Tag: winter camping
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Trip Report – Awacamenj Mino – Jan 2011
This is actually 2 trips to the scout camp at Awacamenj Mino, one in early January to open the snowshoe/skiing trails and the other in late January for some camping and snowshoeing. Trip 1 – Breaking in the trails This was just a simple daytrip up to Awacamenj Mino to break in the trails for…
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Trip Report – 19-21 March 2010 – Wright, Algonquin, Iroquois – Adirondacks
This was my second time up into the Adirondacks in winter. This time we just Burger, Wissell and I and set out to peak Wright, Algonquin and Iroquois. A quick 2 nights: drive in after work, hike drive out type of trip. Day 1 – Getting to the Lean-to First night we got there fairly…
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Trip Report – 2-3 Jan 2010 – Breaking in the trails
This trip was back to the Awakamenj Mino scout camp to help break in the trails for the winter. We also introduced CC to winter camping. A little messing around before we started in the car. We hiked in, set up camp quickly (those of us who were staying overnight) and headed off on the…
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Trip Report – Feb 2009 – Adirondacks – Colden, Marcy, Algonquin
This was my first real backcountry camping trip, it was memorable for many reasons and my more experienced friends really picked the “hard” difficulty level for my first trip. Being in the Adirondacks and in winter, this was hike in/hike out style, in a mountain range and in an area where there is a campfire…