The trail only goes directly through a couple of towns and those you do hike through. Most towns are off trail, often by a significant distance. Usually there is only one road in and out, so you...
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The trail only goes directly through a couple of towns and those you do hike through. Most towns are off trail, often by a significant distance. Usually there is only one road in and out, so you...
It's been a bunch of years since I went to Glacier, but it was the first week of July and the high route was still closed. We had to start at Chief Mountain. The Ptarmigan tunnel route was also...
How muddy depends on how much rain there has been during the week or so before, no way to tell before hand.
Yikes, you had me worried there for a minute. Good thing I decided to start my NOBO LASH at VA620! I'll arrive at Roanoke sleep deprived. The short hike up to Pickle branch is about all I can handle...
Go to Walmart and get a digital fish scale, about 20 bucks. Good up to 50 pounds. For small items, I use a digital postal scale.
Long range weather models are showing a good chance of a couple of big snowstorms to hit western CT and MA over the next 2 weeks. March is not a good time to be trying to do a long section hike in...
Hopefully the OP has been watching the weather and sees that the west coast got a record shattering amount of snow so far this winter.
You get good at spotting an outlet from yards away. Top off your phone before heading into town and only charge the power pack, as you will likely be leaving it unattended while shopping. Behind...
Back in the day before LED headlamps, every shelter was stocked with at least several wine bottle "candle holders." A must when hiking in the fall.
I also have a candle lantern which is safe to use in a tent. Open flame, no way no matter how careful. It also makes for a nice imitation campfire when one is not allowed. I typically use it in the...
Take the barn down and use the wood to build a new shelter.
Since you live in PA, which ever point on the AT which is easiest for you to get to would work. Pine Grove is good as you'd start on the easy part of PA.
Start in mid-April. When you get to...
I can't say, but just hope it isn't icy. That's a rough section, the worst in PA.
After the first week or so, you will be in North Carolina, and I doubt you will be doing many 20+ mile days there. 20 mile days come farther up the trail. As for hiking with a group, those form on...
I've done several LASH starting on the festival weekend.
Starting the weekend of the FF festival gives you a better chance of becoming part of a small group. The initial crowd (such as it is) will...
One way or another, you will get wet. The important thing is to stay warm. A good rain shell and base layer does that. Then you need a set of warm, dry clothes to change into at the end of the day....
This was a pretty deadly year in the Whites. Will likely be a few more before the winter season is over.
I followed Waldo & the bare necessities on his CDT thru hike.
Like his name implies, he's an extreme ultra lite hiker doing big miles, but watching his NM videos would give you some idea what to...
Kind of depends on when you start and what you have for gear. 65L is pretty common for a March start due to needing a fairly bulky sleeping bag and warm and extra clothes. If you start in mid-April...
She was dressed as a trail runner, so I guess she thought she could do the traverse quickly. The family was staying at a timeshare in the Notch, with a clear view of Lafayette so she should have...
I left HF April 19th this year with a 30 degree bag and was fine. Even though the day we showed up at HF it was snowing! Ended up at a hostel that night instead of going straight to the shelter after...
The better option is to leave well enough alone and use the down bag as a quilt over the Cat's Meow. Of course, the best option is just to spring for a quality down bag or quilt and be done with it....
Starting mid-May you avoid the worst of the early spring weather, so you have fewer zeros or low mileage days due to bad weather. Most of the NOBO crowd is ahead of you so there is less competition...
About the only places to stay in CT are expensive B+Bs. You could probably use UBER for slack packing.
Have you tried going to his YouTube channel and sending a private message?