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[at-l] looking for a long winter hike
Ken:
There is no guarantee of snow in Maryland. Since your going to be in Michigan for the folk fest, why don't you consider hiking on the North Country Trail? http://www.northcountrytrail.org/ This is one of the 8 National Scenic Trails.
You are almost assured of snow in many sections of the trail, although supplies and bail out areas may be limited. Good luck.
Kenneth Knight <krk@speakeasy.org> wrote:
Well, no I can't leave from the RUCK since I'm not going, but it's not a bad idea. However, my recollection of PA is that certainly north of 501 it's hairy going with many short, but fairly steep, sections. Certainly hiking with gear, but not with a pulk. Maybe I'm wrong. But my real objection is that I don't want to do the AT in PA (again - OK still have a bit to do since I ran out of time last summer; the ugly - looks so anyway - bit north of Palmerton.)
I can't attend the RUCK since it falls on the weekend of the Ann Arbor Folk Festival which I really want to go to. So, no RUCK for me. If only it was a weekend or two earlier (or later). If I could attend an interesting hike afterwards would be to go south to Harpers Ferry (OK, there is some good elevation change there too) and then change course and hike the C&O Canal to Cumberland, MD. I wunder how much snow there would be there. Water could be a problem if you can't get to the river (the pumps at the campsites would not be usable during this time). That could be fun and certainly different.
** Ken **
On 1/7/04 at 3:16 AM, Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
>Pennsylvannia, it's relatively flat and the infamous rocks will be of little
>consequence. You could leave from the Ruck!
** Kenneth Knight Web Design, IT Consultant, Software Engineer **
** krk@speakeasy.org http://www.speakeasy.org/~krk **
** Ultralight backpacker http://www.speakeasy.org/~krk **
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