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IFuzzbot
07-04-2016, 12:35
Pictures and video of my midstate trail thru-hike. RI to NH through MA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTfAcOWz0k0
Teacher & Snacktime
07-04-2016, 13:36
Did you just make this hike? Gumball and I met up with a BS troop that stayed in the shelter you showed at the beginning of the video just this past week. I suspect they were responsible for the firewood supply and decent condition.
IFuzzbot
07-04-2016, 14:01
Did you just make this hike? Gumball and I met up with a BS troop that stayed in the shelter you showed at the beginning of the video just this past week. I suspect they were responsible for the firewood supply and decent condition.
Yes, late May to early June. There are 5 of those shelters in total along the midstate trail. Not spaced out very well for a thru-hike if you wanted to revolve your overnights around staying in them. That first shelter was only 1 mile into the trail. And there is a section around the middle where you hit 3 of them over about a 7 mile stretch.
Just Tom
07-04-2016, 21:37
A buddy and I did a loop that included that first shelter near the RI MA border. There is a cool monument (obelisk actually) near there where the state lines of MA CT and RI meet.
Styles_for_miles
08-02-2016, 06:10
I end to end hiked May 22-25 this year, glad to see someone else has hiked this trail, it ends in my back yard basically
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I walked this trail in 2007, mostly southbound, as a series of weekend bike-hikes.
Photos and journal here: http://terrapinphoto.com/wp/galleries-3/hikes/midstate-trail-107/
I've stayed at or near Muddy Pond shelter a couple times now and climbed Mt. Watatic several times. I never found the trail marker for the northern terminus.