Trying to pop up end of this week. Thinking of Dial & Nippletop.
Initial plan was to hike in AMR Lake Road, camp at Gil Brook and then full-pack over [groan] Elk Pass and work our way down the ridge Nippletop -> Dial -> Bear Den. Could reverse it but we prefer to take the steep part of Elk Pass going up.
I noticed that Bear Den seams to be less than 3500' and Noonmark shoulder is less than 3'. We we could start off up the HG Leach Trail and once we cross into State land look for a spot 150' off-trail to string up our hammocks. We could skip Elk Pass altogether with this - doing an out and back.
But I believe this area is new growth and we might be hard pressed to find a tree thicker than your leg? And we'd have to top off water before reaching camp too.
Other option is set up camp at Roaring Brook Falls - is that out of earshot of the highway?
Initial plan was to hike in AMR Lake Road, camp at Gil Brook and then full-pack over [groan] Elk Pass and work our way down the ridge Nippletop -> Dial -> Bear Den. Could reverse it but we prefer to take the steep part of Elk Pass going up.
I noticed that Bear Den seams to be less than 3500' and Noonmark shoulder is less than 3'. We we could start off up the HG Leach Trail and once we cross into State land look for a spot 150' off-trail to string up our hammocks. We could skip Elk Pass altogether with this - doing an out and back.
But I believe this area is new growth and we might be hard pressed to find a tree thicker than your leg? And we'd have to top off water before reaching camp too.
Other option is set up camp at Roaring Brook Falls - is that out of earshot of the highway?
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