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Beautiful weather, perfect temps. Trail was good. Water was fair. Climb is easy and gradual with some short steep ups. We started at Maine 4 at 7:20am and summited at 11:30 am. Took lots of breaks going up. Saw the signs out for Gerry (aka Inchworm):( Great hike was had by all. Reached the...

Wondering what the latest word is on these trail to Mt Isolation. Thought I had read one of these trails is beat up pretty bad. Maybe not. Heading out for a couple of nights. Davis Path, Rocky Branch and Dry River Trail.

Arrived at 8:30am to a pretty full lot. It was overcast and we decided to go up Gorge Brook since we havent done that route. Well....it was closed due to water damage so we took the Snapper ReRoute about a half mile. Took us about 90 minutes to reach the summit. The clouds were thick and heavy...

We are talking about moving out there at some point in our lives. Maybe 5 years, maybe 10.

I love the Whites as well. I have been here for 2 and a half years. With that said, there really is nothing I have ever seen that compares to The Rockies. My scope is small with this being the first time I have hiked west of the Mississippi. The AT is beautiful and the stuff up here is great...

We flew out to Denver on the 4th and were transported to the start of Segment 7 at Goldhill. We got started around 6pm and hiked up a gradual climb to just over 10,000 feet. We had a great view of Mt Evans and a good vantage point to check on the late day thunderstorms. We were in between Frisco...

They also have a facebook page that I have been following for a bit. Awful story. https://www.facebook.com/NangaParbat2013

While its not a solar panel, I just started using the i torch by newtrent. The itorch charges an iphone or smartphone up to 3 times and that is if the battery completely dies. They have higher capacity chargers as well. http://www.newtrent.com

Learned some very interesting lessons while on this hike. I met up with my buddy, Ryan (Guthook) to hike Zealand Falls to Guyot. He would continue over the Twins and I was planning on 2 nights out. The rain started on Zealand and continued off and on. We made a pretty good pace, after we climb...

Thanks for posting this.

Sweet this all makes me feel much better. Seriously, thanks for the great info everyone. Im not much a flier anyway, throw the backpacking gear into the question and I am clueless.

So I have to thank you all for the info. Feeling more optimistic about the whole experience of flying with our gear for the first time. So we have somethings that we typically like to have with us. I realize we could just go to a grocery and or REI or any of the outfitters for certain things...

we anticipated the burn ban that just went into effect for Park County to expand by the time we get there

Couple of reasons, cant fly with a fuel canister, plus we are flying into Denver on the 4th of July so some places are closing earlier than usual, called most the places in Breck and Frisco and they may be closed by the time we get there. We land at 2:30 and just dont want to chance it, esp if...

We are flying out to Colorado in a few weeks and have a stop in Atlanta. We are mailing our stove, fuel canister and knife to a friend in Denver. Im trying to figure out if I should mail our tent poles and stakes as well, or just check our bag. Our layover in Atlanta is 4 hours so it doesnt seem...