Willey crew will be departing from the Willey House site ascending Kedron Flume trail at 7:30. We will have the flag pole sections to divide up between team members. We will also have a car spotted at the Ethan Pond trailhead just south of there for a return option.
If you would like to help carry pole sections please meet us before 7:30 at the Willey House site. Otherwise you’re more than welcome to choose another route and meet us at the summit. For those of you staying at the Woodstock KOA we will be leaving the campground at 6 am sharp.
I think crawford path may be more manageable if wet weather were to hit. carter-moriah wasn’t too bad, but I believe there were a couple tricky spots. We didn’t have any trouble with it a couple years ago, but the weather was dry. I know crawford path was fairly moderate the whole way. try http://home.earthlink.net/~ellozy/ for some great route summaries. Hope this helps.
You should see our team’s flag on Willey from either Jackson or Pierce. I think the views from either would be fantastic, and the hike up Jackson by Jackson-Webster trail I found a bit more difficult than Crawford Path up to Pierce. You should also see a few more flags from up there, Eisenhower, Monroe, maybe Field or Tom.
Start time will be 0730 to accommodate some of the slower hikers. If you feel you don’t need the extra time you’re more than welcome to give us the head start and meet up with us on the trail.
Two separate groups is what I was referring to. I had made the suggestion to expand FOT48 but the creators convinced me that it would be great to have more coverage on other peaks but that it wouldn’t be an official part of the FOT48, that it would have to be a separately established memorial hike. Mind you, I’m all for it, I think it’s a great idea to have a NYFOT46 or something similar.
I’ve seen the same forecast. I’m not too concerned because any thunderstorm in the area will most likely be short-lived, so we’ll just wait off the summit for it to clear.
