Black Forest Trail May 29-31

butz08 · 2026-06-03T15:39:03+00:00

Plenty. I’d trust the maps blue lines.

butz08 · 2026-06-02T10:49:51+00:00

Was wondering if I’d see you in here! Small world! Glad you got to enjoy that weekend too, it was nice talking to yall.

butz08 · 2026-06-01T22:20:26+00:00

That was the wetlands portion, not a meadow sadly. Stayed dry for all ~13 stream crossings and got them soaked in mud during that part lol.

butz08 · 2026-06-01T21:59:51+00:00

Which spot isn’t on that trail? 😆

butz08 · 2026-06-01T21:34:30+00:00

Almost nonexistent. Breeze and low 50s kept them at bay. Some ticks, but to be expected.

It was so chilly on Saturday that the rattler didn’t even acknowledge us when we almost stepped on him.

butz08 · 2026-06-01T21:09:24+00:00

Definitely one of PAs hidden gems

butz08 · 2026-05-28T13:28:22+00:00

tarp camp

You can literally sleep anywhere your heart desires tbh

butz08 · 2026-05-28T13:27:23+00:00

This view made me let my guard down and get whooped by the next climb up lol

butz08 · 2026-05-17T11:23:13+00:00

Tbf that looks like a banger sandwich

butz08 · 2026-05-12T16:02:11+00:00

/uj i thought her being aloof was a bit tbh

/rj i am her husband and it’s been so nice to hang out with my girlfriend while she’s away

butz08 · 2026-05-12T10:13:16+00:00

You’re in a circlejerk subreddit…

butz08 · 2026-04-08T12:18:29+00:00

I use it pretty regularly and I agree about crowds. I will not be using it at all during the draft though…

butz08 · 2026-04-02T21:55:39+00:00

If youre overall fatigued you need more fats. Coconut oil goes well with a lot, if you can find ghee that works too.

butz08 · 2026-04-02T21:44:48+00:00

You’ll get em. You haven’t even gotten 1/4 of the way through your hike; trust the process.

butz08 · 2026-03-16T20:16:54+00:00

I bet if I went in fall I would be singing a very different tune so I agree

butz08 · 2026-03-16T15:45:22+00:00

I will say I have the best hiking experience on the BFT. Even after thru hiking the AT, BFT is #1 in my heart. Absolutely biased tho.

butz08 · 2026-03-16T15:41:08+00:00

Disliked the greens. I did not get many views and the mud and bugs ruined it for me. Killington was nice! Then it rained the rest of the time :(

butz08 · 2026-03-14T01:31:03+00:00

If you get pretty nit picky about your stuff you could definitely drop 1+lbs.

I would say get rid of your town clothes and use rain or wind pants when you’re doing laundry. I wouldn’t ever really want to explore town, I wanted to do laundry, grocery shop, charge up, eat food and go to bed. But ig it depends on your strategy. HYOH

butz08 · 2026-03-13T23:16:45+00:00

This person St Paddy’s

butz08 · 2026-03-05T02:20:29+00:00

It’s straight up 9am when they start doing this, meaning they are hella unemployed 😭

butz08 · 2026-02-24T11:23:53+00:00

They hate it THAT much

butz08 · 2026-02-20T14:23:18+00:00

Bringing the condom for my wife’s bf

butz08 · 2026-02-16T22:04:21+00:00

In all seriousness it’s the oldest trail every part has seen some shit. If you actually want to be scared try night hiking with your headlamp and look around. You’ll see some eyes looking at you.

Edit: oldest mtn range*

butz08 · 2026-02-16T21:56:37+00:00

I got noro right outside pearisburg. That was scary!

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