Caledonia SP to Pine Grove Furnace is almost exactly 20 miles. Using Caledonia as the starting point, it's 2.6 miles to the Quarry Gap Shelter (one of the AT's best); from there to Birch Run is 7.4...
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Caledonia SP to Pine Grove Furnace is almost exactly 20 miles. Using Caledonia as the starting point, it's 2.6 miles to the Quarry Gap Shelter (one of the AT's best); from there to Birch Run is 7.4...
May 2010 I took six days and five nights from Davenport Gap to Fontana Dam. Started at about 9:30 AM on day 1 and stayed Cosby Knob, Peck's Corner, Mt. Collins, Derrick's Knob and Mollie's Ridge.
If you want to stay near home it's around 98 miles from Harper's Ferry to Boiling Springs and about 125 miles from Harper's Ferry to Duncannon. Shelters are reasonably spaced along this route and...
If your family will be joining you in Shenandoah that might help with your wife's concern over having "just 2-3 outfits" since you should be able to find spots where she can do laundry along the way....
It's about 285 miles from Duncannon PA to Rockfish Gap, the southern entrance to Shenandoah NP which seems to fit your daily pace for a month long hike. Shelters are pretty well spaced along this...
Another vote for a hammock here. I used one for the first time on this years section hike and definitely found it more comfortable and drier than my one person tent. As others noted, finding a spot...
Your daily mileage shouldn't be a problem at all given your fitness level and age and I know what I'm saying because I'm over twice as old and not as fit lol. That said, remember it's a marathon not...
From Route 41 in Salisbury CT to Route 9 in VT is about 112 miles with the last 14 miles being in VT. The MA/VT border is in the middle of the woods about 4+ miles from North Adams. This link...
I just got my first hammock, a Hennessey Asym Expedition Zip, a few weeks ago and while I can't compare it to the Classic the five nights I've already slept in it have been great. One thing I really...
I'm hanging myself this trip so the food will hang too....separately of course.
On 5/19 I'll start a weeklong hike NOBO from Thunderhill shelter to Rockfish Gap and was just wondering about the bear presence in this area and whether there is a need to hang food with bears in...
Of course if you don't thru hike you still have to feed yourself so at least part of the cost will be spent anyway. The cost will also be offset by the fact that for four to five months no money...
This is a great shelter where I also stopped for lunch and would have spent the night if it hadn't been so early.
From PenMar it's 100 miles to PA route 325, 91 miles to PA 225 and 83 miles to Duncannon so this would give you a lot of options in your mielage range. This keeps you south of the worst of the...
September shouldn't see a lot of thru hikers since the NOBO's will be long gone and SOBO number are generally lower. I did GSMNP southbound in the middle of May two years ago and only had one full...
I use a two liter bladder to sip from while hiking but in the past have also carried a one liter nalgene that l'll use in camp or during my longer break during the day. This year l'm leaving the...
Just wanted to say hello and that we'll probably pass on the trail since l'm heading north from the Thunder Hill shelter on the 20th.
I'm definitely trying a few different setups before heading off on my section hike. The budget won't allow for an UQ this trip so will have to get by with the CCF pad which has worked pretty well in...
Great start Mitey Mo. Happy hikng for the future.
I've begun working my way through Shug's videos and he is obviously a man of many talents. Hammock Forums has really turned out to be a terrific resource.
Starting May 19th and hikng north about 90+ miles to Rockfish Gap.
I liked the illustration and conveniently enough found two trees about three paces apart in the woods in front of my house. Head high was just about the perfect height since I'm a little under six...
I'm starting May 19th with my first full hiking day on the 20th and heading north to Waynesboro so maybe I'll bump into you all. Haven't decided yet whether this will be a seven or eight day hike. ...
Camped there a couple years ago and as C Seeker said the piped spring is great as is the tenting area next to the shelter side trail. There was also a bear pole for hanging food.
New Jersey was a pleasant surprise when we hiked it with a lot of ridge walking so you should be able to make pretty good time. Part of the trail takes you through a bird sanctuary as you hike...