https://pmags.com/ghost-trails Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:20:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://pmags.com/ghost-trails#comment-654774 Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:05:29 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=16525#comment-654774 Strangely, the last hiking article I read was about hikes through ghost towns and then I came across this blog post about ghost trails! I am fascinated by forgotten areas, so your post was really interesting to read. The history of many of the ghost towns often relates to the mining industry, so it makes sense that these ghost trails were also once used by miners. There are so many beautiful places that are now forgotten.

]]> https://pmags.com/ghost-trails#comment-636596 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:42:41 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=16525#comment-636596 Tip for finding ghost trails: throw away green trails maps, they seem to be particularly bad about omitting trails. Then hop on Caltopo and say goodbye to your productivity goals for the day

]]> https://pmags.com/ghost-trails#comment-636595 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:52:45 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=16525#comment-636595 Falls in line with one of your recent post in the last weeks. Such trails are a treasure. I find myself being selfish in not wanting to tell others about them. But when I am able to take a companion into such areas via these trails it is like a gift to bestow.

]]> https://pmags.com/ghost-trails#comment-636594 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:37:45 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=16525#comment-636594 We have many such trails around here left over from logging and gas and oil exploration. In fact, there would be few backpacking trails in PA without these, because many of our trails follow these grades with hand built trail tread to connect them.

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