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Spent a full day trying to find a creek crossing that was on the map
On the Northville-Placid trail section near Lake Durant, the map showed a bridge over a small creek. The bridge was completely gone, just some old posts in the water, and the creek was running high from rain. It took me and my partner about six hours of bushwhacking upstream to find a safe spot to cross, which set our whole schedule back. Has anyone else had a mapped feature just not exist anymore on that trail?
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margaretr7628d ago
Oh man, that's the worst! Maps being wrong out there is so frustrating and honestly a little scary. I've had that happen with trail markers just vanishing, leaving you totally lost. Six hours is a huge chunk of a hiking day to lose. It makes you wonder how often they actually check and update those guides.
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mason_murray826d ago
But come on, how much are we really trusting a paper map these days anyway? Phones have live GPS and apps get updated all the time. Getting lost for six hours sounds like someone didn't check more than one source before heading out. Isn't the real lesson to always have a backup plan?
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adams.river28d ago
Wait six hours just to cross a creek. That map needs a serious update, like yesterday. Could have been real bad if the weather turned.
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