It’s getting to be hiking season on Mount Shasta again. A good map is a nice thing to have on the trail!
Mount Shasta from Plug 8,852 near the North Gate Trail, which is subject to repeated inaccuracies on trail maps.
I am not a gear junkie and product reviews are not something I plan on including on Hikemtshasta.com. I am, however, a map fiend and I enjoy studying maps whenever possible. On a hiking site like this one, maps are an essential feature. They provide a visual guide to complement the written descriptions of trails. Every trail presented on Hikemtshasta.com is accompanied by an illustrated trail map. However, it is likely that visitors will acquire one of the maps that have been professionally published and are for sale on Amazon.com, in stores and from the U.S. Forest Service. Mount Shasta is an obvious candidate for a good trail map. The trails on the mountain are exceptionally scenic and attract hikers from all over the world. There are, in fact, at least…
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Well, there is essential gear, and gear. Maps, of course, are essential.
I agree, though I confess I have begun cheating. I make the maps into jpegs and then load them onto my phone and just carry that with me. It is amazingly convenient and I can have maps covering as much territory as I want without all the unfolding and folding. I have claimed to be a mild luddite in the past, but I have given in to modernity.
What a good idea. I hadn’t even considered using my phone. Do you run out of juice, or is it ok as long as you turn the roaming part off?
Yeah, I put it on airplane mode and it has enough juice to run for days. It is so convenient.