an arrow on the right at the turnoff. If you use AllTrails it’s a little inaccurate, just look for the sign. It’s easy to see. The mile 17 marker is about 50 feet past the side road to the trailhead. Spencer Rd was in great shape the whole way; the side road leading to the trailhead had a couple small snowbanks crossing it but my pickup handled them just fine in 2WD. The parking area was dry, with room for 4 or 5 vehicles. Summit elevation is 3186’, AllTrails lists total trail length (out and back) as 5.1 miles. I tracked my route using AllTrails and it told me I’d hiked 6.4 miles. Elevation gain is 1161’, and it’s a long, gradual slope with no real steep spots. I got to the trailhead a little after 1100 and headed right up. The biggest obstacle is the first thing you hit after leaving the parking area, a 12’ wide ditch with rocks on each side to keep vehicles out. It’s really the only obstacle. You’ll follow a very old logging path for a little less than 1/2 mile, then a small sign tells you the trail goes to the right and becomes a regular footpath. There was a little bit of running water in the logging path, along with a few muddy spots that are easily avoided. Deeper patches of snow started appearing around mile 0.6, I put snowshoes on at 0.67 (my new favorites for spring snow, Atlas Aspect 28s) and kept them on until about mile 3.1. There were a few 50-100’ stretches with no snow, and some rocks I negotiated with them on. I’m pretty clumsy and didn’t have any problems not related to my bad knees. It’s pretty obvious when to take them off, the trail starts getting ledgy near the summit. I stopped to strap them back on my pack but you could just leave them there as well. You’ll see the condemned fire tower and the trail is easy to follow even though there are no blazes. The views are spectacular, as usually happens with me the clouds thickened when I was about a mile from the summit but I still got some good pics. It was cold & windy, maybe 25F with a steady 20mph wind that I seem to remember was coming out of the west. It started to spit snow, as well. I spent about 20 minutes on the summit and had had enough even with my down jacket and gloves. Heading down is just the hike up in reverse, I had to take it quite a bit slower because of my knees. A couple of rocks that were easy to negotiate in snowshoes while going up were NOT on the way down. But other than that it was a straightforward descent just like the ascent. Soon I was stopping to remove my snowshoes (I did this closer to the trailhead because I’d barebooted for a little while before putting them on) and from there it was another half hour until I got to my pickup. My knees were pretty sore but still in pretty good shape, though after sitting for the 45-50 minute drive home they were REALLY stiff when I got back to Jackman. A little I2 therapy (Ibuprofen and ice) while watching TV and they felt pretty good. Sleeping with my soft brace on does a lot of good, too. The hike was very nice and I’m glad I made that spur-of-the-moment decision. It had been almost 3 years since I last hiked it, and doing it in snowshoes was a lot of fun. Photos. ![]() The Bigelows at left, Sugarloaf (I’m pretty sure) at right. ![]() ![]() Looking northerly toward Attean Pond with its bunch of small islands. Jackman itself is just on the other side of it.
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Nice thread! This was from last month's hike at Lake Catherine Dam Mountain Trail was partially blocked by a downed tree, but Falls Branch Trail and Horseshoe Mountain Trail were open and great too! Attached File |
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Haven’t hiked in about 3 months. I went up Roger’s Rock Friday, there are nice views of the northern end of Lake George (NY). This summit was named after the British Ranger Officer Robert Rogers from colonial times. Today I hiked to the summit of Killington (VT), where I was surprised to see hundreds of skiers using one trail that still had snow. They weren’t skiing near the top, so I was able to enjoy a summit beer in peace. The weather was beautiful and so were the views. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Since hiking Killington, I've been out logging some miles. 2 sections of the Northville-Placid Trail, each about 13-14 miles. 7-10-24 - Mt. Cabot in NH 7-12-24 - Old Speck in ME 7-20-24 - Abraham, Spaulding and Sugarloaf in ME 7-22-24 - Mt. Flume and Mt. Liberty in NH for the last two hiking days, the weather was brilliant, but warm. I sweated A LOT. Don't forget your electrolytes, people. I ascended the Flume Slide trail, which when you get to the slide, is about 1500 feet of gain in about a half mile. Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By ME2112: If you have a chance you should hike Mt Chocorua in NH. It’s purported to be the 2nd most photographed mountain in the world, after Mt Fuji IIRC, due to its distinctive peak. (Not my pic.) https://assets.trailspace.com/assets/6/7/1/4916849/IMG_1079.jpg The best route up IMO is to start at Piper trailhead, then at about mile 0.6 turn left onto Weetamoo Trail. At the end of Weetamoo turn right onto Hammond Tr, then take Liberty Tr to the summit. You can go back down the same way or just take Piper Tr the whole way. Ammonoosuc Ravine Tr to Mt Monroe (4th highest NH48) is another great one, and when you get back to Ammo from the summit you’re only about 1.5 miles from Mt Washington via Crawford Path. You can take Jewell trail down, or take the Cog Railway if you’re beat LOL I’ll probably tackle the Presi range next summer. |
| I was wrong. I didn’t wait until next year. I hiked up Ammo yesterday to Monroe, to Eisenhower, Pierce and Jackson. It was a perfect day on the range, and got pretty warm. I drank about 6 liters of water and am thankful for the huts for water fill ups. It is amazing and beautiful up there. |
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Did about 6-7 miles at Sky Meadows state park in Fauquier Co with my son's Scout troop. I think we climbed a bit over a thousand feet and walked a section of the AT on the circuit we chose. Beautiful weather for the day. Also found some paw paw fruit to show the scouts. Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Cayuga Trail https://ithacatrails.org/site/Cayuga%20Trail Sunday afternoon was porchfest downtown https://www.porchfest.org/2024/06/09/porchfest-2024/ so the group didn't want to go too far astray for a hike. I'd originally scheduled another location but relented because I wasn't too happy with that spot and apparently no one else was either...... |
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Well I don't know if it counts because there was no trail and it was some nameless hill about 7 thousand feet and I was packing a rifle and a varmit call.Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Went to a place I call the whales head and slung my pack and a rifle and wandered around. Hiked to a formation I call the castle rock and just enjoyed the scenery.Attached File Attached File |
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Got back to the Presidential Range in the whites of NH. I went up Caps Ridge and sumitted Jefferson, Adams and Madison. Holy boulder fields! Descended Valley Way to a pre-positioned car. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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I enjoyed and reached three more high peak summits in NH: Moosilauke, Lincoln and Lafayette. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Hiked Mt. Mansfield in Vermont yesterday. It was a little warm, but I had plenty of water with electrolytes added. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By ADKRebel: Hiked Mt. Mansfield in Vermont yesterday. It was a little warm, but I had plenty of water with electrolytes added. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/58424/IMG_6769_jpeg-3602078.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/58424/IMG_6771_jpeg-3602079.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/58424/IMG_6773_jpeg-3602080.JPG Congrats. You're knocking it out |
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My wife and I hiked a few miles today in the Excelsior Range.Attached File Attached File Attached File Top photo looking at 11000ft Mount Grant in the Wassuk Range. Middle photo looking at 13000ft Boundary Peak. Bottom photo typical boulder pile of the Excelsiors. |
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I haven’t really done any hiking all summer due to my bad knee and a minor bout of Achilles tendinitis that I don’t want to turn major. Plus it seemed all my good days were hot as hell - which when hiking means over 70F and sunny. I’m really a winter person. But Saturday afternoon I told myself I was summiting something and camping, so I headed about 15 miles south to 1100+m Coburn Mountain. The trail is only about 2 miles long, and is actually a snowmobile trail that goes to the summit - the highest groomed trail in the state (I don’t think they groom to the summit.) There are 2 radio repeaters on the mountain and the trail is kept good enough for SXSs to use it. I’d take my Jeep up it without any hesitation. But after about a mile there’s a goat path that cuts about 1/2 mile off, mainly because of how steep it is. But it’s fun! ![]() Coburn Mtn #5 ![]() Coburn Mtn #7 ![]() Coburn Mtn #9 ![]() Coburn Mtn #10 I was trying out my new Exped Ultra 5R sleeping pad on this trip and it didn’t do very well. After I got the tent up (SMD Lunar Orbiter) I slid the pad into my Thermarest Trekker chair and relaxed, at least until I noticed the pad was deflating. As rocky as the summit is it probably wasn’t a very good idea to put the pad directly on the ground and sit on it. So I had a pretty miserable night, with the pad being completely deflated after about 45 minutes. At first I’d reinflate it as soon as I could feel the rocks, but ended up just dealing with the rocks and only inflating it when I got up to take a leak. I don’t sleep very well at home so the lack of sleep (maybe 3 hours in all) didn’t really bother me. But all in all I enjoyed it, my tent handled the wind very well, and the star of the trip was my Big Sky International Deluxe Pillow. It didn’t move, didn’t let/make my head slip off, and was at least as comfortable as my pillows at home. I ordered another Ultra 5R, as well as an Exped CCF folding pad to go under it for protection, and a NEMO Moonlight Elite chair so my pad won’t have to do double duty. I plan on going back out again in a couple weeks, to a different mountain. |
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8/29 - Cannon, N & S Kinsman 8/30 - Osceola and East Osceola. 93/NE115 Attached File |
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Galehead, South and North Twins 8/22. Franconia Ridge from South Twin. Garfield on the right. Attached File The Twins from Galehead. Attached File |
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Attached File Attached File Just took a rifle and went out wandering in some local volcanic hills yesterday. |
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Wife and I walked around 4 miles in a canyon before lunch. Gained several hundred feet in elevation. Saw a few birds, lizzards and chipmonks and 3 pronghorns and 5 mustangs and no humans. Good start to the day. Saw the state highway department digging out the culverts from a flash flood on the road home. They dug up a county water line and now there is a boil water order. "Call befor you dig" ⁶
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Took a little walk into some bighorn country. Saw three pronghorns and three bighorn ewes through the binocculars. Waited for them to move on then hiked down to check on the guzzler. That's it below in tye second picture.took pictures of the ewes but the were too far away. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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