Nice trail for today and glad you got off the trail before it got to hot. Great views from the tower. Always planning head which is great. Thanks for sharing. Stay Safe and HIKE ON!!!!
With all the road walks this trail looks like a good one to do with a bike, unless they aren't allowed on the trails. Interesting trail just the same. Stay cool out there!
I asked him about this, he said there are signs posted that bikes aren’t allowed on trail but you could bike the 500 miles of connecting roads. That’s a shame because this would be a great trail to cycle instead of hike. You could easily cover twice the ground in the same timeframe on bike.
@@christinadimauro7673 It might be worth dropping an email to the governing bodies to inquire if bikes aren't allowed on all segments or just some of them. Of course, as short as some of the segments are and the scarcity of people you could just chance it and risk getting caught.
@@briankurth4405thru-hiking is awesome for some trails like the AT, CDT, and PCT and not so awesome for others like the PHT and this trail. I especially felt awkward and a little silly walking on the long bike path portions of the PHT. People get so hung up on and rigid with the labels and forget what’s really important - experiencing the trail in a way that makes sense to them. Personally, I like to be flexible and have the option to shape my experience. It makes it so much more fun. It amazes me how people will alter their behavior and reduce their options, sometimes nonsensically, just to fit within the narrow parameters of other people’s definitions. The hiking world is strange at times.
@@christinadimauro7673 I totally agree. I biked the super long rail trails of the IAT, hiked and sometimes biked the connectors, and skipped the ridiculously long bifurcation that is something around 50 road miles either way you go. I enjoyed the IAT the way I did it, and I know I would have been miserable hiking in a straight flat line for 10-25 miles at various points or pounding pavement and dodging cars.
Looks like you’ll be passing by my house today! Right off dorn road in Merton.
Nice trail for today and glad you got off the trail before it got to hot. Great views from the tower. Always planning head which is great. Thanks for sharing. Stay Safe and HIKE ON!!!!
High temps are nothing to play with. Glad you were able to get a hotel room and bunker down
Thanks for alerting us to the early check in fee. You certainly took it in stride. I don't think I would be as generous.
Increase Lapham pretty much invented the National Weather Service here
With all the road walks this trail looks like a good one to do with a bike, unless they aren't allowed on the trails. Interesting trail just the same. Stay cool out there!
I asked him about this, he said there are signs posted that bikes aren’t allowed on trail but you could bike the 500 miles of connecting roads. That’s a shame because this would be a great trail to cycle instead of hike. You could easily cover twice the ground in the same timeframe on bike.
@@christinadimauro7673 It might be worth dropping an email to the governing bodies to inquire if bikes aren't allowed on all segments or just some of them. Of course, as short as some of the segments are and the scarcity of people you could just chance it and risk getting caught.
It won't count as a thru-hiker but over half the trail can be biked if you add up all of the rail-trails (bikes allowed) and connecting routes.
@@briankurth4405thru-hiking is awesome for some trails like the AT, CDT, and PCT and not so awesome for others like the PHT and this trail. I especially felt awkward and a little silly walking on the long bike path portions of the PHT. People get so hung up on and rigid with the labels and forget what’s really important - experiencing the trail in a way that makes sense to them. Personally, I like to be flexible and have the option to shape my experience. It makes it so much more fun. It amazes me how people will alter their behavior and reduce their options, sometimes nonsensically, just to fit within the narrow parameters of other people’s definitions. The hiking world is strange at times.
@@christinadimauro7673 I totally agree. I biked the super long rail trails of the IAT, hiked and sometimes biked the connectors, and skipped the ridiculously long bifurcation that is something around 50 road miles either way you go. I enjoyed the IAT the way I did it, and I know I would have been miserable hiking in a straight flat line for 10-25 miles at various points or pounding pavement and dodging cars.
You almost need those observation towers to get a decent view in Wisconsin.
Early check in fee is outrageous