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Wintry Conditions on Monadnock After yoga, we all went to breakfast. Al Stoops would be joining us again for Summit day. The route would be via the Dublin Trail and I’d have to see what conditions

Group Climbing Ladder The day began again with Awakening Yoga at 7:00am which I held in the beautiful chapel nestled in the trees. Breakfast followed at 8am. The plan for today was to pack up our

Monte Rosa Trail Today’s hike took us to Monte Rosa. Weather was cool and overcast, but dry. Most of us went up the Halfway House Trail and a few others took the old Toll Road; the group met where

Wolf Tree Weather looked great: it was a sunny day, though quite cool mostly in the 40s. The day began with a 30-minute yoga session followed by a hearty breakfast in the Mayflower Lodge. Ryan Owen,

Toadstool at Tippin Rock Yeti and I got up early to drive from New York City to Pilgrim Pines. We did not encounter any traffic problems and arrived before noon in Swanzey. We stopped at a market to

Ramshorn Lake Thursday, August 30 4.5 miles Tom Miner Basin Campground to Rams Horn Lake After spending the night at the Baker’s and a nice leisurely breakfast, we headed up to the Tom Miner

Map Of The Salmon River Trail Elevation Profile First Day-June 6, 2018 First Day-June 6, 2018 Continued Second Day-June 7, 2018 Second Day-June 7, 2018 Continued Third Day-June 8, 2018 Fourth

The pond by our house December 25, 2017 It was snowing when we got up and it snowed all day, though the accumulation was not that much – a few inches. It was a light snow, but pretty and a white

ALDHA West gathering spot October 8, 2017 Yeti and I had a great time at ALDHA WEST this year. It was held in Keystone, CO at the Keystone Science School very near Silverthorne and Dillon. The CDT

Mirror Lake September 6, 2017 This was a magnificent loop backpack in the Spanish Peaks area accessed through the Flying D Ranch (owned by Ted Turner). The route begins at the Spanish Creek trailhead