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I just finished reading an incredible book called Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England, authored by Tom Wessels, an ecologist and environmental biologist who teaches at the Antioch New England Graduate School in New Hampshire. This book teaches the reader how to look at a forest and deduce its history by observing disturbance patterns amongst its …

There’s nothing worse than having a having a stubborn rain jacket zipper that won’t zip when it starts to rain heavily. To prevent this, I lubricate all of the zippers on my hiking coats, sleeping bags, and shelters at least once a year McNett Aquaseal Zip Tech

When I was hiking near Canada on the Long Trail last weekend, I saw a lot of beech trees in the woods. I've always loved their smooth silvery bark which is so different from the rough scaley bark of the other deciduous trees in New England like maples, cherries, ashes and oaks. Upon further investigation, I learned that the thick …

I got back Sunday night from a 4-day, 51-mile exodus on the most northern section of the Long Trail, hiking southbound from Journey’s End to Johnson on Rt 15. This is the most remote section of the trail that abuts the Canadian border and then heads south through over surprisingly difficult terrain, including Jay Peak (3,858 ft), Mt. Buchanan (2,850ft), …