Good day!
I'm fairly new to the adirondacks and this forum and really appreciate all the great advice people have!!! As a 'newb', I do have a couple questions regarding lean-to/wilderness camping.
background: We've camped at Heart's Lake a couple times this summer and bagged a couple 'beginner' peaks, did some 'medium' hikes, and completely fell in love with the region. We are used to 'Ontario/Canadian multi-season wilderness camping', and a trio of us will be heading down to the ADK area this weekend with our bear canisters, trekking poles, and rain gear.
1) We plan on heading into the woods from the Garden parking lot early early Friday morning and get to the Wolf Jaws lean-to early on in the day for our base camp. Is it okay to leave our big packs there and go for a day hike and thus 'claim our 3 spots' for the night at that lean-to? Is that acceptable? (this might sound like a dumb question, but I want to make sure)
2) Just to check-check-triple check....there are no fires permitted there right? Pretty positive it's a 'no', but worth asking since I'm here.
3) We're very curious about alledged cables on Gothics that we have heard of by other hikers. Would anyone be able to provide insight as to whether a beginner would be comfortable with that route and the cables (if they're still there...the ADK book says they were removed for safety reasons a few years ago). If they are no longer there, should we just do an alternate approach? (we are the 'cliche' hiking group looking for a good challenge and to bag some peaks, so any other recommendations for alternative hikes would be awesome too!)
I just want to double check on those to make sure we don't break any etiquette / laws / necks!
Cheers!
I'm fairly new to the adirondacks and this forum and really appreciate all the great advice people have!!! As a 'newb', I do have a couple questions regarding lean-to/wilderness camping.
background: We've camped at Heart's Lake a couple times this summer and bagged a couple 'beginner' peaks, did some 'medium' hikes, and completely fell in love with the region. We are used to 'Ontario/Canadian multi-season wilderness camping', and a trio of us will be heading down to the ADK area this weekend with our bear canisters, trekking poles, and rain gear.
1) We plan on heading into the woods from the Garden parking lot early early Friday morning and get to the Wolf Jaws lean-to early on in the day for our base camp. Is it okay to leave our big packs there and go for a day hike and thus 'claim our 3 spots' for the night at that lean-to? Is that acceptable? (this might sound like a dumb question, but I want to make sure)
2) Just to check-check-triple check....there are no fires permitted there right? Pretty positive it's a 'no', but worth asking since I'm here.
3) We're very curious about alledged cables on Gothics that we have heard of by other hikers. Would anyone be able to provide insight as to whether a beginner would be comfortable with that route and the cables (if they're still there...the ADK book says they were removed for safety reasons a few years ago). If they are no longer there, should we just do an alternate approach? (we are the 'cliche' hiking group looking for a good challenge and to bag some peaks, so any other recommendations for alternative hikes would be awesome too!)
I just want to double check on those to make sure we don't break any etiquette / laws / necks!
Cheers!
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