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    Overnighted at Winturri Shelter the second night of my September 2000 section hike. The shelter is about a quarter mile to the left of the Trail for NOBOs. The shelter was clean and sleeps 8 comfortably. There is also a seat/shelf at the rear of the shelter. The spring was just a trickle coming out of a stone face which gradually turned into a small creek. It was difficult to capture water directly from the spring and some of the pools were somewhat stagnant.
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    I haven't been there yet, but Winturri shelter is one of a few named after people I've actually met. Mauri Winturri was a legend - almost like Bilbo Baggins in that he had (apparently) inexhaustible wealth, yet lived very modestly. When I met him, he gave me a beer (I might have been 16), and we sat in his Volkswagon. He had a VW bug, with all seats but the driver's removed, a plywood bunk taking up the passenger side (he wasn't a tall guy), and a cooler behind the driver's seat. The bunk was removable, as were most of his teeth.

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    Isnt this the shelter near Pearisburg where someone was murdered a few years back? Yea, Id love to stay there...
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    My only vivid memory of this shelter is that you need to look out for falling branches. Two of us set up tents a little ways away from the shelter in 2003. It was a wet/windy night and we heard a lot of crashing/thumping sounds all night. When we woke up there was a 5 - 6 ft branch sticking out of the ground like a javelin. The point of contact with the ground was about 1 foot from my head.

    Point being ...look up when you're about to pitch your tent and check for potential "widow makers", Course ...I guess that's true for any campsite !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Solemates
    Isnt this the shelter near Pearisburg
    No, Wintturi Shelter is in Vermont.

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    ok, which one was it near Pearisburg? didnt it start with a W?
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    ....Wipiti?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Solemates
    ok, which one was it near Pearisburg? didnt it start with a W?
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    Yeah ...I think it's Wappatiti or something close to that.

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    Wapiti, 17 miles south of Pearisburg. Belive there was a double murder there in 1984. Winturri, in Vermont is just south of the road to Woodstock
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    I belive Wapiti II, about 15 miles south of Pearisburg, is the shelter you are thinking of. I stayed there in '87 and also stopped for lunch in 1998 and 2001. it is east of the A.T. on a short side trail. The book "Murder on the Appalachian Trail" by Jess Carr is about the couple that were killed there.

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    Photo of Wintturi shelter attached, taken August 7, 2005. Shelter is same size as Stony Brook shelter and can easily accomodate more than 6. Tent spots located in front and behind shelter. New privy. Water is almost gone in early August as only a very small pool remains.

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    I would like to spend a night winter camping at Wintturi with a small group. My dad, who through hiked the AT last year, has a little info on the cabin but we don't know how reliable it is. He heard it is a privately owned four sided cabin with a fire place that was about two miles from the nearest AT shelter and 6 miles from the nearest access point in/near Barnard, VT. Does anyone know if we need to register before the trip and who to contact for permission? Any more details would be very helpful - Thanks!

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    winturri is a shelter on the AT, not a private cabin. no reservations required.
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    As The Solemates note, Winturri is a shelter (meaning 3-sided lean-to), not an enclosed cabin.
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    I think you're referring to a place called "The Lookout", a 4-sided cabin located 2 tenths of a mile off the AT and 2.4 miles before (hiking north on the A, though you're actually going east in this section in Vermont) of Wintturi Shelter. It is located on private property but is open to hikers (the owner could change his mind at some point) and has a ladder to the roof where there is a view. As far as I know there is no water near the cabin.

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    That must be it. Thanks! If someone knows how to get in contact with the owner of Lookout, we'd like to get the information to receive permission to camp for the night. Appreciate the help.

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    If you arent paying attention you end up at the shelter even if you didnt want to! the AT hooks a sharp right at the shelter path. Daydream, keep walking straight and you are there. All downhill too if I recall

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    I hiked the AT section (NOBO) in Vermont this past summer. The Appalachian Trail junctions with Lookout Road and then heads downhill on the road. There is a sign at the junction pointing left to the "Lookout." If you go left it's uphill to the cabin, at least two-tenths of a mile (although the sign says one-tenth). Very quickly you'll encounter another sign that reads "Private Property. All persons entering do so at their own risk." The cabin is just past this sign.

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    I checked my photo library - here's a pic of the sign to the Lookout.

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