Isolation Winter 'Whack Track?

[mtruman]

Has someone got a GPS track for Isolation using the winter bushwhacks? I'd swear I've seen one posted here before but couldn't find it with several searches. If the near-summer temps this week don't totally destroy the conditions we're hoping to give it a go next weekend.

 

[slevasse]

messaged you

 

[DougPaul]

The navigation is pretty easy with M&C:

A variation is to cross the river after the Engine Hill bushwack and bushwack to the col just N of Isolation.

Some route descriptions:
* http://www.vftt.org/forums/showpost.php?p=256569&postcount=18
* http://www.voy.com/76694/19.html
* http://hikenh.netfirms.com/PDIsolat.htm (seems to be down right now)

Doug

 

[Tom Rankin]

There should be no need for a GPS track. Go to the height of land on Engine hill, and ride ~3000 foot contour. Pretty simple.

Brian

Having just been there, and talking to another hiker, we noticed that the route ascends slightly as it progresses towards the summit, with a few annoying puds. I believe the reason is to avoid boggy areas. But it sure looks like you could just take a straight line when reading the map!

 

[mtruman]

Thanks everyone. Good advice. I'm quite sure that we won't need the track and that the packed out route will be obvious. Always nice to have the track for backup just to be sure. Thanks to the couple of people that PM'd and emailed me the tracks. Now if the snow just hangs around for another week...

 

[Kevin Rooney]

Paradox has created a fine library of tracks on Wikiloc.

Good to see the diehards still pushing M&C for GPS users. Reminds me of someone suggesting a handcrank phone to others using a smartphone -

 

[DougPaul]

Good to see the diehards still pushing M&C for GPS users.

You can also use the M&C directions to place waypoints in a GPS and follow either or both in the field.

I also placed a waypoint at my ingress stream crossing to make sure I could find the good snowbridge on the way out. (I bushwacked to the ridge at the col just N of Isolation.)

Doug

 

[JCarter]

* http://hikenh.netfirms.com/PDIsolat.htm (seems to be down right now)

HikeNH is down for good. You can still find the files in the Wayback Machine at archive.org