Ring in the new year with a hike in the wilderness

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Friends of the Allegheny Wilderness write:

An overnight backpacking trip through the existing Hickory Creek Wilderness Area and into the proposed Hickory Creek Wilderness addition is being planned for the weekend of January 30 & 31. We are trying to gauge interest to see how many people would like to come along. This outing will give hikers a fine sense of a long segment of East Hickory Creek -- a state-designated Wilderness Trout Stream.

The trip will begin where East Hickory Creek exits the southern edge of the Hickory Creek Wilderness along Forest Road 119 in southern Warren County around noon on Saturday. The hike through the Hickory Creek Wilderness will be all off trail. We will follow along East Hickory Creek north through the wilderness, pass out of the wilderness and into the proposed wilderness addition on the northeast side until we reach the Tanbark Trail, at which point we will exit to the east on the trail. Saturday evening we will stop to make camp before dark. In all, we will end up hiking approximately 10 miles over the two-day span.

We will need to shuttle, leaving a vehicle or vehicles at the Hickory Creek Wilderness trailhead parking lot.

Hikers should bring all of their own food and equipment and come prepared for the weather.

To RSVP, or for more information, contact Friends of Allegheny Wilderness using the below contact info.

Hope to see you there!


info@pawild.org
http://www.pawild.org

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