is that where they keep the sheep?Originally Posted by SGT Rock
so, back to the original question of this forum:
how do u make the reservations while on the trail and where do u have to do so?
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U pick up the phone at Springer shelter and call ahead to the next shelter you plan to stay at and have them put your name on the list
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
and bring lots of quarters
But if they had a reservation it was their spot. But that is a good example of why it isn't fun to stay in shelters.
I've stayed at many of them in the Smokies, I've only ever slept in one of them.
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***! - so no one has actually answered this question. does it even matter then?
just F-it and stay in your tent?
what i was looking for was HOW and WHERE THEY ARE REQUIRED... and try not to be an ass about it, tell stories, and give your IMHO's.
just the facts please. Remember, this is the Question and Answer forum.
Funny you should point out this a "question and answer FORUM" then complain about the answers. If you want just the FACTS then, for example, call the GSNP and ask them your question. Or be more EXACT in your own questions. Are you a thru-hiker or a section hiker or what? The rules in the GSNP vary as should have been obvious from the responses that you got.
does it even matter then?
just F-it and stay in your tent?
may not be a bad idea. enjoy your hike
You have to admit, he has the perfect avatar.
Welcome to Whiteblaze
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
No reservations required in GSMNP this week. Temp was -20*F at Mt Leconte this morning
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
GSMNP, Baxter and SNP. self registration
No way to reserve a shelter in GSNP if you are a thru hiker. Right? Just self register to be in the park and take your chances with getting a spot that others have not reserved
Only SOBOs reserve a shelter in advance at Baxter. All other thrus just show up.
Wrong.
Pay Reserve What?
I don't get it myself... if you are in the woods to get away from the city why should you pay to sleep? If that is the case go to a Hotel. I mite say F the AT and the so called rules. From the sounds of it this is a Highway for feet not a "TRAIL" so why even walk it? There should be a speed limit on this "Trail", if someone wants to charge for you to sleep come on people heck maybe someday you Fine AT Folks mite charge to walk this Trail... what 2 dollars a step or more!. An another thing why would you want to stay in a shelter? Your going to the Great Outdoors to be one with Nature not a shelter get out from under the Roof and sit in the rain.
Thank you for clearing up my confusion.
Here is the GSMNP Website link
http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisi...ry-camping.htm
The trail was here before we arrived, and it will still be here when we are gone...enjoy it now, and preserve it for others that come after us
No charge for shelters, except in the Whites at the huts. May be a couple of others of which I'm not aware, but by and large, no charge and first come, first served. Reservations are required in the Smokies and a few other places, but they're easy to get and free.
They have been known to stroll across the shelters that are easily accesses from roads. I frequent the smokies, and have never had a problem. Last year they set aside 2 spots for thrus on a first-come first-serve basis. They consider a thru-hiker, any hiker that begins or ends 40-50 miles outside the park boundaries. Don't waswte your time with the shelters and enjoy the woods.
where is that officially written?
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