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    Quote Originally Posted by ironman y2k View Post
    In the initial post dgposey's last sentence implies an attitude that can cause problems for future thru-hikers. Understandably thru-hikers are a special breed in the hiking community, but it doesn't allow for special treatment, and as thru-hikers we should respect the trail and all it's rules whether written or unwritten.
    wow....there are consistently hard feelings and bias towards thru-hikers on White Blaze. It's a shame too...seems like 98% of the thru-hikers give the rest of us a bad reputation!

    fwiw, I didn't take the OP's statement of not paying the high fees as entitlement, rather he would work out a different plan than staying at the huts.

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    The "different plan" for folks who don't want to pay to stay at the Huts is quite simple: They can plan and prepare intelligently and appropriately, in terms of gear and food; they can carry current maps that have detailed information on side trails, alternate campsites/shelters; and they can make sure that they've given some thought in the morning as to where they intend to stay in the evening. But to show up at the Huts expecting some sort of special treatment or discount (as many thru-hikers do) is indeed a display of "entitled" behavior.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lone Wolf View Post
    whatever. 1 moose will cause more damage than a bunch of hikers. kill the moose?
    I don't believe in moose
    If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4shot View Post
    wow....there are consistently hard feelings and bias towards thru-hikers on White Blaze. It's a shame too...seems like 98% of the thru-hikers give the rest of us a bad reputation!

    fwiw, I didn't take the OP's statement of not paying the high fees as entitlement, rather he would work out a different plan than staying at the huts.
    The OP was talking about forcing the huts to take him in.
    If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.

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    I'm sure this has been mentioned before,but is the cost if you want to stay above tree line?

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    Quote Originally Posted by envman67 View Post
    I'm sure this has been mentioned before,but is the cost if you want to stay above tree line?
    The cost could be death,.Hurricane force winds and below freezing temps,even in summer, are fairly common.Learn your exit routes, and heed the warning signs if weather is turning bad, turn back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slo-go'en View Post
    Actually Sly, I belive that is a Forest Service rule and applies to any official, established camping spot. There is no camping allowed with in 1/4 mile of these facilities and none above tree line, which double forbids camping near a number of AMC huts.
    Regardless, it's a rule that intended to herd hikers at an AMC facility. That the AMC has been there 100 years doesn't change the fact it's public land. On the CDT, it's not only legal to camp above treeline, at times it's practically unavoidable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sly View Post
    Regardless, it's a rule that intended to herd hikers at an AMC facility. That the AMC has been there 100 years doesn't change the fact it's public land. On the CDT, it's not only legal to camp above treeline, at times it's practically unavoidable.
    The rule against camping within 1/4 mile of huts is because these are very heavily used areas. Overall, the rules are similar to the Adirondacks, where there is no camping above 4000' and there are no high huts. There are also NY rangers in the ADK who will fine you or force you to leave if you violate the rules in an obnoxious way.

    The CDT is very different; there is much much more terrain above tree line. In the White Mountains, there is a small area above tree line, it is a fragile environment and it is very heavily used.

    I think the hut crew that turned sly away was a jerk; if someone is hurt, exceptions should be made. A better course of action might have been to plan on dropping down to the the RMC shelters instead of Madison, if I understand correctly where you were.

    Thru-hikers who want to avoid paying at the AMC huts need to read Jack Tarlin's post #42 carefully.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickb View Post
    FWIW, those are listed as a good LNT practice in the brochure but are not a blanket restrictions in the Whites.

    In many areas below treeline in the Whites which outside of federally designated Wilderness areas, it is perfectly legal to camp right next to a trail-- including the AT, or next to a body of water.

    That brochure lists many of the exceptions.

    Bottom line, don't automatically assume someone camped below tree line right next to the AT in the Whites is there illegally. In some areas he might be, and some areas he might not be.
    According to the White Mountain National Forest "Backcountry Camping Rules" No camping or fires within 200 feet of the Appalachian Trail Corridor from the summit of Mt. Moosilauke to the Connecticut River (except at shelters)

    http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/whit..._rules_web.pdf
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    Excuse what might be a silly question, but when one refers to the
    "Appalcahian Trail Corridor" and mentions something like "within 200
    feet of", are they using that term to refer to the Trail walking path,
    or is the Corridor itself marked?

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    the trail itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WingedMonkey View Post
    According to the White Mountain National Forest "Backcountry Camping Rules" No camping or fires within 200 feet of the Appalachian Trail Corridor from the summit of Mt. Moosilauke to the Connecticut River (except at shelters)

    http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/whit..._rules_web.pdf
    my apologies if you already realize this and have some other reasoning here for bringing this rule up, but the summit of mt moosilauke to the CT river is, in most people's minds, out of the white mountains and if you were to hike in that direction it is hiking away from the AMC huts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WingedMonkey View Post
    According to the White Mountain National Forest "Backcountry Camping Rules" No camping or fires within 200 feet of the Appalachian Trail Corridor from the summit of Mt. Moosilauke to the Connecticut River (except at shelters)

    http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/whit..._rules_web.pdf
    There are other restrictions along the AT as well-- 200' where it passes through wilderness areas and even greater prohibitions north of Gorham to the ME line, for example. And those stretches above treeline.

    They are just not blanket restrictions along the entire AT in the Whites.
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    What happened to the idea of personal responsibility?

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    Interesting read to say the least. I'm an AMC member like some of the responders are, and I was I was curious on the AMC's official position on the subject so I jotted them an e-mail about this. I'm sure their answer will be "by the book", pay or go. I can understand planning especially careful around this portion of the trail because of the limited camp options and the more dangerous weather conditions. In all my time hiking the whites and portions of the AT in NH I have seen more 'do what you have to do' situations when push comes to shove. I have seen folks camped 50 ft off the trail above 3,000ft. due to stormy conditions, people pitcing their tents right behind full shelters when they arrive after dark and in one occasion a man bivy overnight behind Madison after coming in after dark. I think he knew better than to ask for shelter at the hut. I can't imagine the hut croo not doing anything more than scolding him about the rules despite his situation, which in another point of view may have been the wrong decision to get there when he did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl in FL View Post
    Excuse what might be a silly question, but when one refers to the
    "Appalcahian Trail Corridor" and mentions something like "within 200
    feet of", are they using that term to refer to the Trail walking path,
    or is the Corridor itself marked?
    Camping would be from the trail itself. The same type rule applies in the SNP, either at the shelters or 200' off trail.

    If I'm not mistaken, marking the "corridor" is an on-going project in NP areas.

    If you're interested I have a powerpoint presentation of the Boundary program I could email you.

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    house of Payne brings up an excellent point. should conditions be dangerous , I doubt many ridge runners are checking for stealth campsites, so in a pinch, you're probably fine if you had to bivy somewhere.Ive seen plenty of people stealth camping at Star lake near madison, and it didnt seem like anyone was telling them to move on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack Tarlin View Post
    The "different plan" for folks who don't want to pay to stay at the Huts is quite simple: They can plan and prepare intelligently and appropriately, in terms of gear and food; they can carry current maps that have detailed information on side trails, alternate campsites/shelters; and they can make sure that they've given some thought in the morning as to where they intend to stay in the evening. But to show up at the Huts expecting some sort of special treatment or discount (as many thru-hikers do) is indeed a display of "entitled" behavior.
    None of the huts had a problem with me staying, but I showed up, ready to work, and when I was finished, asked if anything else needed to be done.

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    I don't know I found the croo on my last venture in 2010 much different then in '07. Accommodating and they also charged hikers when there wasn't enough work to do, to spend the night on the floor (aty least at Madison). I saw no one turned away. There was much more food too to go around. In '07 we had none.







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    Quote Originally Posted by hikerboy57 View Post
    house of Payne brings up an excellent point. should conditions be dangerous , I doubt many ridge runners are checking for stealth campsites, so in a pinch, you're probably fine if you had to bivy somewhere.Ive seen plenty of people stealth camping at Star lake near madison, and it didnt seem like anyone was telling them to move on.
    I would hope those people are camping at star lake in emergency conditions only, otherwise that is an incredibly selfish thing to do.

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