I usually use alcohol, but I figured that it would be easier to get cannister then fuel by the oz, so im bringing a jet boil.... not my favorite set up,, but if thats the worse that happens, I'll be...
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I usually use alcohol, but I figured that it would be easier to get cannister then fuel by the oz, so im bringing a jet boil.... not my favorite set up,, but if thats the worse that happens, I'll be...
Planning SWBO starting June 26th.... When I was planning this trip i read that by starting this time and heading towards Durango, I would be chasing the melting snow.. Apparently this year isnt...
VARIABLE CONDITIONS NOW, June 11. Snowpack is melting but few Colorado Trail Segments are snow free end-to-end. Nearly identical to the May 30 posting below, only ones known to be 100% passable are...
I am also at a loss trying to plan nero's, which isn't a big deal given I dont have a deadline to finish.. I will probably adjust my speed around the availablilty of friends to bag some 14ers... as...
THis is pretty much my plan, but I may throw Buena Vista in there as well.... Hitting the trail on June 26th...
Thanks!!! most of my hiking has been east coast.. I was planning on a cannister, but was hoping that I could get away without one.. Looks like I will be investing in an ursack..
thanks again!!!
I am finishing up plans for a June/July thru-hike and have been seeing conflicting comments about food storage..
I am not brave enough to sleep with my food as some people suggest... Are there...
I will be starting around June 29th... Due to some logistics problems, (July 4th as well as the races in Leadville the weekend of July 11th 12th and 13th) i will probably be hiking from Denver to...
There is a charge to park at the Rodman Campground, but it is fenced in and very secure.. I had my car there for a week at Christmas time when we hiked from Seminole State forrest to there... I...
Great picture shutterbug.. I decided to postpone the Wonderland Trail till 2013... I will have a bit more flexibility as to dates next summer... Going to hit the Colorado Trail instead...
Just got my intenary rejection letter in the mail... 2 campsites were already booked and they couldnt come up with an alternate itenerary based on my dates... Looks like I will be hiking somewhere...
Ah yes, the proverbial busy fax machine....
Thanks for the information!! DO you know anything about the Glacier Basin Campground.. Maybe I'll head there for a night...
Thanks again!!!
'32oz
Thanks Shutterbug!!
One last quick question please... I think I am going to spend one extra day on the trail.. I'm thinking of spending one night at Sunrise camp, and resupplying.. the next day...
I havent thru-hiked but I have done a lot of section hiking.. Shenandoah National Park can be a &^*^ depending when you hit it.. In late June of 2008 I was doing a section of the AT through VA.. I...
Thanks shutterbug.. I have a spreadsheet with the disatance and elevation gain between campsites, and have been working off of that. I've done rainier, and summitted Mt Adams in a day, so I at...
Hey CM.. No, gonna take this one slow.. Gem is hiking this with me, and if I want to still have a girlfriend when I'm done, I need to scale the mileage and speed back... I have already slashed a...
Thank you both for the info!!!! I will be out there from Aug 3 to the 19th... Looking to start the Wonderland Trail anytime from the 5th thru the 8th.. depending on what dates they get me will...
I will be out at Rainier for 16 days.. I have been there before and have done a lot of the better days hikes, so I have extra time this trip... My current plan was a 9 day loop of the wonderland...
I am planning an 'interupted' thru-hike this year.. I went to the Friends of the Mountain to Sea Trail meeting last a few weeks ago and had people coming up after the meeting giving me their names...
For variuos reasons, Gem and I have decided to post-pone the JMT trip and do the Wonderland Trail this summer.. Looking at probably 9 days on the Wonderland Trail, folowed up wth a 29.3 mile loop...