DavidNH
04-02-2005, 18:11
hello folks,
As I sit here on April 2nd, 2005 and look out my window..there is nothing but rain from the sky and puddles on the ground and mud all over the place! of course I do live in New Hampshire and we expect mud this time of year..though perhaps not this much (actually the NH mountains still have snow so mud season comes later there).
But what I am wondering is..with all the hundreds starting off at Spring mountain in Georgia and heading north and being that roughly mid march to mid April is the peak kick off for thu hikers....isn't mud a problem? Do the southern Appalacians not have a mud season? Maybe it is a silly question but honestly I dont know. I have never hiked yet south of New Jersey!
And while were at it, just how bad is the mud season and the erosion on the trail in March and April on at least a normal year (excepting for now the unusually dry or unusually wet years)?
David (Nhhiker)
As I sit here on April 2nd, 2005 and look out my window..there is nothing but rain from the sky and puddles on the ground and mud all over the place! of course I do live in New Hampshire and we expect mud this time of year..though perhaps not this much (actually the NH mountains still have snow so mud season comes later there).
But what I am wondering is..with all the hundreds starting off at Spring mountain in Georgia and heading north and being that roughly mid march to mid April is the peak kick off for thu hikers....isn't mud a problem? Do the southern Appalacians not have a mud season? Maybe it is a silly question but honestly I dont know. I have never hiked yet south of New Jersey!
And while were at it, just how bad is the mud season and the erosion on the trail in March and April on at least a normal year (excepting for now the unusually dry or unusually wet years)?
David (Nhhiker)