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Megapixel
01-12-2011, 20:34
these overnight fees... i would imagine they are cash only? and roughly what are the costs (average) ?
Blissful
01-12-2011, 20:57
Cash, but you can usually work your hike so you can camp in between the pay sites. I didn't pay at all in VT
Lone Wolf
01-12-2011, 21:13
these overnight fees... i would imagine they are cash only? and roughly what are the costs (average) ?
no need to pay in VT. plenty of camping
Cookerhiker
01-12-2011, 21:24
I thought for the AT portion of VT only a few shelters had fees - Stratton Pond, Little Rock Pond, maybe Griffith Lake.
it was 5 bucks. i kept my receipt so i was able to stay at the other pay sites for free. it wasn't a big deal.
It costs to camp in VT? I must have missed it completely.
Megapixel
01-12-2011, 23:10
it was 5 bucks. i kept my receipt so i was able to stay at the other pay sites for free. it wasn't a big deal.
fair deal. thanks. just making sure it wasn't something outrageous b4 i stroll in at dusk having to pay 20 bucks.
Cookerhiker got the fee sites exactly right....and yes one $5 bill pays for all the sites on the AT in Vermont.
Funny how many NOBO thruhikers grumble about having to pay to sleep in the woods and SOBO's think it's a bargin. Guess it's all a matter of what you have been used to paying.
Blissful
01-13-2011, 11:59
It costs to camp in VT? I must have missed it completely.
Ha Ha
Yeah in certain areas, near the ponds, where the LT and AT share
I found also you didn't need to pay if the caretakers were switching that day.
Blissful
01-13-2011, 12:02
Funny how many NOBO thruhikers grumble about having to pay to sleep in the woods and SOBO's think it's a bargin. Guess it's all a matter of what you have been used to paying.
Yes we have just come through the AMC Whites :D
NOBOs by then are getting broke.
Still I didnt like the idea of paying. So I just hiked on another half mile. Most who did pay were weekenders.
Slo-go'en
01-13-2011, 12:49
Unless something has changed since I was a caretaker and collected overnight fees in VT, those fees are the caretakers salery. A small price to pay.
Wizard 2009
01-16-2011, 17:00
i was able to get some "work for stay" in VT and NH at some campsites, but if not you'd be better off hiking the extra mile or so and staying at the shelter
LIhikers
01-26-2011, 20:42
I thought it was well worth the $5 to stay at Straton Pond, that's a beautiful area.
Blue Jay
01-28-2011, 19:01
I thought it was well worth the $5 to stay at Straton Pond, that's a beautiful area.
That is exactly why it is now such a beautiful place. Prior to the caretakers there were piles of garbage. I certainly agree about it being well worth it. As Lone Wolf said there is plenty of good camping before or after these few areas.:welcome