Alot of blow downs here in the Smokies. A Christmas windstorm plus freeze/thaw/rain has really made the ground unstable for slides too. I did a 9.75mi hike this Sat and had to navigate one blow down after another in the low elevations.
This is where I ended up on Cooper Rd trail. The mountain to the far left is Thunderhead on the AT.
yes i have been blowdowned to death on my past two winter hikes. nothing worse IMO than constant, scratchy, crawly, limboing blowdowns every ten yards.
one of those trips was in the smokies
You guys are making me nervous about the condition of the blue blaze trail I maintain in SNP. I haven't been on it for three weeks and was going to do blowdown duty this weekend, but chickened out because while hiking in a foot of snow is fun, hiking in a foot of slush sucks. I'm sure there are plenty of maintainers and overseers feeling the same way down south and that they'll be out there soon. I spent my weekend sharpening my saw
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Can you get some on-scene pictures of your Molly Mac Pack configured for Trail Mainenance?Originally Posted by vitamaltz
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.. truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more. - Herman Melville
I'm working on a trip through the smokies in two weeks, anyone know the shape of the trails, or where I could find out?
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2)
Funny how no one seems to post concerns about southbounders during the winter. Then again all of us are a little off to start with.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
A "little" you say?
Trust nobody!
Ok my little might be a lot to most people.....A "little" you say?
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
I got some friends headed for a 5-day trip in the smokies. If anyone has heard of bad trail conditions where they're going, please let me know.
Day 1: Cosby Campground to Cosby Knob Shelter on the AT (Approx 7 miles)
Day 2: Cosby Knob Shelter to Tri-corner Knob Shelter to elevation 6621 (7.7 miles)
Day 3: Tri-corner Knob Shelter to Peck's Corner Shelter to (6-7 miles)
Day 4: Peck's corner Shelter to Icewater Springs Shelter to(8 miles)
Day 5: Icewater Springs Shelter to New Found Gap Road to (less than 8 miles)
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