Figured we are mostly outdoorsmen so this can be the thread to share tech, locations, and adventures recommendations for hiking. Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
If I hike, it is with a goal in mind...find a place to fish or hunt. Hiked a few times: Abrams Creek in GSMNP as I would always leave the trail to see if trout were rising. Twice to Mount Le Conte in the national park which satisfied my adventurous streak.
I have got to hike places in National Forests Wilderness areas and actual Canadian wilderness, often walked 20 plus miles a day with a 45 pound pack and 6 pound boots. I can walk for a purpose but not to just walk, kinda had my fill like sleeping in a tent.
I’m not hiking much for the fun of it, but I’ve hiked the most of the AT from the Georgia terminus through GA NC and TN… my goal is to get to the VA state line, so a bit more tidy in the next couple years. But those hikes were just shake downs for backpack hunts out west…next up, WY, around 40 days.
My wife and I hiked Mt Marcy in NY from the Loj a few weeks back. Nothing crazy 15.5 miles out and back and 3600’ of elevation. It wasn’t that great. Not much to see on the way up and large sections of rock scrambles. I did see a fisher and a brook trout. View from the top was diminished from clouds. Wife appreciated the bathroom by Marcy dam. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I just got back from a trip to Glacier National Park in Montana. There are a lot of different hikes that can be done there, all to view beautiful scenery, such as waterfalls, high mountain lakes, etc. It was a very beautiful place, but also very busy with other people. We were only there for a couple of days and had kids along so didn't do any of the longer hikes available. Our longest was about a 4 mile round trip. Our packs just had some snacks, light weight rain wear, small first aid kit, water bladders, bug repellant, sunscreen, and whistles for drawing attention in an emergency. I wore my chest harness I use for archery elk to carry binos, and since there are grizzlys there I also carried bear spray on my belt. We did see a sow and two cubs up on the hillside above us while at a stop on the "road to the sun", but they were a safe distance away from us, just grazing on the hillside. I was the one that had initially spotted them and within about 20 minutes the place was packed with people stopped to watch them. It doesn't take long when people driving by see several people pointing up the hill and looking through binoculars. While there my kid started keeping track of all the different State license plates we saw. We all joined in helping spot them and by the end of day two we had seen 45 of the 50 States. In case anyone wonders, the States we did not see were Alabama, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Maine, and West Virginia. I can see why so many visit there, it was absolutely incredible views everywhere you looked while on the road to the sun.
