Month: September 2013

Bold Bobcat Scares MA Residents

This seems to be the season for bold wild animals. As New York officials warn of aggressive bears in the Adirondacks - with one incident leading to a hiker s...

NY Hiker Stabs Aggressive Bear

On the heels of a warning from New York officials about aggressive bears in the Adirondack Mountains comes a report that a hiker recently stabbed a persistent b...

Winter Takes Hold in New Hampshire

If you're planning a hike among New Hampshire's highest peaks in the coming weeks, make sure to pay close attention to weather conditions. Winter has landed...

Injured Hiker Rescued on NH/ME Border

Rescue crews carried an injured Massachusetts woman out of the Mahoosuc Mountains on the Maine/New Hampshire border on Sunday, September 15, according to an art...

PHOTO: Winter is Coming

Skiers and snowboarders rejoice. Winter is coming, as evidenced by frost on Cannon Mountain this morning. Morning frost on New Hampshire's Cannon Mountain a...

How The Appalachian Trail Came to Maine

Trailblazers Albert H. Jackman, Myron H. Avery and J. Frank Schairer on Katahdin's summit, August 19, 1933 True or False? The Appalachian Trail is Maine’s s...

Map to New Hampshire Breweries

So a friend of mine - who isn't too bright - came up with a great idea: When creating his own New Hampshire 4,000-Footer hiking club, he decided to make it a hi...

Sunday River Adds 72 Acres of Terrain

For those skiers and snowboards who like to venture off trail and into the woods, drop into a superpipe, hit some rails or even jumps, Sunday River Resort is ex...

VIDEO: NEMBAfest 2013

Early this summer, riders from around New England flocked to Vermont's Burke Mountain Resort for NEMBAfest 2013, an annual celebration of all things mountain bi...

New England Hikes Without Trails

For some hikers, using a trail to climb a mountain is just too easy. They seek out the challenge of trailless, heavily-forested peaks, where few people go, an...

Holyoke Canoe Club Hosts Beer Fest

The Holyoke Canoe Club in Holyoke, Massachusetts, will host a beer festival this Friday and Saturday, September 6 and 7. Set on the banks of the Connecticut ...