A couple of things:
1) The AMC campsites or campsire and shelter sites are generally nicely located, have a well cared for privy, a boxed spring close by and are reasonable in cost for tenting....
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A couple of things:
1) The AMC campsites or campsire and shelter sites are generally nicely located, have a well cared for privy, a boxed spring close by and are reasonable in cost for tenting....
The shelters are a nice way to concentrate impacts and usage, especially with regards to washing dishes, privy usage and just tromping around during mealtime. They are also useful rest stops during...
Good Shelters for location/views (maybe dated as was experienced in 1993):
- Tray Mountain Shelter (GA) - great summit views, exposed to foul weather though
- Overmountain Shelter (TN-NC) - great...
Some good short blue blaze side-trails in the Northern portion I found worth the extra time and effort.
ME: - Gulf Hagas
- Mt. Abraham summit (though at over a mile it is stretching the...
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Most agreed, in 93 when was going through GA->ME, I was ripped by the...
Went thru in 1993. Since the Whites and Western Maine were teenage stomping grounds with my older brother and BS Troop in the 80's, the muscle memory of the New England terrain was familiar. The...
The Hollow was unique. I remember the "aluminum driveway", the truck blaring James rown, the springhouse full of beer cans floating in the pool, the awesome library with books on Oriental Ornamental...
That two seater privy up north (does anyone remember where that is?) Good place to bring a date! Is it still there?
Little Bigalow Mountain was the twin seater was like a mini-house clapboard...
Keroscene's Comment is a accurate one:
"I think a lot of the perceived difficulty depends on your nutrition level, fitness level, time
of day, pace, temperature, humidity, and all those...
Well was planning to nap a few hours at this one when I went thru in late-May of 1993 but fell asleep in the warm sun and didn't wake up till evening so I made it an overnight. An unusaul, but cozy...
It's near the road and a rather groomed area, but this shelter has some great views over Fontana Lake, was quite new and clean (as of 1993) and didn't seem to suffer from a lot of locals partying it...
Unfortunately in the Spring of 1993 the blizzard that swept thru the southern states had felled a big tree right across the (then) relatively new shelter. So I had to tent in the cove it was in which...
The older Gooch Gap shelter was kinda run down as I remember in 1993
The new one was fresh put up by the GATC but stayed in the old one (identical to the Stover Creek) that was still standing in '93 as it was a breezy and cold night and it seemed more wind-tight,...