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Here, we aske ll yours to explo h grasslands—a path trails ric off-the-beaten- reveal the best experts to and greatest e sweetest gear ot to mention th re (n ring the wild mo s) to make explo campsite r carry- ver. So pack you tempting than e our boots. on and lace up y It’s time to hike. M A H C R U B N BY PETER KOCH H O TYPOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY JACOB THOMAS J APRIL !"## 54 GO MAGAZINE GO_0411_p054_CAMPING.indd 54 16/03/2011 15:23 ( Great Smoky Mountains National Park ) NOLAND DIVIDE TRAIL TO LONE! SOME PINE OVERLOOK "# MILES FROM ASHEVILLE A steep trail up a fire- scorched ridge delivers you to a rocky outcropping with dramatic views of North Carolina’s mountain country. Get Home Safely As Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s trails and WILDERNESS IS BIG, BEAUTIFUL AND OFTEN UNPRE! facilities volunteer coordinator, Christine Hoyer spends DICTABLE. WE ASKED THE EXPERTS WHAT TO DO most of her days in the field, working on the park’s WHEN TROUBLE STRIKES. 800-plus-mile trail network. But when she’s off the clock, she heads to one place: Lonesome Pine Overlook, a cliff-top lookout three leg-straining miles up the rugged Noland Divide Trail on the North Carolina side of Great Smoky. Here’s why: ! THE VIEW. From Lonesome Pine, the view is southwest into Deep Creek and Lands Creek valleys. “It’s really a spectacular, expansive view,” Hoyer says. ! SOLITUDE. Given the steep climb—it’s more than YOUR CANOE CAP- YOU’RE LOST IN YOU’RE CAUGHT IN 2,000 feet from Deep Creek to Lonesome Pine—and its SIZES OFFSHORE THE WOODS A THUNDERSTORM Jeremy Oyen, Reggie Bennett, Tony Nester, relative isolation from the park’s main travel corridors, American Canoe Mountain Shepherd Ancient Pathways only a tiny fraction of the park’s 9 million annual visi- Association Wilderness Survival wilderness skills tors ever make it to the lookout. (1) Stay with your School company canoe. (2) Have the (1) Ask the following (1) If you’re at high ! A WATERFALL. “There’s a small cascade during the designated rescuer questions: Do I elevation, get down springtime that crosses the trail,” she says. pull the canoe know the terrain? In into the tree line ! THE BURN. We’re not talking the one in your thighs, perpendicular on which direction is the as fast as possible top of his to drain it, nearest road, river or and look for shelter but rather a swath of Beaugard Ridge (the one you’ll then place it parallel town? Can I navigate under a grove of climb) that burned in a 2001 forest fire. “You can see the to his own. (3) Swim there? (2) If you have saplings or immature destruction of the fire,” Hoyer says, “but also the begin- to your canoe on the any doubt, stay put. trees. (2) If you’re in opposite side of the (3) Get shelter from a group, spread nings of [regrowth vegetation that’s] going to take its rescuer, who will wind, rain or sun. out about 30 feet place.” Plus, the fire opened up the views on the ascent. gently tilt his side up. (Most rescues hap- from each other. ! OFF MAP. “It’s not on the $1 trail map,” Hoyer says. (4) Lie on your back, pen within 24 hours, (3) As a general rule, reach your outside so food shouldn’t be if lightning is 6 miles “If people don’t know it’s there, they won’t look for it.” foot into boat. (5) Roll your first priority.) away (30 seconds ! BEARS. Three of the six times Hoyer has hiked S I toward canoe and (4) Start a fire. between lightning B here, she’s either scared a bear off the ridge or seen one. R and thunderclap) or O grab the rescuer’s (5) Drink some water. C ' hand, who will hold (6) Alert a search closer, squat down “If you’re looking to find wildlife, don’t go to our highest- G N I the canoe steady as plane with a signal on your packs and N use trails,” she says. It also helps that there are… N A you enter it. Know mirror. (7) Wait. ride out the storm. M ! BLUEBERRIES. “If you hit it just right (mid- to before you go: Don’t Know before you go: Know before you M A I late-summer), you’ll have Lonesome Pine to yourself L canoe alone. Three is Tell friends or family go: Research local L I W the ideal minimum. where you’re headed. weather patterns. and plenty of blueberries to munch on,” she says. APRIL $%&& 55 GO MAGAZINE GO_0411_p054_CAMPING.indd 55 16/03/2011 15:23 EVERNEW TITANIUM ULTRA!LIGHT COOK! WARE What do we know about titanium? Well, it’s used in airplanes (like the one you’re flying on), weighs next to nothing and MSR WHISPERLITE INTERNA! lasts a lifetime. 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Presidential Range or a frontal assault on the steeps of PPinPiinkkhham Notch, a deep glacial valley in the White Tuckerman Ravine—for an easier, low-country loop that MMoMouMountains,n is New Hampshire’s easternmost mountain shows off the area’s best features: cliff-top views, river ppassass and a hiker’s paradise. Sandwiched between two crossings, a waterfall and plenty of wildlife. JUSTIN’S “LEAVE NO Limit group size, because Walk on durable surfaces Keep an eye out for ani- Don’t feed the wildlife. TRACE” HIKING TIPS: groups have exponentially to avoid eroding trails, mals, and give them space. Visit lnt.org for more info larger impact on a trail. especially in mud season. You’re in their home. on “leave no trace” ethics. APRIL #$%% 56 GO MAGAZINE GO_0411_p054_CAMPING.indd 56 16/03/2011 15:24 BIG AGNES FLY CREEK UL$ It’s true there’s no place like home, but out on the trail this is the next best thing.
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