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Hello sir! Most of our winter forays are in Pennsylvania, New York and West Virgina. We tend not to go too far afield in case travel conditions become problematic.

We do a lot of winter backpacking. We snowshoe or ski when necessary. As others have said, no bugs! I really don’t like to sweat and love that we can see so much more in the wintertime without the foliage. We can dress for the cold, but not for the heat. We spend 40 nights out per year on...

I really enjoyed the read! It’s going to be a wonderful resource for planning our future wabakimi trip. Thank you for posting it!

I can verify they are still in use. While we didn’t see a train, we saw a work crew come in.

Our municipal water system treats with uv light. For wilderness travel, find the convenience tough to beat. I hate carrying water around.

I did cast my vote. I’m not concerned with “floaties”in my water. They’re not going to get me sick. I try not to look at the water that carefully after I purify it. 😉 A recent campsite was surrounded by particularly silty water. I did pour it through a bandanna prior to purifying in that case...

In my 30 years of wilderness travel. I’ve used filters, chemicals, filtration bottles , etc, etc. For the last 10, I’ve used nothing but my steripen. I carry iodine as backup, but haven’t used it since going to the steripen. I froze and clogged filters and spilled chemical treatments. I have...

We had a great time. And we’re fortunate to get lots of good views on trips, but will be sure to take those recommendations next time. The fishing was so good, we had trouble leaving the water! The drive isn’t terrible either!

Thanks guys. We switched things up pretty regularly. I’d paddle with Jodi (my wife) where I was comfortable with wind and waves or that we had no beaver dam pulls. Otherwise, we split up to ensure our crew had a good experience and minimized chances for out of boat experiences.

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DAY 4 It rained heavily overnight. But the timing was pretty good. It did continue on and off and we breakfasted under the tarp. We had a beautiful campsite and a gorgeous lake and I was angling a bit to stay another night in light of the raw weather we were greeted with. But to my...

A group of four of us just returned from a rather leisurely trip around the Whitney Wilderness loop in the Adirondacks. In spite of often less than ideal weather conditions, a wonderful time was had. Our group consisted of my 74 year old father in law, our 59 year old female friend recovering...

A group of four of us just returned from a more leisurely 7 day trip around the loop. I wanted to take a moment to thank you as I used your report heavily in the planning of our trip. We had a fantastic time. I’m going to try and get my own trip report up here soon.