Resolution has been "endangered" for some time; I paid it my final visit on Aug. 17, 2005, because I thought it might come down soon. Lo and behold, it saw almost another five years of use. My diary notes from that last visit had me wondering why it was initially sited where it was:
"We descended to the shelter first. It is a fairly steep drop. This is indeed an 'endangered' shelter that may soon be in need of repairs so I’m glad we got there for a last visit while it was still standing. It clings to the side of a cliff and snugs up against a big bolder. It’s unclear to me why it was built this way when there was more level ground nearby. Perhaps the builders wanted the protection of the boulder in front? The right side is also built up on a rock, which takes up part of the interior space. The left wall is pulling away from the roof, there are holes in the roof covered by plastic, a gap in the back wall, and the back two corners of the shelter have no firm anchor on the ground.
Nevertheless, this was a charming old rustic structure with the old peeled sapling pole roofing (covered by tar paper and edged with sheet metal). Truly a vintage building. It has a deep interior recess, again possibly because of winter conditions. It's very dark inside. No privy was marked nearby, and the nearby water source (brook) was dry. Water was probably lower down in the brook but we did not look for it. There was evidence of “stealth” (illegal) camping in the area. No designated spots and no platforms. The area is probably at too high an elevation (2950') to revegetate easily. There was no shelter log so it’s unclear how much use it gets. We saw only one other hiker near the end of the day. I found graffiti from 1934 and ‘35 pencilled in the right interior wall." --Aug. 17, 2005
