quiknis
Preferably during the winter and in the northeast.
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Well, if you haven't totally mastered winter camping yet I'd try the Adirondak Loj (yes, that's spelled correctly) near Lake Placid. They have campsites and lean-tos all year and the Loj and High Peaks Center are open if you need a place to warm up or crash (for a fee). If the weather is too bad it's a short drive into town for a hotel.
If you like to backpack, then try any of the cabins on the Long Trail in VT or the huts in the Whites. We hiked a flat 7 miles into Zealand Hut a few years back. There was a cheaper winter rate at the huts..not the extortion rates of the summer. Pitch a tent outside and if the weather is wicked...opt for the hut. I often went to Spuce Peak Cabin in VT between Bromley and Stratton on the LT. It's free. Again, you can camp outside or duck in the cabin if the snow starts falling too much for your taste.
If you have mastered the winter camping arts and want a challenge, then pick up a guidebook for just about any place and go for it.
I always hike in, so my idea of good places may be skewed towards backpacking, but here are some I like.
Moosalamoo/Silver Lake in Vermont; Stratton Pond in VT; Marcy Dam shelters in the High Peaks of NY; Anywhere on the Loyalsock Trail in PA; Putnam Pond area near Lake George is nice too...lots of shelters and campsites to choose from. Great for a weekend snowshoe loop hike.
check out the websites for the ADK, GMC, and AMC for more info:
www.adk.org
www.greenmountainclub.org
www.outdoors.org (I think that's the AMC site)
If you really want wild, then try the wilderness areas in the Green Mountain or White Mountain National Forests...just leave a note with the rangers so they know where to look for your body in the event you don't come back.
Well, if you haven't totally mastered winter camping yet I'd try the Adirondak Loj (yes, that's spelled correctly) near Lake Placid. They have campsites and lean-tos all year and the Loj and High Peaks Center are open if you need a place to warm up or crash (for a fee). If the weather is too bad it's a short drive into town for a hotel.
If you like to backpack, then try any of the cabins on the Long Trail in VT or the huts in the Whites. We hiked a flat 7 miles into Zealand Hut a few years back. There was a cheaper winter rate at the huts..not the extortion rates of the summer. Pitch a tent outside and if the weather is wicked...opt for the hut. I often went to Spuce Peak Cabin in VT between Bromley and Stratton on the LT. It's free. Again, you can camp outside or duck in the cabin if the snow starts falling too much for your taste.
If you have mastered the winter camping arts and want a challenge, then pick up a guidebook for just about any place and go for it.
I always hike in, so my idea of good places may be skewed towards backpacking, but here are some I like.
Moosalamoo/Silver Lake in Vermont; Stratton Pond in VT; Marcy Dam shelters in the High Peaks of NY; Anywhere on the Loyalsock Trail in PA; Putnam Pond area near Lake George is nice too...lots of shelters and campsites to choose from. Great for a weekend snowshoe loop hike.
check out the websites for the ADK, GMC, and AMC for more info:
www.adk.org
www.greenmountainclub.org
www.outdoors.org (I think that's the AMC site)
If you really want wild, then try the wilderness areas in the Green Mountain or White Mountain National Forests...just leave a note with the rangers so they know where to look for your body in the event you don't come back.
Camping Ideas Anyone??
flawedperf
Me and two of my friends are planning a camping trip this summer, since it is our last summer together before we all go off to college. We want to go somewhere rustic, where we can make our own fires/ pitch our own tents, catch our own fish, etc. We don't want to go to an area that is specificly for camping because we want it to be more like survival/wilderness camping. We live in Ohio but are looking for somewhere out of state like in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vermont, or just somewhere that is somewhat in the same region as Ohio. Also, we don't want to go anywhere where we would have to pay and stuff. Any ideas of places that would be good for this?
Somewhere where we could see some wild animals like moose or hear some wolves or something would be cool to
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Well, it's not the Wild West anymore, kid. You have to have a fishing license probably anywhere you go. And campfires aren't fun for the people who have to clean up after you, so use a firepan & pack it out when you're done. Remember, there's nowhere you can go that others haven't been before & will be again soon, so take care of the place, no matter how untouched it seems.
Some State & National Parks have backcountry camping available, which means you need a permit & there may be a few rules, but basically you camp where you like, rather than at a developed campsite. This is your best bet for wildlife, I imagine, especially upper-level predators.
There are also National Forests that are less regulated than Parks, but most of the same expectations apply, i.e. clean up after yourself, leave the wildlife alone [unless you have a hunting/fishing permit], don't make a nuisance out of yourself.
If you want to be total hooligans, better find a private landowner willing to put up with you.
Well, it's not the Wild West anymore, kid. You have to have a fishing license probably anywhere you go. And campfires aren't fun for the people who have to clean up after you, so use a firepan & pack it out when you're done. Remember, there's nowhere you can go that others haven't been before & will be again soon, so take care of the place, no matter how untouched it seems.
Some State & National Parks have backcountry camping available, which means you need a permit & there may be a few rules, but basically you camp where you like, rather than at a developed campsite. This is your best bet for wildlife, I imagine, especially upper-level predators.
There are also National Forests that are less regulated than Parks, but most of the same expectations apply, i.e. clean up after yourself, leave the wildlife alone [unless you have a hunting/fishing permit], don't make a nuisance out of yourself.
If you want to be total hooligans, better find a private landowner willing to put up with you.
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