SteepSlabs & I are planning on attempting Long's via Keplinger's here in the next few weeks. We went up yesterday to do some beta-gathering, got bogged down pretty hard in the "heavy timber" section off trail.
I noticed when I was getting all my maps/nav together that the GPX & KML files for Keplinger's don't appear to be working. I could download the files, but mapping software doesn't recognize them when I tried to upload them (multiple apps).
Thoughts?
Keplinger's GPX/KML Files
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Re: Keplinger's GPX/KML Files
I've done it at least 4 times - here's the general ways I've gone:
https://caltopo.com/m/U81PS
From when you leave the trail at Sandbeach Lake until you get to the unnamed lake, it's going to be a little difficult. Eases up between the unnamed like and the start of the couloir in earnest. Careful of avy conditions as you are around the NE face of Mt. Orton - that area does slide.
https://caltopo.com/m/U81PS
From when you leave the trail at Sandbeach Lake until you get to the unnamed lake, it's going to be a little difficult. Eases up between the unnamed like and the start of the couloir in earnest. Careful of avy conditions as you are around the NE face of Mt. Orton - that area does slide.
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Re: Keplinger's GPX/KML Files
Hey, thanks a lot!
Your track matches what I was seeing on the way down from our high point, looked like a slightly easier road than what we had been trying more to the north/east.
Thanks for the heads-up about Orton. My avy risk tolerance is extremely low; we're watching CAIC like a hawk.
Your track matches what I was seeing on the way down from our high point, looked like a slightly easier road than what we had been trying more to the north/east.
Thanks for the heads-up about Orton. My avy risk tolerance is extremely low; we're watching CAIC like a hawk.
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Re: Keplinger's GPX/KML Files
"keplinger's files" sounds like a chapter title in Three Body Problem.
