DayTrip
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Trying to come up with an "off the beaten path" option to hike this coming weekend (preferably for an overnight) and one area I keep coming back to on the maps is the Mount Stanton Trail. Looks like an interesting ridge on the map but I've never done any hiking in that area. Couple of questions for anyone who has been in that area:
1) Is that a popular hike? According to the WMG the trail head parking is along the roadside. Will that be a problem on a holiday weekend for this area?
2) The WMG mentions places that can be hard to follow, particularly after the "Crippies". I'm assuming at those elevations the snow is gone but is the tread that bad? Is it blazed? Can't be worse than a wilderness area I'd assume. Curious for a "comp" of that section versus other areas in the Whites. Plan would be to take the ridge all the way to Mt Parker.
If anyone has any input on the parking situation and the trail in general it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
1) Is that a popular hike? According to the WMG the trail head parking is along the roadside. Will that be a problem on a holiday weekend for this area?
2) The WMG mentions places that can be hard to follow, particularly after the "Crippies". I'm assuming at those elevations the snow is gone but is the tread that bad? Is it blazed? Can't be worse than a wilderness area I'd assume. Curious for a "comp" of that section versus other areas in the Whites. Plan would be to take the ridge all the way to Mt Parker.
If anyone has any input on the parking situation and the trail in general it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.