I confess, the logic eludes me. Someone up in Concord, at the nattily titled Department of Resources and Economic Development, has decided that most state parks, forests and trails in southern New Hampshire should be shut down while they figure out how the ice storm has affected things, and clean up the damage.
It makes sense, to [...]

 It will be a while yet before I can indulge in my favorite snow sports (XC skiing, snowshoeing and free, walk-up snowboard runs on old, closed ski slopes). The public relations minions of the NH Snow Industry purport to be stoked about the season, though. Here’s their take:
NEW HAMPSHIRE SKI AREAS OVERCOME RECENT ICE STORM AND [...]

Got any outdoor athletes on your holiday shopping list?
 
Lucky you; we are easily pleased. Every sport requires a certain amount of somewhat specialized equipment, and most of it needs replacing every so often. It’s easy to fish for hints; we love to talk gear. The trick will be getting an enthusiast to shut up, after [...]

You probably haven’t heard of Will Kindler. Now you have, but just wait until you hear him.
I don’t know the man, but he has just given birth to an exceptionally brilliant ten-track recording, “Trifles for Queen Jane.” I’ve heard it three times now, and I like it better every time. Mind you, I liked it [...]

I had forgotten, in my post surgical haze, to acknowledge this year’s Stoneheads. I did last year, after all, and as it happens, the same two trail runners extraordinaire have repeated.
 
Thomas Parker, 41, of Nashua, completed 20 races in the Western Mass. Athletic Club’s Grand Tree series, for a total of 1382 points. Way to [...]

It’s been quite some while since I could take walking for granted.
 
Even before the herniated disc at the base of my spine started knocking on my sciatic nerve, the sharp ache of bones grinding together in my hip served to remind that bodies do not always remain in motion.
 
A surgeon has now tended to [...]