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Posted by pchippy on 2005-09-19 13:33:30 +0000

useful backcountry information

Every six months or so, I like to do a Google search on some of the more remote destinations I've visited (mostly in Wyoming), just to find out whether those places have been discovered yet and overrun with visitors. My usual favorite location is the K-----e Peak / S-----h Glacier / B----r Lake area. That was where I went on my solo trip in 2003, where I didn't see anybody for a week. In the past, most of the websites I've found that refer to the area have been simple databases of peaks' GPS coordinates--not very interesting. Other than one trip report from a long-distance backcountry ski trip, I wasn't able to find any record of people having recently visited the area. Then, this week, when I ran the search again, I had a surprise: I found a listing for a website that evidently was based on personal experience. "If you're here at K-----e Lake," it said, "checking out S------h Glacier is a must..." Something about the breezy, Sunday-Picnic-isn't-this-a-lark tone made me nervous. Is K------e Peak becoming a destination for casual tourists? I hurriedly clicked to open the web page, and found this. You have to read the whole thing if you want to get the full effect.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-09-11 19:09:41 +0000
Wow, sounds great! ;-)

Posted by tgl on 2005-09-12 13:58:16 +0000
More coffee milk? Sure, Rhode Island is right next door. Why not climb nearby Jerimoth Hill.

Posted by pchippy on 2005-09-12 23:03:21 +0000
Well, you may have your sources, tgl, but my source has much more interesting information about Jerimoth Hill. Notice how eerily similar the high mountains of Rhode Island are to the northern Rockies.

Posted by tgl on 2005-09-13 03:52:20 +0000
I imagine scansion software to work in a way not entirely unlike the goingoutside.com website.

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