Quote Originally Posted by Slo-go'en View Post
You MUST use official designated sites in the Whites (along the AT). To do otherwise is irresponsible and in most places, simply not physically possible or illegal.

To travel any distance from home to go hiking is also very irresponsible. There is a big push to "re-open" (damn the consequences), but everyone with any sense is going to say "not on my life". The tourist industry is dead for the foreseeable future. The trail will still be here when this finally blows over, hopefully you will be too.
His trip is 7 weeks out and he has placed the caveat of if the pandemic is still an active concern so we are not talking about right now. We have two other threads for right now and the very immediate future. Leave the judgements on reopening remarks out of it. There are some legal "stealth" sites but no need to argue about must. His suggested pace makes it moot.