View Full Version : Stupid question about the trail
hikerat2002
05-16-2003, 07:50
I have spent all these years hiking and just now I want to know something about the trail. What is a stamp? Like in Whiteoak Stamp or Big Stamp Gap? I am guessing it is a flat area along the trail, but then again, I thought a col upm in NH was a cavernous area once. :banana
Dirtyoldman
05-17-2003, 04:25
Cant be that stupid a question since I have no idea what the answer is :}
Mudchaos
05-17-2003, 13:37
I actually just saw a reference to this term while checking out a link posted by Teej a few days ago
http://www.appalachiantrail.org/about/pubs/atn/archive/ATN03May.pdf
This issue of the ATN has an AT terminology dictionary with a bunch of trail terms defined, including "Stamp" which IS a flat section of the trail:) Lots of other fun stuff in this issue. Check it out!!
Peace,
Rich
Few internet references but seems indirectly referred to as an unusual flat area amongst elevated areas, hence the term stamp, aka," footprint of the gods"
hikerat2002
05-18-2003, 07:28
Stamp. Guess the ground was 'stamped' flat, hence the name. OK, how about that col term now?