Long Trail, Nauheim Shelter
Where: Long Trail, Melville Nauheim shelter When: Winter, 1983/84 (?) With: Chip, Dave The infamous Winter Hell Hike. The first hike for any of us in years, but Chip had a Long Trail book and the idea of ski camping sounded good. So we grabbed a couple of jars of my homemade chili, piled into the Bombermobile ('59 Chrysler New Yorker) and headed to Vermont. A long ride, but finally we spotted the signs for the parking area. Chip was so thrilled, he drove the car off the road and down the embankment into the snow. Whoosh! Dave and I walked down to a local house and had the lady there call for a tow truck, who came, took most of our money, and hauled the car out of the ditch. We parked at a lot up the road and were finally on our way. [ Notes: Presumbly, the parking lot we were aiming for was unplowed, or we would have parked there after getting towed out of the ditch. There is a parking area across the street from the parking lot, but that may have been unplowed as well. I rec...