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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content"><channel><title>EveryTrail Feed</title><description/><link>http://www.everytrail.com</link><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:02:28 -0200</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:02:28 -0200</pubDate><image><url>http://www.everytrail.com/images/everytrail-logo.png</url><title>EveryTrail</title><link>http://www.everytrail.com</link><description>GPS travel community, geotagging, geotagged photos, Google Maps, GPS tracks, waypoints, coordinates</description><width>144</width><height>41</height></image><item><title><![CDATA[Tonto NF - 4 Trail Loop (includes the  AZ/Highline, Gen. Crooks, &amp; Pine Canyon Trails)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This loop combines a section of the AZ trail that is also the Highline Trail, Webber Trail, Pine Canyon Trail, and General Crooks trail to do an approx. 30 mile loop around the Mogollon Rim.We did this as 2 night 3 day hike.  I marked every pre-established campfire ring that I found as a waypoint.  Really nice campsites that were also next to running creeks I marked with a +++. We did this hike in the first week of April 2013.  Both the webber creek and the Pine Canyon creek were running but most of the other side creek canyons we came across were dry.  On top of the mongollon rim there was still plenty of pockets of melting snow and tiny streams where filter pumps will work well.  We were just fine in shorts and a tee-shirt during the day both above and below the rim, but temps above the rim got down to what felt like freezing at night.I divided the loop into 3 tracks for each day we hiked.  My trip odometer read 33 miles but it was uploaded as 30.  Perhaps because of all the zig zagging we had to do in the canyons.There was alot of solitude when we went, we saw only 2 other groups of 2 people each (aside from the cars on the side of the highway)After my experience with the loop, I recommend doing it clockwise, and I numbered the backcountry campsites to reflect this.DAY 1Pin canyon trail head is paved, and less than 100 yards from the 87 highway.  It's possible to take a short cut if you want but we just followed the pine canyon trail for a half mile before taking a short connection trail(#28) to traverse the bottom of rim along the highline trail(#31 also the AZ trail).  It was rugged in spots but visible in most places.  Occassional over growth from shrubs but still very easy to follow for almost 8 miles.  There are a few trees downed here and there.  I think I recall seeing occassion white circle markers used to signify it was the highline.  The views for this section are some of the best for the entire loop. It is also a very unique trail in that is seems to go into and out of both evergreen forest and semi-desert environments. We ended our first night on a flat trail side because we got a late start.  I did not mark it as a campground because there was no campfire ring.DAY 2:You leave the highline (which is also the AZ trail) after approx 9 miles and take trail #240 3 miles to a connection with the webber trail.  The webber trail(#289) goes all the way up the creek to the top of the rim  This was a very strenous climb despite the fact that the elevation gain was less than 2000 feet. We found and lost the trail several times before finally reaching the top of the rim.  If you are into scrambling and bouldering hopping, this is for you.  I also saw at least 1 solid swimming hole.  I strongly recommending making sure you give youself plenty of time to do this section for a number of reasons. First, there is tremendous overgrowth including many pricker bushes, we followed a few of those plastic neon ribbons that they tie around trees, but they are not as prominent as they are in other sections of the loop.  The trail feels like it has not seen a maintenance crew in several years.   Second, it's a canyon, so it gets darker earlier.  Third, near the final 2 miles or so, there are virtually no places to pitch a tent.  Fourth, the trail is hard to follow, especially at the end.  you do not want to follow our track when you come to the very end.  even though it is &quot;just a canyon&quot; we ended up following a stream when we should have taken a right with less than .1 miles to the top.  I think that if you find yourself having to do some serious climbing you might have missed a turn.  We ended up just below an amazing waterfall surrounded by cliffs.  We got out by climbing a very steep hill to the left of the watefall about 200 feet before reaching the rim and pitching out tent as soon as we found a flat spot on top.  You can see this above in the statistics mode as the elevation goes almost directly vertical.  If you want to avoid this make sure you give yourself alot of daylight.  If you hit the waterfall, you have to turn around, but you should not have to back track too much.  It's because of this difficulty we had in finding our way out of webber canyon that I recommend doing the loop clockwise.DAY 3General Crooks Trail(#130) is easy to follow with many markers.  To mark the trail they use a White V marker.  The trail is nice, with gentle rolling hills and lots of evergreens.  There are many places to have a campfire.  When we were up there, there was melting snow and small streams to take water from if you are someone who uses a pump-filter.  There are not alot of views from the top of the rim unless you want to leave the trail and walk a ways which isn't difficult because the forest is not dense.  There are some downed trees but it is still very easy to follow the trail because of the plentiful markers.   The trail criss crosses a &quot;rim road&quot; which is a major forest road, but it was obviously closed when we were there as there were many downed trees.  At the end before you hit the switchbacks and begin the pine canyon trail you walk alongside the 87.   It is 8 miles from the top of the switchbacks to pine canyon trailhead.  The Pine Canyon trail (#26) switchbacks are very rocky and rugged, but easy to follow. Like the others, there are a few downed trees.  We only saw one or 2 campfire rings but the canyon bottom is wide so I bet there are several more if you explore.  Very nice swimming holes as well.The last 5 miles of the Pine Canyon Trail is similar to the first 8 mile section of the loop. It begins when you reach Camp Lo Mia.  The only water I found was at dripping springs.  Again, the trail is easy to follow with several downed trees. <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/5834297-DSC06284.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/5834298-DSC06288.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/5834299-DSC06297.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/5834300-DSC06299.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2075742</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2075742</link><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 05:45:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inyo NF - Golden Trout Wilderness Loop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did this as a 4 day / 3 night back packing trip.we did roughly 8 miles each day, I have broken the story down by day.There are some good areas to camp on top of trail pass &amp;amp; at the top of the pass that has no name that you do near the end of the third day but no water at these spotsThe places where we camped are marked by 3 way points Day 1:On July 26th when we did this hike there was NO water for about 7 miles from the trail head.  I'm told there is normally water in bullfrog meadow but this was not the case when we were there (at least not trail side)Our first water source was about a mile from where we camped.There are better campsites then the one we used if you want to continue down the trail for about another mile (our campsite was still pretty good)Day 2:Good amount of water sources along this section of the loop.When you get Little Whitney Meadow, you do NOT have to cross the creek to continue along the trail.  we made camp a little ways south because there were already alot of ppl camping in this area but you do not have to walk the extra 5 minutes south that we did.Day 3:This part of the trail is the one spot on the entire loop where the trail becomes hard to follow.  In fact it disappears, we walked across the meadow and jumped the creek until we got to &quot;Cow Camp&quot; which is a building or two and a few fences.  There are two gates at &quot;Cow Camp&quot; that are separated by about 30 yards.  use the second one that is further west and follow that trail.  When you get to salt lick meadow there should be a creek running and alot of great places to camp.  In fact I think the best campsites were at salt lick meadow and I plan to stay there when i come back to this area.We found a few creeks once we passed Salt Lick Meadow but they ran dry with about 1 mile from the top of the pass and than there was NO water until you reach our 3rd campsite.  That means there is about a 4 mile stretch without water sources (at least not on July 27) so plan accordingly.Day 4:Trail is easy to follow.There was plenty of spots to get water before you begin the accent of cottonwood pass, but there is only 1 creek that you cross on the decent and that was almost to the parking lot. <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/4801332-DSC05371.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/4801346-DSC05412.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/4801347-DSC05417.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/4801348-DSC05422.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1693265</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1693265</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:33:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Los Padres NF / Sespe Wilderness:  Willet Hot Springs Out and Back]]></title><description><![CDATA[Backpacking Trip to Willet Hot Springs in the Sespe WildernessThe road to the parking lot is dirt but a high but low clearance cars and sedans should not have a problem making to the lot.  I think a parking permit ($35 dollars a year?) is required, but we were there for 3 days without a parking permit and did not receive a warning or ticket.The sespe river level can vary quite a bit.  We tried to do this same hike about 2 years ago and didn't make it past bear creek.  Tyere are also several stories of people dying when the river surged so call the rangers and always be careful.We did this trip in the first week of April and didn't even half to take off our shoes for most of the creek crossings.  There are quire a few, and depending on the water level you may have to wade them or &quot;rock hop&quot;I have marked all of the campsites with pre-existing fire rings with a  way point.  There are some prime campsites (Bear creek, oak flat, and Willet Springs) that I marked with a &quot;+++&quot; on the waypoint to show they are choice sites.Willet hot springs is pictured in the photo.There was water the whole way because you are following the sespe. Bear creek camp ground (4 miles in) has at least 1 very nice swimming hole. <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/4207916-DSC04299.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/4207917-DSC04304.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/4207918-DSC04308.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/4207919-DSC04331.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1515677</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1515677</link><pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2012 23:50:21 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bryce Canyon NP: Under the Rim Trail (South Section)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Park your where the trail ends and then hike back to it.  There is a small parking lot where the trail ends. You will have to check with NPS about leaving your car there overnight.  The shuttle service will make a special pick up for you and then drive you to Rainbow point if you ask them nicely.  This offers some really great views.  But 
most of the best scenic spots do not require the hike.  You can get to Rainbow point by driving there..I did this as a big day hike.  but it is suitable for backpacking.  Pre-established campsites are marked as waypoints.If your going to do it as a backpacking trip...1. 
 Check with the rangers about water availability.  There were several 
sources I found along this route, but most of them did not look like the
 run annually.2.  I think a $5 permit is required and the campsites are pre-established.3.  Consider doing the ENTIRE under the rim trail.  The Northern section is available in my lists of trips as well.4.  National Geographic Trails Illustrated does a great map.NOTE:  The pictures were placed using the &quot;auto-place&quot; feature on 
everytrail.  All the picture are from this hike, but they may not 
nessaserly be accurate on the exact locations. <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/3698083-DSC02240.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/3698084-DSC02241.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/3698085-DSC02260.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/3698086-DSC02267.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1362620</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1362620</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:40:48 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bryce Canyon NP:  Under the Rim Trail (North Section)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Park your car at any of the campground parking lots.  They are all pretty close to one another and clumped together at the northern section of the Park. Then use the shuttle service to get dropped off where the trail starts and hike back to your car.  The NPS runs the shuttle service and will make a special drop off for backpackers and hikers if you ask them nicely.  This offers some really great views.  But most of the best scenic spots do not require the hike.  You can get to inspiration point by driving there.I did this as a big day hike.  but it is suitable for backpacking.  Pre-established campgrounds are marked with waypoints.If your going to do it as a backpacking trip...1.  Check with the rangers about water availability.  There were several sources I found along this route, but most of them did not look like the run annually.2.  I think a $5 permit is required and the campsites are pre-established.3.  Consider doing the ENTIRE under the rim trail.  The southern section is available in my lists of trips as well.4.  National Geographic Trails Illustrated does a great map.NOTE:  The pictures were placed using the &quot;auto-place&quot; feature on everytrail.  All the picture are from this hike, but they may not nessaserly be accurate on the exact locations. <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/3695272-DSC02123.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/3695273-DSC02132.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/3695274-DSC02150.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/3695275-DSC02183.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1362094</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1362094</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:13:15 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death Valley NP:  Cottonwood Springs Out and Back]]></title><description><![CDATA[The file contains two tracks.  The first track contains the off-road 
route to reach the trail.  The second track contains the hike itself.The
 off-road route requires, without a doubt, an off-road vehicle, Either 4
 wheel drive or high clearance or both.  We had a 4 wheel drive car, but
 it was not very high clearance.  It took us an hour and fifteen minutes
 to get to the trail head from Stovepipe wells.The hike is 4 miles in and (obviously) 4 miles back out. The hike is not 
well defined but it is visible 90 percent of the time.  It can disappear
 occasionally, especially when you have to cut through some of the 
trees.  All in all it's difficult to get lost because it is, after all, a
 canyon.  It has a very dessert feel to it.  We camped where the trail 
ends, there is alot of horse shit around, but there are a couple of 
fairly nice campsites.The Park ranger that we spoke too at 
Furnace Creek said we should carry in ALL our water.  I noted that 
Cottonwood springs was said to be reliable and flow year round on the 
Death Valley webpage,  He said that the internet is sometimes wrong, 
that sometimes boyscouts use up all the water, and that one time there 
was a dead sheep in the spring.I found this to be bad advice.  
The ranger was, like many rangers I have encountered, overly cautious 
and reserved with his advice.  This is to be expected, Park rangers 
often like to error on the side of caution, even if the person asking 
the question appears to be a capable out outdoors man.We hiked 
in with 2 liters of water each, and had no problem refilling at the 
spring with a PUMP.  I recommend a pump.  At the spring source, on May 
17th, 2011, we found a very strong, clear, flow.  You could even dump a 
bucket and come up with some water, still I would encourage a pump 
filter.  The flow was so strong, that there was water even 3 miles from 
the source.   I cannot image the spring every &quot;running dry&quot; because too 
many people took water from it like the ranger described.  The flow was 
just too strong.  (edit) <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/2827674-DSC01873.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/2827675-DSC01876.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/2827676-DSC01877.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/2827677-DSC01878.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1098766</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1098766</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 00:23:32 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loyalsock Trail]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got this trip from backpacker magazine's Oct 2010 issue.  It was the featured trip.  The gpx tracks that they provided on their website are outdated and inaccurate, probably because it was made before the trail was changed in 2009.  Not that it really matters, no track or gps is necessary for this hike because there are trail markers EVERYWHERE.  Every 20 feet or so in some places.  There are times when you can see five different trail markers.  You would have to try to get lost on the Loyalsock.I marked a waypoint for every campsite with a pre-established campfire ring (50 in total).   If I thought a campsite was really nice, I put a +++ on the way point.  There are other potential campsites.  The Haystacks has plenty of excellent places to camp but all of the fire rings were destroyed (campfires are prohibited there now).  Someone also destroyed the campfire ring at the top of Alpine view.  Finally, you pass by the World's End State Park visitor center and I believe there are campgrounds around there.  The first thing worth noting about the Loyalsock trail is it's lack of a wilderness feeling.  I suppose this makes sense as none of it is in designated wilderness.  Often times you are hiking on a road, and you have to cross a road at least  a dozen times.  At around mile 19 when you are passing through an &quot;old resort&quot; there is a fully operational party store.  This can be a good thing though.  Also, there are many &quot;private property&quot; and &quot;no-hunting&quot; signs posted throughout the trail.  Not to mention that neon ribbon in many different portions of trail.  Finally, all of the best vista's are either directly accessible by car or short day hikes.  If you are someone who likes a backpacking trip that takes you away from signs of civilization, or you are someone who only backpacks to reach destinations and places that would not be accessible otherwise, then the Loyalsock trail is NOT for you.  Every portion of it can be done in a series of day hikes.Despite all of the signs of civilization, I did experience quite a bit of solitude.  Aside from the cars I saw, I only ran into 3 groups of people in 3 days.   This might have been due to the time I went, which is probobly the worst possible time of the year (aside from when it snows.)  Going in early september was too early to see the leaves changing color from fall, and too late to experience the gushing waterfalls.  Aside from ketchum's run, All of the waterfalls I passed were dry or down to a trickle.  Kechum's run was very nice though, with 2 swimming holes even in September.   In the first 20 miles of the trip I was taking my drinking water from what amounted to puttles so if your going in the fall be sure to check with the rangers for reliable water sources. <br><img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/1822098-DSC00033.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/1822099-DSC00035.JPG"/> <img src="http://images.everytrail.com/pics/thumbnail/1822100-DSC00036.JPG"/> ]]></description><guid>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=806256</guid><link>http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=806256</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:09:08 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
	