Here we go! Vote on the weekend that works best for you and let's get a date set for the next Northern Hang.
Fronkey
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Here we go! Vote on the weekend that works best for you and let's get a date set for the next Northern Hang.
Fronkey
fronkey - edit your post and under thread tools is still available add a poll with various weekends so we can vote please
There isn't a poll at the top?
not when i checked it there wasn't...there is not, delay maybe....any charter on locations, i just read lake superior trail as one option. are we considering anymore?
worked for me i picked memorial weekend gives me an extra day to get back.
I voted May 27-29 as I have that open. Fantastic time to be up there ..... snow and mud gone by then.
Keep in mind that a huge hang up there takes some thought ....there are some sites on the trail that would not accommodate more than 5 or 6 hangers. Other sites you could hang a bunch.
On the SHT ....Leskinen Creek site is good for a bunch of hangers. Ample parking at Finland Rec Center and an pretty easy hike. A fun day hike is go south from there past the huge glacial erratic ...over the huge bog ....up to section 13.
http://www.shta.org/Trail/TrailMaps/s069.php
Keep in mind the NCT too ....in the past there were tons of hanging spots....also it is a fairly gentle trail for less experienced backpackers.
Shug
I haven't hiked the SHT yet as I've just moved here. However, I'll be up there asap as soon as this snow is gone.
I'm up for any location and I like the idea of section 13. Just read the link and it sounds awesome.
As for hiking, It would be cool to do around 10 miles a day. But, I agree that it could be a little much with people that are new to hiking.
Fronkey
oh boy 13hr drive....i'll watch the thread but i'm thinking i'm doubtful unless there's a large group from MI going or it moves a little more closer to WS/MI border.
27th-29th works for me, I already have time off at work scheduled since I do the SHT annually over Memorial Day weekend.
I've got a window of time, June 1-7, when me and my oldest two sons are going somewhere for a good long backpacking trip. We've been eyeing the SHT, June there suits our blood a lot more than June in North Carolina!
So if there's an HF party forming up on the SHT when we're up there, we'll arrange our trip to intersect.