the one you see when a storm is hammering down. bonus if no one is in it.
the one you see when a storm is hammering down. bonus if no one is in it.
Don't take anything I say seriously... I certainly don't.
Clarendon Shelter in VT. Not spectacular, but well kept and has a grassy lawn in front.
Cosmo
I agree the super close one when a storm hits.
Hiking the AT is “pointless.” What life is not “pointless”? Is it not pointless to work paycheck to paycheck just to conform?.....I want to make my life less ordinary. AWOL
Upper Goose pond, Stratton shelter, best sleep I ever got was tarping next to the stream at Clarendon.
The RPH Cabin has flower beds that are planted in season.
They're kept up by the local trail club.
Here's a few examples of my favorite shelters on the Appalachian Trail---
My tent on Wilburn Ridge on the AT in Mt Rogers---Definitely my favorite shelter.
Here's another of my Must-See shelters on the AT---must see by ME---This one taken in Grandmother Gap near Mt Rogers.
Finally, another favorite shelter on the AT near Partnership Shelter---while everyone else is gobbling down pizzas at the box shelter, I have calmness and privacy and no monkey chattering --- 100 yards away.
This was my very first camping spot on the AT back in the boyscouts. Cold enough my water froze but I don't remember being cold. Don't have a picture of it but Ill always remember is. Came back through there when I decided to section the entire AT. other then not haven chain link beds, it hadn't changed much. The weeds seemed to have grown closer
Trail Miles: 5,154.2
AT Map 1: ✔ | 13-21'
Sheltowee Trace: ✔ | 20-23'
Pinhoti Trail: ✔ | 23-24'
Foothills Trail: ✔ | 24'
GSMNP900: 134.7(17%)
AT Map 2: 279.4
CDT: 210.9
BMT: 52.7
Molly Denton shelter north of SNP:
https://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/sho...imageuser=6053
Ed Garvey might be my first AT shelter....unless I stupidly decide to push on to Crampton.
One of my personal faves, "tumbling run" in PA (maybe?), dual shelters, labeled "snoring" and "non-snoring"..... Didn't see a soul there though, so I went ahead and used the "snoring" just in case someone did show up as I occasionally do snore (allegedly....) Clean, well kept, nice separate picnic table.
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I really like the old CCC buildings, beautifully made, of course have sometimes been targets of graffiti.
I completely agree, adding Fingerboard (also a CCC shelter in Harriman) as a close second. The view is better from West Mountain, but it's a nice wooded valley stretched out below Fingerboard too. Both are in the architectural style I've dubbed "Sleepy Hollow Rustic" for their sloping stone walls and dual fireplaces at the entrance. Here are my pics of both:
Fingerboard shelter from the Hurst Trail
West Mountain shelter in the fog
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War.