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Lodging will be a problem. Due to some weather (snow) forecast to come in, I tried but failed to extend my stay another night in Manchester Center, as the town was booked solid through the weekend (I...

Many, including myself, just use the clear PolyCro sheets as sold by various cottage companies such as Gossamer Gear, etc (can also be found in bulk at home improvement stores). Been using them...

For me, the Aqua tabs are great for backup in case one of my aqua mira bottles leaks or, in the case of a filter, it gets damaged or clogs and I can't fix it in the field. I don't use them as a...

If you want to consolidate threads, it would be better to use the one in the Long Trail sub forum and not this one in the General Forum. People searching later for LT info will tend to look there.

In 2012, I did a section hike of the AT and was in Vermont in the 1st half of October (4th to the 15th) and had a couple inches of snow; I think 4-5" max. I did have some additional wet/damp weather...

Glad you enjoyed it. I hiked through there at the very end of November last year, finishing the trail in December. I, unfortunately, had some rain while hiking through the Gila and ended up on the...

It's been several years, but when I think of when I camped on tent platforms on the AT, I think of a few places in the white mountains of NH and western Maine. I think those hooks would work fine as...

I first heard this phrase while hiking the PCT in 2009. It was used in the context that if you wanted to hike a 30 mile day during daylight hours, you had to have the first 10 miles done by 10am. And...

Cottage companies that predate Zpacks are Mountain Laurel Designs, 6 Moon Designs, Tarp Tent, Gossamer Gear, and there are others that have come into existence since then. Part of the high price for...

For the first week of a trip (or for shorter trips), I normally hike roughly the same mileage every day and only allow more than a 1 to 2 mile/day change (based on terrain) if I'm at the end of the...

For most backpacking trips, the only time I use to have issues with motivation to stay out past the second day was when I use to stop early and had nothing really to do. When I started planning my...

PCT NOBOs will be long gone. SOBOs will not have likely hit in any significant numbers till September. There may be a few who are jumping around different points of the trail who were trying to...

The Sierra Nevada is getting hammered with snow again this year. So unless you like snow travel, I hope you are planning late July or later. I personally prefer long trips there in September. If...

Thanks for your service to the community and your testimony. May you be blessed in your next endeavor.

2 years ago, I was able to reserve a trip 2 days before starting, while waiting to leave work on the Friday before Labor Day weekend. All thanks to last minute cancelations of people who planned...

So torso is medium? What size hipbelt? And what color & fabric did you choose?

Thanks for sharing. A co-worker sent me a link to the article this morning, as he knew I was about to leave for the CDT. But I couldn't read it due to needing to sign up. This really helped.

When Covid hit and I was trying to see if Hand Sanitizer worked on it, I discovered an article on how it was utterly useless against norovirus. Which got me thinking. Over the past 20 or so years, I...

Is hunting along the trail in fall an issue in New Mexico or Colorado? I suppose my real question is, should I have my bright orange pack cover and wind jacket sent to me somewhere? I normally prefer...

Thanks for the response.

I gave notice at work so I'm finally ready to thru-hike the CDT in late June. I did a section hike of the southern end to just past Silver City a few years ago. I did the the PCT NOBO back when...

Leaving Lordsburg is paved for a short while and the last 9 miles into Silver City are paved as well as the area near the Gila cliff dwelling ruins. But there is trail and some wading in the Gila...

I see I'm too late. I hope the REI ones work for you.

For more than a decade, I've been using Mountain Laurel Designs Event Rain Mitts. I'm on my second pair. Weight about 1 oz, but provide...

South of Kennedy Meadows:
The ~50miles from Walker Pass to the store at Kennedy Meadow will be hot, but not very difficult (at least compared to what comes after). Though there will likely be water...

Though often, those sort of holes indicate the shoe life is nearly the end, it isn't true in all cases. Once, I kicked the top of my shoe into a stick that jammed against something, which tore a...