[at-l] a novice's questions

[kborski@yahoo.com (Karen Borski)]

Melissa,

Most of the AT can be hiked year-round if you are
prepared for weather extremes.  I had a friend that
practiced snow-shoeing for his Feb AT northbound start
in '99 to get him through the Smokies.  If you like
cold weather and are adequately prepared for possible
intermittent ice, snow and freezing temps, then a Feb
start is fine.  I had all three of these in March when
I started, but it didn't last long.

As for AT web sites, I have an older list I'll paste
it below -- some of this may be outdated.  I recommend
joining the Appalachian Trail Conference and reading
as many AT journals and books as possible.

Discussion Forums - Appalachian Trail              
http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/get/trails/Appalachian.html

Backpacker                        	
http://www.thebackpacker.com

Gorp			
http://www.gorp.com

Trailplace                            
http://www.trailplace.com

ALDHA                               
http://www.aldha.org/

Appalacian Mountain Club                  
http://www.outdoors.org/

Appalachian Trail Conference     
http://www.atconf.org/

Appalachian Trail               
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1754/

Appalachian Trail Map               
http://www.rhodesmill.org/thefox/maps.html

Appalachian Trail Home Page          	  
http://www.fred.net/kathy/at.html

Appalachian National Scenic Trail         
http://www.mountainzone.com/nationalparks/aptr/index.html

Appalachian National Scenic 
http://www.nps.gov/aptr/Appalachain Trail           

Backpacker Basecamp         
http://www.bpbasecamp.com/

Campsite
http://www.netpath.net/~medleyj/

Fallingwater Journeys
http://www.fallingwater.com/

Gear Addict                          
http://www.web-dzine.com/gearaddict/

Gear Finder                           
http://www.gearfinder.com/

Gear Page                              
http://www.thegearpage.com/

Gorp			  
http://www.gorp.com

Hiking the Trail                     
http://www.nando.net/AT/guide/guidemain.html

Interested in the Appalachian Trail ?
http://www.intercom.net/user/jlm/out.htm

Marv's Appalachian Trail Page
http://members.aol.com/MarvWelte/at.html/*

The Thruhiker Papers
http://www.circumtech.com/outdoors/thruhikingpapers/part1.html

Journals
www.trailjournals.com

PCT/AT/CDT Journals
http://www.pcthiker.com

Appalachian Adventure	   
http://www.nando.net/AT/ATmain.html

Appalachian Trail Hike Blue Moon Adventures
http://www.bobwilliams.com/bluemoon/

Appalachian Trail Journal of Rick Holt
http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~rholt/at73jun.html

Appalachian Trail Website of Peter Christoph     
http://www.tiac.net/users/crosscom/at/

Bob and Brian's Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike
http://www.earthsystems.org/AT/

Brian Vaughan's Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Dropzone/1840/

Journals - Old and New         
http://www.fred.net/kathy/at/journal.html

Marshall DeBerry's 1994 Appalachian Trail Hike 
http://www.access.digex.net/~mdb/

Solophile's AT Hike
http://www.mindspring.com/~andy-markham/at-hike/

The AT As We See It
http://www.umit.maine.edu/~jonathan_griffith/AT/


ENJOY!

Nocona GA-ME98


--- Melissa P <pieszcha@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> planning on hiking the trail in 2003.&nbsp; is
> february too early to start hiking northbound?&nbsp;
> i know experience is best in preparing for
> thru-hiking, but has anyone found any really great
> web sites about the AT, and/or backpacking?


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