RedDoug
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Post by RedDoug on Dec 1, 2015 16:13:57 GMT -8
I just had this trail brought to my attention today:
www.borderroutetrail.org/trail.html
Looks to me like it is a continuation of the NCT. Anyone have any information on this trail? Anyone backpacked it?
I need to know. I am pressed for time. So many trails......
Amazing. Here I am in Arizona now and looking back to the north country for hiking experiences......
Still have the Arizona Trail ahead of me in March- May. That will be a big piece of AZ for sure.
Hey, I am here to backpack. It's what I do.
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Post by RedDoug on Dec 2, 2015 9:22:18 GMT -8
Coolkat just sent me this...... Doug, take a look at this description of the Kek Trail (the other trail I linked to in my other email). The Kekekabic Trail is a 38-mile long wilderness hiking trail located in the BWCAW. It is one of the toughest, meanest rabbit tracks in North America. The Trail struggles its way through swamps, around cliffs, up the sides of bluffs, and across rocky ridges. It is choked with nightmarish patches of clinging brush. It is blocked with tangles of windfalls and standing timber. It is pressed, in places, on all sides by outcroppings of rock; sometimes it snakes its way over old riverbeds, slippery, rocky and treacherous. In other areas, it is a peaceful path loping through open stands of timber with a soft, mossy carpet underfoot. It is the kind of trail that would break the heart of a person who didn't have what it takes to go into the wilderness and try to "smooth it". www.bwcamaps.com/kekmaps.htm Doesn't that sound absolutely exciting!!! |
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Post by johnnyray on Dec 3, 2015 14:22:59 GMT -8
Doesn't that sound absolutely exciting!!! It does have a certain appeal to it. |
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RedDoug
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Post by RedDoug on Dec 3, 2015 19:58:11 GMT -8
Yes it does. From the description I thought it would have a number of backpackers salivating to try it. It does look very appealing to me- my kind of trail.
I would really like to find someone who has done it, but that might be impossible.
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Post by Coolkat on Dec 4, 2015 6:05:00 GMT -8
It sounds like a great trail that needs to be hiked. Which is why I passed it along. Surely someone will join this forum who has hiked it and can tell us a little.
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Post by rebeccad on Dec 4, 2015 8:15:00 GMT -8
It all sounds good except the nightmarish patches of clinging brush. I lost enough skin to that sort of thing as a child growing up in the PNW that I have little enthusiasm for it. I prefer now to lose my skin to rock-scrambling adventures.
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thegriz
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Post by thegriz on Dec 15, 2015 7:30:29 GMT -8
Go to the NCT website and You can link up with the local Chapter for more info, I know they had a bunch of crews out the past season
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RedDoug
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Post by RedDoug on Dec 15, 2015 8:47:25 GMT -8
Go to the NCT website and You can link up with the local Chapter for more info, I know they had a bunch of crews out the past season This is starting to move to the top of my fall hiking list. The suggestion to contact the NCTA is a good one. I have an opportunity to visit Italy in October, but I don't like flying any more. I think I would be far more comfortable on the NCT in Minn. |
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