this shelter sounds okay. it looks nice. im going to stay at it next time im near.
matthewski
I was up the Pine Knob Shelter today and the spring was basically just a trickle
Sometimes you can't hear them talk..Other times you can.
The same old cliches.."Is that a woman or a man?"
You always seem out-numbered..You don't dare make a stand.
Slept there in the cold rain, late November 2008. No mice, but the roof leaks slightly in a few spots on the right side.
Spring was slow but adequate if you are patient.
Thought that we heard people in back of the shelter and saw lights flashing at about 6 pm, well after dark, but nobody came in.
Saw a cammo bowhunter walk past the front just about at sunrise, but he didn't stop.
The noise from the rain and I-70 vehicles made a strange sound all night.
Overall a memorable stop. Glad the shelter was there for us!
Hiked there from South Mt Inn one day (2006) on a Saturday and stopped there to eat lunch before turning around to go back. There was a guy there with full pack gear spread out. We sat at the picnic table to eat and heard what we thought was a radio. Turned out the guy had a portable TV! Tiny, one of those 6" screen things, but it had antenna on it and he was glued to it. He didn't talk to us at all, just sat staring at the TV and laughing.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Pine Knob "alert"
As of 4/13 there has been a homeless guy staying in this shelter. This shelter is less than a mile from alt. 40. I think he parks there.
On the weekends its overrun by folks going to Annapolis rock, a few miles before A-rock there is a camp site with a spring allot quieter than the shelter
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TAKE A HIKE!
CowHead
"If at first you don't succeed......Skydiving is not for you" Zen Isms
I once was lost, then I hike the trail
If possible, I would hike on past here and plan to hike on to Ensign Cowell. Can be done if you plan on it a few days ahead.
This shelter has had bear reports... and this is the shelter where a raccoon chomped on my skull. There is plenty of trash and food scraps everywhere... I am personally not too fond of it.
But the spring was pretty decent (due to all the rain)
very close to the road (.6 miles I think)
just my 2 cents...
Godspeed
"you know a dream like this seems kind of vaguely ludicrous and completely unattainable. And for anybody who's on the downside of advantage and relying purely on courage: It's possible."
I hike maryland all the time spring good there and had lunch there once never stay though hot shower down the trail about 8 miles at the Dahlgren Backpack Campground why stay anywhere else
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CowHead
"If at first you don't succeed......Skydiving is not for you" Zen Isms
I once was lost, then I hike the trail
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...654#post859654
Apparently there's a raccoon biting folks be careful there
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CowHead
"If at first you don't succeed......Skydiving is not for you" Zen Isms
I once was lost, then I hike the trail
This was where Sleeveless was attacked and bitten by a Rabid Raccoon, in 05 I believe was the year.
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No this was this year The Phoenix was bit in the head while sleepingOriginally Posted by Hikerhead
you can read the forum here http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...654#post859654
Would you be offended if I told you to
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CowHead
"If at first you don't succeed......Skydiving is not for you" Zen Isms
I once was lost, then I hike the trail
I have stopped there and like it.
Bear reports at Pine Knob? Its so damn close to the road! Interesting...
I'm still curious if there are bear reports at this shelter. I've been there many times and have had no evidence of anything except sloppy leave no trace ethics. Are there any current reports? I often camp nearby.
It's best to by pass and go on to the Annapolis Rock or POCO campgrounds to many locals, to noisey from I 70 I live in Maryland and out of all the shelters that's proably the my least favorite, last year a couple homeless guys were living there.
Would you be offended if I told you to
TAKE A HIKE!
CowHead
"If at first you don't succeed......Skydiving is not for you" Zen Isms
I once was lost, then I hike the trail
No way about the racoon. i slept there friday night. Glad he didnt come back for a visit.
No evidence of a racoon on 6/14 when I was there for the night.
And I'm guessing there are no bear problems there as well. I've hiked the MD sections of the AT for many years now and have never seen signs of bear. I have seen them in the Catoctin Range and further west... but never on South Mountain (which is the ridge the AT runs).
I stayed there in 2005 and if I ever hike the AT again (I hope) I will run past there. I got there with Socks after 22 miles that day. I said I had a bad feeling about the place. Socks jumped up inside and said there is nothing there that could bite us. I was attacked by a raccoon that evening. I still have the scars. I hiked on the next day after starting the rabies shots. Had to stop 4 more times to get a shot. Oh well, now I have stories to tell but a major inconvience for the next month of hiking.
Sleeveless AT '05
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Sleeveless '05
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