Info, questions, comments, experiences (good or bad) regarding - Minerva Hinchey Shelter

Past/Present hikers - what can future hikers expect here? Have any good stories or memories from here?

Future hikers - any questions?

New privy in 2001, look for the pink poodle toilet seat. Table inside shelter, lawn chair, fire pit, wash pit for gray water, good tent sites. Follow the Wada sign to the spring which held up during this year's drought. Very near Spring Lake, good for an evening dip, however the mosquitoes can be ferocious.

Minerva Hinchey was the Green Mountain Club Treasurer until she retired her duties at the prime ole age of 82.

. Here is a picture I took in October 2002

http://www.whiteblaze.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=933&papass=&sort=1

Several register entries described the setting for this shelter as "creepy"... and I would agree. It's a little worse for the wear, probably because it is so near many local trails. I was glad I was just stopping by, and not staying here.

I did enjoy the pink poodle seat in the privy however!

- Ivy

I spent a night here in July of this year. While it might not be a big fancy shelter, it was a nice, clean and comfortable place to stay. No one in my group found it at all creepy. It was a long day, maybe we were too tired to notice. I liked the table and lawn chair as a comfortable place to sit and relax.

I stayed here during the 3rd week of June 03. After a long days hike, the lawn chair and table were very welcome. Four hikers were in attendance that night. Bugs were bad, so we tented. Nice tent sites, and water and privy were nice and close. Mrs. Gorp takes care of this shelter now, and it's neat and clean. Going North, Whistle Stop Restraunt is GREAT for breakfast.:D :D :D :D

I tented here July 2007. There are some good tenting sites around. Apparently the mosquitoes were bad because the lt'ers set up their tent in the shelter.

There is an ATV road right in front of it. An ATV rode by in the morning while I was waiting for my fly to dry. Little strange. Also the water source was stagnant and pretty dry.