After spending all day on your feet hiking to your camp area, and then fighting to get your tent up, there’s nothing quite beats the feeling of crawling into a warm, soft sleeping bag. Getting a decent nights’ sleep while hiking is vital as it revs you up for the journey ahead, so buying the
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October Mountain is the largest state forest in Massachusetts. At 16,500 acres October Mountain has a vast network of hiking trails including a section of the Appalachian Trail. The Campground at October Mountain offers 47 campsites on 3 levels. Level 1 is less wooded than level 2 and seem to be better suited for campers
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Making the transition from car camping to wilderness camping and backpacking leaves the question about bathrooms… Believe it or not you are going to have to go in the woods, you are going to have to and bury it and maybe even pack it out… Let’s dive umm.. head first into this semi-taboo subject. Most
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Leave No Trace, also known as LNT is something we should all follow to the best of our ability in the backcountry. Keeping the land that we love as pristine as possible for other to enjoy for many years to come. The beginnings of can be traced back the 1970’s and 1980’s when the US
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Mohawk Trail State Forest Campground is on RT 2 in Charlemont, MA. The campground is along the banks of the cold river, in spring this river flows very strong with winter melt. As summer moves in the river slows to nothing more than a trickle. Sites 47-56 are closest to the river. Sites 1-35 are
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by Falcon Guides. Husky Hiker wants to get out more and lose some weight… Do you want to get outside, hike more? Enjoy the weather? I’m all about motivating you to get out and do more and maybe drop some pounds in the process. HuskyHiker.com will share hiking tips, weight loss tips, trips and other adventures… All Aboard!
