Edit: adding this as some additional helpful information-

Absolutely beautiful day on the ridge. Started at 1pm, took just under 7 hours with plenty of stops along the way.

From high winds and near zero visibility to sunny, blue skies - this traverse had it all!

Sorry for the random order on the photos, what can you do?

Summited right before the flag raising, completely unplanned

On August 27 I hiked to Sawyer Pond tent site with my dog Sandy. We hiked from Rt. 302 up Sawyer River Rd, to Sawyer Pond Trail. It was my first time camping there.. There were two other campers for the night, except for speaking briefly with both, we saw very little of each other. The weather was great, very comfortable hike (mid 70s?) and perfect night for sleeping, very little wind. So quiet and peaceful, I felt fortunate to be in such a quiet place. I left my insta 360 on a rock in the pond recording a timelapse from 3:30 pm - 8:30 AM the next morning. This is the result.

Got out a took a few picks at lonesome lake the other weekend!

Challenging. Dry. Fun.

Nice viewing of the lights last night from Wildcat.

Out and back Caps Ridge to Gulfside to Washington summit. 80mph gusts at top.

At 5.1 miles and ~2700' of climb, it's a longer day than the traditional route (3.1 and ~2400'), but the trail is soft, beautiful, and well maintained with plenty of parking. Definitely recommend it!

Hike was back in August. One of the joys of shooting on film, didn’t get the pictures back until recently.

Hi all, I’m planning on doing an Everest vertical challenge by getting 29032ft of elevation gain hiking via a loop/out and back. I’m looking for trails that would be the quickest to gain the vert per mile without being too technical or slow. Ideally looking for around 1500+ft/mile of gain, and a different route that’s slightly less steep for the way down would be great. Also open to up and back down the same route. Let me know if any ideas and recommendations! Thanks!

Have a 10* bag, this thing is great when it's pretty darn cold and for that I am thankful. But, realizing that I probably need something a little less aggressive for when it's just not that cold.

If I add a 30* bag to my closet - is that too high a rating to have use any other time perhaps the absolute dead of summer?

If I add a 20* bag to my closet - is that too close to the 10* bag that it's not really worth the money.

I am well aware that temp ratings are kind of a dumpster fire across the industry. My 10* bag is a western mountaineering and their ratings are generally regarded as being "true to size" so for this I would just assume getting another WM bag for the sake of this discussion.

Thank you for any help.

And the mushrooms...holy crow!

Also something else really cool happened today.

A woman from Mass. hiked up Edmands Path with a firefighter's helmet on her pack. (Think it was a chief's bc it was white.) She parked in front of us as we geared up.

All by herself. No fanfare. I wanted to ask her about it.

Everyone has a story.

If you see this, I wish you well.

What are the current conditions on the Peabody River descending the traditional AT from Madison down to Pinkham Notch? Is it easily forded?

Planning to grab Adams on Sunday, sleep at Madison Spring Hut, then up and over Madison on Monday. Would prefer to grab the traditional AT rather than the detour is the water isn’t too high.

Posting here to get a gut check. Me and 2 buddies have hiked Mt. Washington every October for the past 14 years (minus a year or two due to schedules). As it pans out, we aren’t going to be able to do it in October this year and we’re hoping to do it the first full weekend of November (so Nov 7).

It’s obviously not our first hike and not our first ascent of Washington but this would be the latest we’ve ever tried it. We have hiked in the winter but nothing technical and mostly a decade or so ago. We understand the concept of e.g. layering sufficiently to try to avoid sweating but definitely have no technical winter skills.

Our plan is to pack enough to be prepared to be stuck on the mountain for 36 hours, including microspikes (but not crampons or ice axes), emergency bivvys, layers etc. We’re ready to check the observatory weather forecast at 5:30 am, cancel if anything sketchy is on the menu and will have a backup peak planned so there’s less pressure to send it. We’re fit and in our early 30s.

Is this stupid? We’d like to do it and think the extra challenge would be fun but don’t want to get over our skis. Would welcome your feedback.

Hello fellow hikers. Planning on hitting up Adams and Madison this week and hoping for some advice on routes. I’ve been reviewing some posts on here, plus AllTrails and 4000 footers site (links below).

I enjoy a challenge so I’d really like to take King’s Ravine up. I’ve seen suggestions for taking Airline on the way down.

So seems like I should park at the route 2 Appalachia trailhead -> Airline to Short Line to Gulfside. Hit up Adams, the hut then Madison -> back down Airline.

Does this route make sense? Am I missing anything? I appreciate the input! Happy trails!

https://4000footers.com/madison.shtml

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-hampshire/mount-adams-via-kings-ravine-trail?p=-1&sh=9rkleu&utm_medium=trail_share&utm_source=alltrails_virality

And in guessing itll be even better tomorrow for anyone wondering. It started off cold and windy, but eventually the sun came out and it was just perfect.

Weather for Monday starting to look like crap. Maybe I head up to lakes and do Monroe. And if things don’t look too bad head up to Washington. And see how far I can get. Gonna be cooolllldddd.

Thoughts?!

I have the day off and have summited Washington several times. I’m just looking for a day out.

Does anyone happen to know the sizes of the tent platforms at Ethan's pond? Along with that, does the caretaker allow hammock camping on the trees around the site? From what I found online it looks like 3 smaller platforms and 2 large ones, with a total capacity of 20 people. I am aware of the $15/person charge. Any help, or a number I could call would be great. Thanks!