OH>April 2017 Trips Planning Thread

[Trees company]

Fickle1, Trees, just a couple of questions.

What was the water situation at both parks? Availability of firewood? Critters? Trail difficulty compared to Shawnee (since that kicked my aging butt)?


I'm going to start a thread for May, if there isn't one already.

We passed many small streams that were flowing and set up camp near one there are however some very long ridge sections that are probably without much water for awhile.

The terrain is much more mild , hills are not as tall and switch backs are used . It was pretty easy. It would be a good group destination in my opinion.

[Trees company]

Very nice. I just got home from doing the archers fork loop last night/today. I was worried about the weather but the rain held out yesterday and was nice and sunny today. 12.5 miles kicked my butt, but it was fun.

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We kinda decided to do wildcat at the last minute I wondering if you made it out somewhere . I am glad to see you had a good trip I will probably see you around sometime.

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[Hobopelican]

We passed many small streams that were flowing and set up camp near one there are however some very long ridge sections that are probably without much water for awhile.The terrain is much more mild , hills are not as tall and switch backs are used . It was pretty easy. It would be a good group destination in my opinion.

And no whippoorwills?

[Broken Halo]

Well, we got flooded out on the Sheltowee. We hiked most of the first day in the rain and after several knee deep, or higher, crossings we came to one of unknown depth that we guessed to be at least waist deep and called it quits.
We found out later that the Cumberland River was about 5' above flood stage so the trail would have been under water had we made farther. And, I just read on Facebook that the trail is officially closed south of the falls.

Major disappointment.

[theck]

Thinking about hitting the Allegheny Front Trail this weekend. Not 100% on it yet since it's some big mileage, reading up on it now, if anyone's interested.