Trapp Hills, Michigan UP, 2007

“TT Forum Thread for Trapp Hills "fall colors" trip in October. There are lots of details to work out.”

“Always wanted to go there.”

“Sturgeon River Falls to Old M-64 / May 13th-18th 2007 (71.4 miles)”

“maybe! never heard of hte place. Is it nice?”

“great area”

“jim, you thinking a weekend? a week? what?”

“right now i am thinking a long weekend, so close to a week. i haven't worked out logistics... just when prosecutor made the suggestion i thought it was perfect for october.”

““Sturgeon River Falls to Old M-64 / May 13th-18th 2007 (71.4 miles)”

Correction, make that Silver Mountain to Old M-64 (67.3 miles)”

“I might just have to fly up for this one. Please keep me posted as it developes.”

“I've been eying this in my hikes of UP book. I'm in :-)”

“Oh great, Stovie is thinking about this.

Yea Diane!”

“if stovie goes, I go!”

“Thinking! Just Thinking! ;-)
They got ANY major airports near this hike? ;-)
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“Chicago and a shuttle”

“Or Milwaukee or Green Bay depending on who will be driving through. I'd pick you up from Ohare after work if you want.”

“...or maybe even Manysodas and share gas with lizs and slowfoot if they go?”

“Just keep us posted as the trip planning progresses”

“yeah stovie, there will be a few carpools from the midwest you could hop on. wounded knee and i generally pool together and there is room for two more in my car. i am sure there are others you could ride with.”

“Yeah but do you guys sing real loud in your car like I do??”

“Only when we listen to The Carpenters”

“If I go, I'll likely need to share a ride”

“If I go, I'll likely need to share a ride”

“You just bought a brand new car! You have to drive us, damnit!”

“...i have a cd with what, 9 hours of bob dylan on it... i subjected wounded knee to it... an mp3 cd... i have one with another 9 of neil young if the dylan doesn't jellify your brain enough...”

“we have 1 working car....mike will need to get to work ;)”

“Northwest Air Link flies into Houghton.”

“Yep, that cd lasted all the way through PA!”

“hey, I have neil young and dylan too...

travelling willburies, cat setevens.......

I could be up for some singing!”

“So... then you could call everyone the "Von Trapp Singers???"

badda boom! ;-P”

“Airports: Green Bay, Marquette, Houghton-hancock, Iron Mountain”

“well, if we have another working car by then, I could problebly drive someone, might be hard to fit four bpers in there though lol!”

“Save Money...fly to a big city and car-pool...

The Trap Hills


View from escarpment..


Morning view:



Camping on Norwich Bluff


Attention...it can be challenging to find flat places to put tents...this is a great place for hammocks...”

“Agreed Mata. Great pics, thanks so much. Can't wait!”

“Great pics Mata....the Traps are on my list of must do's....I think Icould prolly be persuaded to do this :D”

“I just posted this on another thread....

Pics of the Porkies in winter

http://pasty.com/discus/messages/2920/3044.html#PN”

“smiley girl...nice, I love aerials as I am a geography nut and that top picture of LOTC is great!”

“Cool pics, SG.

Trap Hills rules, or so I've heard.

Looking forward to finally meeting up with you, Jimmy.”

“Look at all this excitment you have caused Jimmy!

BTW, the wife gave the official nod to me last night.”

“holy smokes, if I go, I'll be meeting the Q?????


*bows down and worships*
Finially! somone I can look up to!









































(just kidding guys, luv ya all! hehehehe, im yankin' your chains)”

“My pants are on.”

“Doolittle, you need to come on this trip.”

“"Finially! somone I can look up to!"

Well, I'm not that tall.

"My pants are on."

Shouldn't this been on the "Out of Context Quotes" thread. =:O”

“lol!

That's a hell of a drive! But, it looks like it might be worth it.

I'll have to chew on it for a while. ;)

I've always wanted to get up to the UP and it looks like a very pretty area.”

“What's the closest town to this area?”

“How far is it to Chicago for you? We can setup a carpool and you will only have to drive from Columbus.”

“it will be good to meet you as well, laqtis.”

“Columbus to Chi-town is about 8 hours, give or take.

WAIT! Stop the presses. Let me see what I can work out. I might be in Rockford, IL for work at some point in Oct. If I can extend that into vacation..........”

“The little of the UP that I have seen, Is amazing.....you wouldnt even know your in the midwest except for all the dang yuppers.”

“Depends on what you call the Midwest.”

“...updates on the trip page, all tentative, since people are getting a little further into planning (esp MsDolittle coordinating with a business trip on October). I have lots of details to work out and we can make the hike longer.

I have no clue where the good camp sites are. I know prosecutor has some good ideas. I also have not worked out first-night plans... perhaps just camp LNT off the trail a mile or so in.

At least this gives people some more to work with. I'll do more planning later next month.

I posted the images of the elevation profile directly on the trip page. If we split this up over 2.5 days and two nights I think it's reasonable for most people. I would like to spend more time hiking this trail but I know it's already two days off from work for most of us (Friday and Monday).
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