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I hiked Giant Ledge and Panther Mountain in the Catskills yesterday. It was much colder than I anticipated. It was snowing, the wind was whipping, and my water froze in the line. However, the views were amazing.
AT-ATI hiked Giant Ledge and Panther Mountain in the Catskills yesterday. It was much colder than I anticipated. It was snowing, the wind was whipping, and my water froze in the line. However, the views were amazing.
Awesome. Sure was windy yesterday as the afternoon went on. Giant Ledge and Panther are great hikes especially when bringing new comers along to a Catskill hike. I have done 20 (or 19) of the 35 Catskill peaks with hopeful plans of beginning a few overnight backpacking trips this year along with LouieMirags. Favorite peak is one of the Blackhead range mountains because of the fun climbing involved. Can't remember which of the three is the one I am referring too though.
I took an epic hike to my fridge last night. The animal life was out in force. I braved the dark and shadow laden trail through the hall way and entered into the cavernous kitchen.....
Can someone please tell me the difference between taking a walk in the woods and hiking?
If anyone is in the Whistler area go do the Garibaldi Lake hike. Its a relatively long hike but it is worth it at the end. The following picture isn't mine but the view is unreal with glacier fed lakes.
I like hiking. Would be doing some now with the nice weather before the tourists come out but my cars fucked. Planning on living out of my ride and doing a little west road trip from colorado, maybe down to mexico, up through northern california, oregon washington, and then maybe over to wyoming.
Depends on what summer job I take and my financials though.
My brain being hurt sucks though. I feel it on long hikes now. That said I'm still thinking of trying aconcagua next winter.
A goal of mine to do it. Always wanted to climb something over 20k and that's honestly the perfect one for me. Hope my brain heals up more or can handle it.
I was headed to Balsam Mtn from McKinley Hollow. I say I was about 2/3 of the way up the main incline, before trail junction, and I saw one scurry out from under a log and then about 100 yards later I saw another one headed back in the direction of said log.
Getting closer, but still not there. What you saw was an ermine. Aren't you leaving for the AT soon? Apparently it's far and away a record year for starters, with ~70 people starting per day. It's going to be a zoo out there.
iFlipGetting closer, but still not there. What you saw was an ermine. Aren't you leaving for the AT soon? Apparently it's far and away a record year for starters, with ~70 people starting per day. It's going to be a zoo out there.
I'm taking a train down in a week. My first day on the trail is going to be the 26th or 27th.
Yeah, there's about 25 people registered to start each of those days and I'm sure numerous others will start also. Crowds are one thing I'm not looking forward to.
AT-ATI'm taking a train down in a week. My first day on the trail is going to be the 26th or 27th.
Yeah, there's about 25 people registered to start each of those days and I'm sure numerous others will start also. Crowds are one thing I'm not looking forward to.
I'm glad I did it before it boomed in popularity. I hiked faster than average, and quickly left behind the crowds. I'm quite glad it worked out that way. The social aspect is nice, but literally hiking in a festival is not my idea of the AT.
iFlipI'm glad I did it before it boomed in popularity. I hiked faster than average, and quickly left behind the crowds. I'm quite glad it worked out that way. The social aspect is nice, but literally hiking in a festival is not my idea of the AT.
This. I was broke 10 years ago when I wanted to do it. Now I'm not so sure. I'm a fast hiker as well though. I'm social but I want to be in nature in nature.
Maybe a bunch of people will say that it sucks and nobody will want to do it anymore and then I can go.
theabortionatorThis. I was broke 10 years ago when I wanted to do it. Now I'm not so sure. I'm a fast hiker as well though. I'm social but I want to be in nature in nature.
Maybe a bunch of people will say that it sucks and nobody will want to do it anymore and then I can go.
I mean that's great and all but it's fucking cold in the northeast early and I would want to leave early. Too early. I've been camping in may in ny even where it was in the 30s.
Idk, just seems like it makes more sense to do it with the weather. I guess if you waited you could be in the same boat but I'm probably leaving by mid to late june so waiting wouldn't work for me.
Might just take off early one of the next couple years and try and start, even if it's still cold down south, and get a move on. Maybe ill never do it. Who knows.
Not much for trails around here but I love throwing the bare essentials into a pack and disappearing into the woods
Fancy myself a bit of a hammock enthusiast just for ease of use...only took it out once in the cold but going to be getting some good use out of it this summer during some fishing/hiking trips
I saw my first set of Ferrets on my hike the other day. They were too quick to snap a picture of, but they looked like this guy.
I saw my first fisher while hiking last year. I was in a central PA state park doing a pretty mild look hike with a friend when all of a sudden there is this weird pretty darn big cat/weasel looking thing bounding through the trees in front of us. At first I thought it might be an otter, but it was pretty far from the water and its tail was too bushy. A ranger I talked to later confirmed it was a fisher. Probably my favorite hiking encounter of last year.
Not my pic:
[image]http://www.backyardchickens.com/images/predators/FisherCat.jpg[/image]
I love hiking. I do more day hikes than backpacking, but I love both. I just moved to Massachusetts and have been playing around a lot in the Holyoke Range and its environs. For a pretty small area, I've had some good hikes.
Last summer I got to go up to the Indian side of the Tibetan plateau. Probably the most stunning landscape I've been in, but I wasn't able to do any treks longer than half a day (both because of time and due to my lovely lady having some issues with the ~15000 foot elevation we were sleeping at). It's my goal to get back there and do one of the multi-day routes.
My favorite recently acquired piece of gear is a Camelback Volt pack that I got for mountain biking. I'm tall and lanky, so I have a heck of a time finding a day pack that lets me keep the weight on my hips without being really big. The Volt carries the water right at the waist belt so carrying three liters of water feels like pretty much nothing. I use it for basically everything now save ski touring.
UphillIceI saw my first fisher while hiking last year. I was in a central PA state park doing a pretty mild look hike with a friend when all of a sudden there is this weird pretty darn big cat/weasel looking thing bounding through the trees in front of us. At first I thought it might be an otter, but it was pretty far from the water and its tail was too bushy. A ranger I talked to later confirmed it was a fisher. Probably my favorite hiking encounter of last year.
Not my pic:
[image]http://www.backyardchickens.com/images/predators/FisherCat.jpg[/image]
I love hiking. I do more day hikes than backpacking, but I love both. I just moved to Massachusetts and have been playing around a lot in the Holyoke Range and its environs. For a pretty small area, I've had some good hikes.
Last summer I got to go up to the Indian side of the Tibetan plateau. Probably the most stunning landscape I've been in, but I wasn't able to do any treks longer than half a day (both because of time and due to my lovely lady having some issues with the ~15000 foot elevation we were sleeping at). It's my goal to get back there and do one of the multi-day routes.
My favorite recently acquired piece of gear is a Camelback Volt pack that I got for mountain biking. I'm tall and lanky, so I have a heck of a time finding a day pack that lets me keep the weight on my hips without being really big. The Volt carries the water right at the waist belt so carrying three liters of water feels like pretty much nothing. I use it for basically everything now save ski touring.
Hiked the mountaineers route on Mt. Whitney. Had to borrow a girls helmet for the last 2K ft. scramble. Everything else in the continental U.S. is lower so I stopped hiking.
ianrich511Hiked the mountaineers route on Mt. Whitney. Had to borrow a girls helmet for the last 2K ft. scramble. Everything else in the continental U.S. is lower so I stopped hiking.
Just kidding, I love hiking too!
Heh, that's what I was thinking when I was up in Ladakh this summer. And I wasn't even on top of anything. Just sleeping at an elevation higher than anything in the lower 48. I definitely felt it, but acclimated reasonably quickly.
ianrich511Hiked the mountaineers route on Mt. Whitney. Had to borrow a girls helmet for the last 2K ft. scramble. Everything else in the continental U.S. is lower so I stopped hiking.
Just kidding, I love hiking too!
IS that the one that you have to get a permit to hike that can be tough?
Love hiking. Getting a little nervous about all the trails being mucky and yucky right now in summit.... Any advice ? I'd like to do mt. Victoria in Frisco soon. Had a great time hiking up to Eccles pass a few weeks ago, but was so unprepared.... What do you guys do for the mud season ?
With some of my adult freedom beginning to come into play, I'd like to devote a decent amount of my summer to hiking a chunk of the 46 ADK peaks. I'm not new to the activity - spent a decent amount of my life hiking and camping with my pops. However, I realize there are some necessities that I should invest in before committing.
Any advice from experienced hikers in the northeast would help tremendously! Thanks guys.
theabortionatorIS that the one that you have to get a permit to hike that can be tough?
Yeah you have to get a permit. Its a long hike, took us 22 hours from top to bottom with a group of 10-15. A lot of people make it a two day trip and stop at the lakes on the way up, but we were throwing it into a Vegas bachelor party trip so we had to just do it in a day. The last 2K feet is a scramble/climb.
randomly decided to hike up mt. mansfield and ski down (stowe) with some buddies last spring after it closed. such an awesome hike, great day, and fun ride down.
ianrich511Yeah you have to get a permit. Its a long hike, took us 22 hours from top to bottom with a group of 10-15. A lot of people make it a two day trip and stop at the lakes on the way up, but we were throwing it into a Vegas bachelor party trip so we had to just do it in a day. The last 2K feet is a scramble/climb.
Thought I was going on a 3 mile round trip hike. That was from the trailhead which was 4 miles in. Plus there was so much snow I couldn't drive all the way up. Plus 3000 vertical feet. Long. Ass. Hike. But standing on a rock platform at 6500' in a light blizzard was awesome
haven't been able to hike a lot recently due to a bum foot, but here are some pictures from a day long adventure session back in September! Hiked 17 miles that day, on several trails, it was great.
Going to be hiking tucks in may. Looking to do chute or center headwall if the snow holds out till may. I have been riding big mountain out here in montana (az chutes and headwaters) and feel like I could rip the shit out of tucks now.
Nice stroll up Slide Mtn yesteday in the Catskills. We had cramp-ons but it could of been done without them with only a few icy spots and hardpack for the most part. We first arrived around 10:00am and to our surprise, the parking lot was empty. We ran to the store quick to pick up a few things and upon our return, there was a bunch of cars. We thought for a second that people knew something we didn't so it was cool to see others show up. We knew at least that first creek was frozen over and passable. Was warm enough to shed layers and soak up some vitamin D
I have a basic understanding of navigating with a map and compass but I found a retired gunnery sergeant who's willing to spend a couple days with me in the field learning as much as I can
theabortionatorThis. I was broke 10 years ago when I wanted to do it. Now I'm not so sure. I'm a fast hiker as well though. I'm social but I want to be in nature in nature.
Maybe a bunch of people will say that it sucks and nobody will want to do it anymore and then I can go.
Do the Long Path thru NY. Almost guaranteed to be by yourself for a lot of it. Or aren't there other similar in VT or other spots without as many people? The LP may not take months but you'll get some solid weeks by yourself.
