I hiked SOBO from NY/NJ border to High Point NJ last fall, in the first weekend of November. It was very pleasant hiking temps, though I got rides to and from the trail each night and stayed in town...
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I hiked SOBO from NY/NJ border to High Point NJ last fall, in the first weekend of November. It was very pleasant hiking temps, though I got rides to and from the trail each night and stayed in town...
I just finished a section in NY, the ~50 miles between Clarence-F State Park and Warwick. There were many dry creeks. Not a single bit of mud anywhere on the trail. My advice is to stock up as much...
Thanks for the tips everyone, much appreciated. Hoping in the car in a couple hours to hit the trail today!!
Thanks for your reply!
Does Greymoor allow hikers to stay on the property? I see from a search of old posts that they used to.
Hi everyone,
I am about to leave for a section hike, and I see a long gap between shelters in NY from RPH shelter to the Bear Mountain area. My map (now a little old) shows a campsite at a state...
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Sunset at Little Rock Pond, VT
There's a metro north station the AT right over the Conn/NY border. I'm not sure what kind of service gets, but station down the road Pawling has several trains each day.
I'm doing a similar hike...
I'm hiking the state of Vermont this summer, from Hanover NH to North Adams mass. Can't wait!
When you get to the Coop in Hanover NH, you'll think you died and went to heaven.
Hey folks,
I'm thinking of hiking the state of Massachusetts slack-pack style, since I may be travelling with someone who won't be able to sleep in a tent or shelters. This is definitely not my...
As others have said, they may not be strictly necessary. But for the minimal weight that they add, I certainly find them a good trade off. When leaving the hostel in Gorham I left behind my flip...
Depending in how restrictive your diet, mail drops might be a good idea. I'm a vegan and I have fine done mail drops during a longer section hike this summer. Just about every trail town has some...
I can't really speak to the thru-hike, but I have done several weeks on the trail at a time, and over a dozen ultras (5 100 milers, 1 100km, 2 24-hour races, a bunch of 50K's, and a bunch of other...
Just outside of Caratunk, Maine this June, I was attacked by a red-tailed hawk. Dive-bombed, as it were.
I asked the exact same question last year. Lucky for me, 2012 was a pretty mild year for bugs in Maine in June. There were a couple nights that I tented because of the bugs, but with permethrin...
My wife and I are expecting in the next couple weeks too. The advice that I've heard is that a diaper bag is a bag with diapers in it. There doesn't seem to be a good reason not to use an ordinary...
I once snowshoed across a lovely, snowy slope. When I got back to the trailhead, I saw the sign that said "avalanche risk, extreme danger". No ice axe, no knowledge of self arrest, bare minimum of...
I was attacked by a hawk outside of Caratunk. It dive-bombed me several times as I ran away swearing..
OK, start your trip by hiking the Chilkoot Trail from Alaska to the Yukon (http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/yt/chilkoot/index.aspx). It's fairly short, but very important historically and a big...
i didn't have a great experience in Rangeley, and it was a lousy hitch. the other the towns were terrific. Stratton has a good grocery store, as does Rangeley.
Great video! For about a week last month people were asking me if I had meet you, because my trail name is similar (Dive Bomber). I think we passed each other when I was on my way up Old Speck, so...
Rangeley? Really? I found it to be a quite unwelcoming place to hikers.
I find it easy to believe since that's what they charged me last month for that shuttle.
Shaw's will shuttle you from bangor to Monson for about 70$.
Never while hiking, but I have used energy drinks during ultramarathons for the same purpose. I suspect most of the effect is psychological, but they can provide a bit of a boost.
The big...