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Midwest backpacking trails

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 15:54:24 No.797827 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>797925 >>797959 >>800954 >>801536

What trails does /out/ recommend in the midwest, preferably MI and OH mainly. Just got back from Zaleski, planning on Manistee river trail next month.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 16:00:59 No.797831 Report

Quoted By: >>797833

Check out the Wildcat Hollow trail in Wayne National Forest.

I've done it twice now and it was prettier in spring but early summer was nice too. Easy one night trip but has a day loop too.

What did you think of Zaleski?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 16:06:00 No.797833 Report

Quoted By: >>797990

>>797831

Will do, thanks.

Zaleski was pretty fun but it was relatively hard work, about 75% of the trail you're either in a steep climb or a rapid descent. Great exercise tho. Also wasn't terribly scenic but the campsites were comfy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 18:49:00 No.797925 Report

Quoted By: >>797927

>>797827
What is the tent?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 18:50:52 No.797927 Report

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>>797925

nemo galaxi 2p - $250

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 19:22:41 No.797959 Report

Quoted By: >>797967

>>797827
Ogungee, simply stunning

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 19:30:15 No.797967 Report

Quoted By: >>797973

>>797959

...where?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 19:36:01 No.797973 Report

Quoted By: >>797974

>>797967
Must be the local name. Don't know the public name then. Ogungee is what everyone here calls it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 19:37:19 No.797974 Report

Quoted By: >>798489

>>797973

where is it exactly

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 19:59:30 No.797990 Report

Quoted By: >>797994

>>797833
That was my thought too, pretty boring to look at largely

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 20:03:06 No.797994 Report

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>>797990

you spend most of the time staring at your feet because the terrain is so rough, and even the summits are mostly boring. I'd consider hiking it again someday but not before a number of other trails I've yet to get to.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 20:13:06 No.798001 Report

Quoted By: >>798009

Red River Gorge in KY shits on anything in Ohio- havent been to Michigan yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 20:16:23 No.798009 Report

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>>798001

that looks gorgeous. OH trails are pretty meh except for the ones with waterfalls, I only went to zaleski because my buddy lives down there and picked that one. Some of the trails in the upper peninsula of MI are pretty fantastic, along with the sleeping bear dunes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 13:12:35 No.798456 Report

Quoted By: >>798770

pictured rocks in michigan upper pen

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 13:15:48 No.798458 Report

Quoted By: >>798770

alo beaver island which i think is close to manistee area

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 14:54:16 No.798489 Report

Quoted By: >>798770 >>800446

>>797974
I mentioned this to a local last night and there is a reason it's called Ogungee and the actual name/location isn't given. I've been told not to say where.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 22:22:53 No.798770 Report

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>>798456
>>798458

planning on the pictured rocks this summer, and the manistee river trail

>>798489

lame.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jun 2016 10:07:45 No.799218 Report

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Red river gorge is awesome

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 23 Jun 2016 05:19:10 No.799871 Report

Quoted By: >>800130 >>801057 >>801059 >>801275

Me and a buddy are leaving South Carolina right now headed to Colorado. We have never been in the Midwest, so this is new to us. We have a lot of experience with the outdoors in the southeast though. We are looking to do some hiking and definitely some fishing. Anyone have any advice?

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Anonymous Thu 23 Jun 2016 18:27:09 No.800130 Report

Quoted By: >>801057

>>799871

Bump
Also anyone got any info on hot springs worth visiting?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jun 2016 02:07:32 No.800446 Report

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>>798489

Why even mention it then?

Dick

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jun 2016 23:11:14 No.800954 Report

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>>797827
I just got back from the Manistre River Trail, good times! Currently working on 100 miles on the NCT, so I'll be doing the fife loop and the Jordan River valley next month. I leave on Wednesday for 6 days on Isle Royale, then hit up North Manitou for an end of summer trip. Michigan has miles and miles of great trails

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jun 2016 00:49:59 No.801015 Report

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http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watertrails/location_map.html
How do you feel about paddling?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jun 2016 01:54:38 No.801057 Report

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>>800130
>>799871
Stay out of Colorado, the trails are shit and busy, hotsprings are built up and none are free....

Utah and Idaho if you want to see some real Midwest

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jun 2016 01:57:03 No.801059 Report

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>>799871
Also use proper fire safety, it's super dry and fires get out of control quick

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jun 2016 14:06:25 No.801275 Report

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>>799871

well be sure to hike somewhere with large rivers so you can fish. dont expect the weather to be much more forgiving than down south, it gets muggy and hot as fuck up here during the summer.

>headed to CO
>midwest

do you mean afterwards you're coming to the midwest? cause CO is not the fucking midwest

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jun 2016 23:41:05 No.801536 Report

Quoted By: >>804422

>>797827
If you're coming to MI I would suggest going to the Porcupine Mountains (start at Lake of the Clouds) or hiking the Tahquamenon River (hiking toward the falls), though Manistee Forest is really nice too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 26 Jun 2016 13:12:18 No.801941 Report

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Is there anything good in Illinois? I'm a first time poster and me and the gf wanted to start going /out/

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Anonymous Mon 27 Jun 2016 04:16:33 No.802575 Report

Quoted By: >>804422

If your doing Michigan don't rule out the northern lower peninsula. This is part of the North Country trail in the Jordan river valley. Also: if you're do I nm the UP may as well hit the grand daddy of mid western hiking trips.
https://www.nps.gov/isro/index.htm

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 Jun 2016 19:57:20 No.804422 Report

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>>801536

>coming to MI

from MI thank god

>>802575

thanks m8

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