Dial and Nippletop..clockwise or counter???

chudski63 · 04-27-2012, 07:40 AM

Just as title asks...Plan a group hike in a few weeks...Need to decide which route to take...Group experience level always a questilon mark...Anything that should be avoided?..If so can it be avoided to taking one route over the other...Thanks

Trail Boss · 04-27-2012, 09:36 AM

http://forums.adkhighpeaks.com/showthread.php?t=17559

vieWseeker · 04-27-2012, 11:21 AM

clockwise....

Edelpeddle · 04-27-2012, 04:11 PM

There's no right answer. I prefer counterclockwise because I prefer doing steep parts of a hike at the beginning when my legs are fresh, I prefer climbing up very steep sections instead of stumbling down them and I hate ending hikes with a long walk on a road.

Also, if group experience is mixed I would caution against doing the trip clockwise. Having inexperienced hikers 7 miles into a hike with tired legs being forced to hike down a prolonged steep section sounds like an accident waiting to happen.

Neil · 04-27-2012, 05:12 PM

Neither: Dial-Nippletop-Dial makes for the best hike with the least road walk.

04-27-2012, 07:40 AM	#1
chudski63 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19	Dial and Nippletop..clockwise or counter??? Just as title asks...Plan a group hike in a few weeks...Need to decide which route to take...Group experience level always a questilon mark...Anything that should be avoided?..If so can it be avoided to taking one route over the other...Thanks

04-27-2012, 11:21 AM	#3
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04-27-2012, 04:11 PM	#4
Edelpeddle Consultant Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 302	There's no right answer. I prefer counterclockwise because I prefer doing steep parts of a hike at the beginning when my legs are fresh, I prefer climbing up very steep sections instead of stumbling down them and I hate ending hikes with a long walk on a road. Also, if group experience is mixed I would caution against doing the trip clockwise. Having inexperienced hikers 7 miles into a hike with tired legs being forced to hike down a prolonged steep section sounds like an accident waiting to happen. __________________ "There is pleasure when a sore is scratched But to be without sores is more pleasurable still Just so, there is pleasure in worldly desires But to be without desires is more pleasurable still" -Nāgārjuna (150-250 AD)

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04-27-2012, 09:36 AM	#2
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