This is not actually on the AT anymore. Because of the reroute I mentioned above, you'd have to backtrack almost as far to get there as to go to West Mountain Shelter. Unfortunately, the whole...
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This is not actually on the AT anymore. Because of the reroute I mentioned above, you'd have to backtrack almost as far to get there as to go to West Mountain Shelter. Unfortunately, the whole...
With the reroute that avoids the old crossing of the Palisades Parkway adding mileage to your day 3, I'd suggest that you go a bit longer on day 2 and head up to Fingerboard shelter rather than stop...
Well, it is one more thing to carry, but if you're packing a P-38 (or maybe a P-51) then both size and weight are negligible. It's one of those things that might come in useful if you're really...
Not any current info (and you're not likely to get much if any at this time of year) but in general that shouldn't be a problem. The springs in this area are very reliable and at this time of year...
The rocks really start after Duncannon, once you cross the Susquehanna. From there most of the way to Delaware Water Gap you'll have big rock patches, plus lots of embedded rocks in the trail...
Your closest real airport (i.e., one with commercial service) is Bangor International. It has flights going out to much larger airports (including O'Hare) that can get you where you need to go. As...
Definitely NOBO. It's a much better progression of a hike, going from the relatively easy and less rocky southern sections to the more rocky and steeper northern sections as you get your trail legs...
Yep, mostly flat trail from Alec Kennedy to Boiling Springs and on from there north to Darlington shelter. You have a little bit of up-and-down (mostly down) first thing in the day when you leave the...
I'd take the train to Harriman. I've done it before and it's really easy to get down NY17 even if you walk it. But it's also likely that you can get a ride from a fellow train passenger who might be...
When I want to take a canister stove (instead of my Solo wood stove) I still use a nifty little fold-up pure butane stove I bought back in the mid-1970s. This was back when the standard backpacking...
This is, of course, the vexed question for every trail: how many miles per day can you walk? The Florida Trail is, indeed, much flatter than a lot of others, but it does have things that will slow...
I'm with that group here that's old enough to have started my backpacking career in the 1970s, reading "The Complete Walker" as our backpacker's bible. Even then, Fletcher espoused a minimalist style...
WooHoo! Congratulations Gambit!
For the first part of your trip through Harriman State Park, you can hop pretty effectively from shelter to shelter with just under a 15 MPD average. That's not a bad idea in that stretch, since...
You have the southern end of your hike covered as far as available public transit goes. Several ways you can use public transit at the northern end of your hike, all depending on where you want to...
Blackmagic gives an excellent run-down in their post above. I'll also second their recommendation of Packit Gourmet, which is a fine company that makes some very tasty meals that I've come to rely on...
About the closest you can get with a car is the junction of Tillman Rd. and Dimon Rd. north of the parking area for Tillman Ravine (which is part of Stokes State Forest) but it's still probably a...
An honest question on this...why flip-flop? If you're starting May 1st, you'd still have 5 1/2 months to do Springer to Katahdin if you did a traditional NOBO hike and you'd get to end at Katahdin...
Except for GSMNP as noted above, you won't find any restrictions on using a hammock that don't apply generally to camping. There are some sections where camping is not allowed, for instance parts of...
Well, hunting is a fairly natural behavior for dogs, unlike thru-hiking a trail. And it's not like the hunters aren't out there with their dogs, they're just not trying to keep up with them all the...
Okay, you're nuts.
There are so many things wrong with that idea: 1) It's illegal in pretty much every state involved, not to mention that there are several spots along the route that do not allow...
You won't find the same conditions north of NY17 that you did south of it. Harriman is mostly fairly good trail with little in the way of difficult rocks and only one real scramble (the famous Lemon...
Yes, almost certainly a bobcat. One of their calls does sound like a person screaming. Probably not for you, though, since bobcats will not disturb a human if they can help it, territory or not....
There are a lot of variations in how framed packs are set up. I'm partial to the more structured ULA packs, especially the Circuit (my go-to pack for sections of up to a week.) It uses a combination...
The short answer to your question is "yes, but...". There are restrictions on all backcountry camping in SNP, including an admonition to use existing campsites by preference. These are not "official"...