Hello Everybody... First post here. I stumbled upon this forum a few weeks ago and have been reading voraciously ever since. Tons of great info!
I'm planning a few hikes in the High peaks for the summer months and as they will be my first hikes in the high peaks region, I have a few rookie questions and a general call for tips and advice.
As soon as school gets out (Late june, midweek)... I'm planning a 3 day, 2 night backpacking trip from the Adirondack loj over Algonquin and Marcy and back... bagging nearby peaks as I go. I am not worried about the rigors of the hike. I'd consider myself a pretty respectable and experienced hiker. i know about the bear canisters, and plan on tenting it (as opposed to lean-to's). I'm comfortable with a map (I have the nat geo maps and the 13th ed of the high peaks guide) and compass and these won't be my first Adirondack Hikes (my fam vacations in Bolton Landing every summer so I've done a bunch of miles around LG) so any advice needed would only be for a High Peaks rookie, as opposed to a rookie hiker....
I'd appreciate any tips you guys can offer, sights to see, things to avoid... whatever you got. I'm eager to soak it all in.
Lastly... and I'm almost embarrassed to ask this... How bad are the bears? I live in an area in New Jersey where bears are pretty densely populated. In the warmer months, I run across them on a fairly regular basis (both in the woods and in my yard) so I would dare to say that I have a healthy understanding or level of respect for them, but on this board people talk about the bears in the eastern peaks like they are the stuff of legend... Should I worry? or more practically, should I hang my pack?.. I've done up to 5 days in the woods around here, and I've always hung my food and slept with my pack. Never had an issue... but the more I read, the more I wonder about these "super bold" eastern high peaks bears.
Thanks so much,
Jerry
I'm planning a few hikes in the High peaks for the summer months and as they will be my first hikes in the high peaks region, I have a few rookie questions and a general call for tips and advice.
As soon as school gets out (Late june, midweek)... I'm planning a 3 day, 2 night backpacking trip from the Adirondack loj over Algonquin and Marcy and back... bagging nearby peaks as I go. I am not worried about the rigors of the hike. I'd consider myself a pretty respectable and experienced hiker. i know about the bear canisters, and plan on tenting it (as opposed to lean-to's). I'm comfortable with a map (I have the nat geo maps and the 13th ed of the high peaks guide) and compass and these won't be my first Adirondack Hikes (my fam vacations in Bolton Landing every summer so I've done a bunch of miles around LG) so any advice needed would only be for a High Peaks rookie, as opposed to a rookie hiker....
I'd appreciate any tips you guys can offer, sights to see, things to avoid... whatever you got. I'm eager to soak it all in.
Lastly... and I'm almost embarrassed to ask this... How bad are the bears? I live in an area in New Jersey where bears are pretty densely populated. In the warmer months, I run across them on a fairly regular basis (both in the woods and in my yard) so I would dare to say that I have a healthy understanding or level of respect for them, but on this board people talk about the bears in the eastern peaks like they are the stuff of legend... Should I worry? or more practically, should I hang my pack?.. I've done up to 5 days in the woods around here, and I've always hung my food and slept with my pack. Never had an issue... but the more I read, the more I wonder about these "super bold" eastern high peaks bears.
Thanks so much,
Jerry
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