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bws28403
09-26-2009, 16:36
The profile maps have blue numbers and letters at the top and there is milage written below. What are the blue letters and numbers?
Provide a link to one and maybe we can help
bws28403
09-26-2009, 17:15
It's the ones here on this site.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16452&postcount=1
The profile maps have blue numbers and letters at the top and there is milage written below. What are the blue letters and numbers?
Trail features such as a Gap, FS road, Crest, Knob. They correspond to the guide
bws28403
09-26-2009, 18:13
Trail features such as a Gap, FS road, Crest, Knob. They correspond to the guide
Can you link to "the guide"???
Thanks!
dreamsoftrails
09-26-2009, 18:22
profile maps mislead folks often. regular maps are far more useful, and elevation gain and loss can be deduced from them.
i can't count how many times i heard this on the trail this past year "that dern profile map didn't show this" or "this can't be right, the profile map doesn't look that bad"
it misleads people a lot.
bws28403
09-26-2009, 18:30
I concur. I only carry topo maps, but I do find profiles useful in planning.