"I only planned to bag Plymouth, but decided halfway into the hike that I needed more time in the mountains, so I went for a fun little bushwhack over to Wilds, and then Bill Couch. I had a nice tumble on some wet moss that tore up my arm pretty good, and a fun rattlesnake encounter, but aside from that it was a great hike! " — LGH-Dan • Aug 13, 2017

"Peak 2 of 2 for the day. There were fairly fresh bear tracks and scat on a significant section of the final stretch of the trail up this mountain. It snowed just a few days ago and the trail was untouched, with us breaking the trail except for the bear tracks, and the occasional deer and rabbit track. So he had to have been there within a few days. There was even a section where the stride was very long and my guess would be that it was actively chasing or pursuing something on the trail. This is very concerning because it is so late in the season and typically bears are hibernating by Dec. There are two reasons why a bear wouldn't be hibernating this late in the winter. One is that there is an abundance of food still around, the other is the exact opposite and the bear was starving and had a lean summer. My guess would be the second reason is why he is still up. I could also tell from the tracks that he was a smaller bear, perhaps a first or second year bear that hasn't quite figured out how to catch and find food reliably. All these things add up to recipe for danger well beyond what would normally be associated with bears under normal conditions. If you are hiking in this park b..." — IanWright • Dec 2, 2015