Comments for n2backpacking.com http://n2backpacking.com BirdShooter's Backpacking Blog: If you are in to backpacking then you'll be "n2" this website. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Protected: Sunset With 30 Pack & Mattress by BirdShooter http://n2backpacking.com/sunset-with-30-pack-mattress/#comment-498 BirdShooter Mon, 21 May 2012 19:20:39 +0000 http://n2backpacking.com/?p=17167#comment-498 Protected Comments: Please enter your password to view comments.

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]]> Comment on REBEL by Letting Rebel Go: Saying Goodbye To Man’s Best Friend | Best Hikes With Dogs http://n2backpacking.com/dog-hikes/rebel/#comment-468 Letting Rebel Go: Saying Goodbye To Man’s Best Friend | Best Hikes With Dogs Sun, 06 May 2012 18:33:10 +0000 http://n2backpacking.com/best-hikes-with-dogs-georgiasouth-carolina-rebel-farewell-my-friend/#comment-468 [...] as Rebel did five years earlier.  He had a great time, and I enjoyed having Boone with me.  But Rebel is never far from my mind.  He’s still with me in spirit.  He still hikes with me every trip.  [...] [...] as Rebel did five years earlier.  He had a great time, and I enjoyed having Boone with me.  But Rebel is never far from my mind.  He’s still with me in spirit.  He still hikes with me every trip.  [...]

]]> Comment on Spring Festivals On The Appalachian Trail – 2012 by BirdShooter http://n2backpacking.com/spring-festivals-on-the-appalachian-trail-2012-2/#comment-464 BirdShooter Sun, 06 May 2012 14:31:02 +0000 http://n2backpacking.com/?p=16892#comment-464 Add one more to the mix: Bland County's Inaugural Festival of Trails Saturday, May 26, 2012 10 AM - 8 PM at the Bland County Fairgrounds festivaloftrails.org Join Bland County in celebrating its Designation Event in becoming an Applachian Trail Community! There will be food, outdoor and craft vendors set up all day! Add one more to the mix:

Bland County’s Inaugural Festival of Trails
Saturday, May 26, 2012
10 AM – 8 PM at the Bland County Fairgrounds
festivaloftrails.org

Join Bland County in celebrating its Designation Event in becoming an Applachian Trail Community! There will be food, outdoor and craft vendors set up all day!

]]> Comment on Protected: Whitley Gap Shelter Private Photo Gallery by Bob Dills http://n2backpacking.com/photos-whitley-gap-shelter/#comment-435 Bob Dills Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:29:59 +0000 http://n2backpacking.com/?p=17157#comment-435 Protected Comments: Please enter your password to view comments.

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]]> Comment on The Chattooga River Trail Podcast by BirdShooter http://n2backpacking.com/the-chattooga-river-trail-podcast/#comment-408 BirdShooter Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:08:20 +0000 http://n2backpacking.com/?p=268#comment-408 I have never hiked the trail along the East Fork but have hiked the entire Chattooga River and Foothills Trail in this area. Do you have this book? <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BVJ15E?ie=UTF8&tag=n2backpacking-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B004BVJ15E" title="Guide To The Foothills Trail" rel="nofollow">Guide to the Foothills Trail</a> On page 48, it details this area from Sloan Bridge SC 107 to Fish Hatchery Road to Burrell's Ford. on page 109 it mentions the spur that you reference here as "trail to connect with the Foothills Trail turns left (east) and climbs toward Medlin Mountain". Do you have this book? <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1561452602?tag=n2backpacking-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1561452602&adid=0SGJ5DRFSF28P5E7CTN3&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Frcm.amazon.com%2Fe%2Fcm%3Fo%3D1%26l%3Das1%26f%3Difr%26t%3Dn2backpacking-20%26p%3D8%26asins%3D1561452602%26IS2%3D1%26lt1%3D_blank" title="Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River" rel="nofollow">Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River</a>. Tim Homan describes the trails in detail in this area as well. This <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566954673?ie=UTF8&tag=n2backpacking-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1566954673" title="Chattooga River Trail Map" rel="nofollow">Chattooga River Trail map</a> is also a good one, because it shows all the trails here. On the Chattooga River Trail map I see a spur between the Chattooga River Trail and Foothills Trail tagged as Trail #221. This trail also continues north to Ellicott Rock listed as #221 and is marked on the map as the Chattooga River Trail. If you are referring to the Fork Mountain Trail, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BVJ15E?ie=UTF8&tag=n2backpacking-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B004BVJ15E" title="Guide To The Foothills Trail" rel="nofollow">Guide to the Foothills Trail</a> also describes this area in detail on page 106. It sounds like you hike in this area a lot. If you get nothing else, I suggest the Foothills Trail guidebook which has detailed hiking directions and maps (including spur maps and trailhead maps). Hope this helps. BirdShooter I have never hiked the trail along the East Fork but have hiked the entire Chattooga River and Foothills Trail in this area.

Do you have this book? Guide to the Foothills Trail On page 48, it details this area from Sloan Bridge SC 107 to Fish Hatchery Road to Burrell’s Ford. on page 109 it mentions the spur that you reference here as “trail to connect with the Foothills Trail turns left (east) and climbs toward Medlin Mountain”.

Do you have this book? Chattooga National Wild and Scenic River. Tim Homan describes the trails in detail in this area as well.

This Chattooga River Trail map is also a good one, because it shows all the trails here.

On the Chattooga River Trail map I see a spur between the Chattooga River Trail and Foothills Trail tagged as Trail #221. This trail also continues north to Ellicott Rock listed as #221 and is marked on the map as the Chattooga River Trail.

If you are referring to the Fork Mountain Trail, the Guide to the Foothills Trail also describes this area in detail on page 106. It sounds like you hike in this area a lot. If you get nothing else, I suggest the Foothills Trail guidebook which has detailed hiking directions and maps (including spur maps and trailhead maps). Hope this helps.

BirdShooter

]]> Comment on The Chattooga River Trail Podcast by jim http://n2backpacking.com/the-chattooga-river-trail-podcast/#comment-406 jim Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:14:32 +0000 http://n2backpacking.com/?p=268#comment-406 Hello Birdshooter, I have a question I hope you can answer. I did a recent treck from the Fish Hatchery down the East Fork. Once I hit the River Trail, I took the spur north of Burrells that led back to the Foothills Trail. I cannot find any information regarding the spur. Do you have any knowledge of this spur? Also, can you direct me to information regarding the Fort Maountain Loop; which trails the loop incorporates, etc... Thanks So Much! Slim Jim Hello Birdshooter,

I have a question I hope you can answer. I did a recent treck from the Fish Hatchery down the East Fork. Once I hit the River Trail, I took the spur north of Burrells that led back to the Foothills Trail. I cannot find any information regarding the spur. Do you have any knowledge of this spur?

Also, can you direct me to information regarding the Fort Maountain Loop; which trails the loop incorporates, etc…

Thanks So Much!

Slim Jim

]]> Comment on The 10 Best Hikes In The Smokies by BirdShooter http://n2backpacking.com/the-10-best-hikes-in-the-smokies/#comment-360 BirdShooter Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:10:11 +0000 http://n2backpacking.com/2011/10/the-10-best-hikes-in-the-smokies/#comment-360 You are absolutely right about that. You are absolutely right about that.

]]> Comment on The 10 Best Hikes In The Smokies by steve http://n2backpacking.com/the-10-best-hikes-in-the-smokies/#comment-359 steve Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:47:40 +0000 http://n2backpacking.com/2011/10/the-10-best-hikes-in-the-smokies/#comment-359 You, say the A.T. is the longest trail in the U.S.,What about the PCT 2,650 miles and the CDT 3,100 miles? You, say the A.T. is the longest trail in the U.S.,What about the PCT 2,650 miles and the CDT 3,100 miles?

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