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Any word on conditions of this shelter recently? I moved to the area in 2019, and my son is visiting next week and we were planning to do a short couple days on the trail that would put this shelter...

So because I love this shelter and the park that much, I stayed there again on a 4-nighter the weekend before and week of Thanksgiving 2012, along with Bear Bait (my then 12-year old son) and Eeyore...

Maybe I should turn in my membership card, because I prefer shelters for the most part. Most of the issues can be easily negated with a very small amount of prep work. Worried about loudmouths or...

Stayed here 3 nights earlier this week with my son and WB user rsle. This shelter is a great one.

(We had planned on being there on night 1 & 3 of our trip, with a stop at Icewater on night 2. ...

The hike from the ranger station to the AT crossing of the road at Davenport Gap is only 1.3 easy miles, then another 0.9 or so to the shelter from the road. That's not all that horrible and it is...

My lovely wife got me a membership to the Friends of the Smokies Association for Christmas today and I was looking through the recent newsletter that they sent out with my membership card. It...

You get that at other shelters too. Rsle, eightiesguy and I had the misfortune of sharing Cosby shelter with a family that matched that description in the summer of '07.

This shelter looks to have been re-renovated sometime in 2007 and now looks more like Mollies. I haven't been there since the reno but I saw pictures hung up at the Happy Hiker in Gatlinburg back in...

Icewater is popular year-round because it is a scant 3 miles from Newfound Gap. I will be there on night 2 of a 3-night trip on 12/28 and my group of 3 filled up the shelter. During thru-hiker...

It appears I will be visiting this shelter again twice at the end of the month. My 8-year old son and I, and possibly WB user rsle, are planning on a short 3-night, 4-day excursion. Hiking in from...

Since the Leconte Lodge has been mentioned enough, I figured it would be worth it to post a link to their website:

http://www.lecontelodge.com

The lodge also prints a new t-shirt each year with a "I hiked Mt. Leconte" type of theme that is only able to be purchased at the lodge...or on ebay later on I guess from other people. I think the...

Not counting Mt Collins, Spence Field and Pecks Corner Shelters which are 0.4, 0.2 and 0.4 miles off the AT on side trails (respectively), there are three other shelters in the backcountry.

Mt...

Last June I did Derricks SOBO to Mollies and stopped at Spence for a breather. It wasn't the easiest hiking I've ever done but it probably wasn't the worst either. You climb Thunderhead on that...

Eightiesguy and I (and hopefully rsle and possibly another hiking buddy who isn't a member here that I know of) are planning on a section hike going on the trail June 2 and getting off June 10. Any...

[quote=NINpigNIN;338806]Eeyore and I stayed the night there on 3/3./quote]

Oops, I meant rsle, not Eeyore.

I've not been a big fan of Dunhams but I pretty much exclusively wear New Balance shoes for everyday (and on the trail during warmer months I go with the 476 trail runners).

For this last trip I...

Eeyore and I stayed the night there on 3/3. The Kephart Prong Trail coming up from the road is probably one of the easiest trails I've hiked in the smokies (wide and in some spots you can actually...

It is nearly impossible for me to find insulated hiking boots in my size. I can't possibly be the only hiker out there who wears a 13 EEEE shoe?

For the warmer parts of the year I gave up trying...

I have the GCS system and a regular PCS companion cup. The cup I use exclusively for boiling water because it can be a bit tricky to clean. The pot is pretty easy as it's just a pot. I love it -...

Muskrat Creek Shelter I think is right at the north end of GA, just a couple miles before the NC border.

A few months ago I found someone's blog (including photos) of their thru hike carrying a...

We're not altering anything, we were taking factors into consideration. As eightiesguy said, one of those factors is that with a group of four we don't want to run into a possibility of an...

I'll sweep if no one else (or their gear) is laid out in the shelter. But i also waste time doing silly things like tryng to put the shelter register back in order after its has fallen apart (which...

I got a great deeal through them for my Jansport Carson 90 Tall external frame pack. About 50% off MSRP. Shipped quickly and arrived great (though the box was beat to heck but I can't blame that on...

Yep. The only tent camping permitted along the A.T. through GSMNP is when a thru-hiker arrives at a full shelter. And then they're supposed to stay at the shelter site. I've read a couple of the...