Icy conditions on the Pilot (Tower) Trail heading west — I wasn’t expecting to find a lot of ice on the trail, it slowed me down a lot, I need micro spikes for these conditions.
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Pole (Pete) Hollow Cairn Selfie — It looks like someone may have tidied the cairn. I didn’t have time to check, I have places to be before it gets dark.
January 9, 2025 12:17
Another empty trailhead parking lot — This time there might be a good reason. There’s a winter storm due in nine hours. Six-minute read, +2
January 9, 2025 11:44
Journal: Four days hiking the Berryman Trail, Missouri, December 2024. This will be my last backpacking trip of the year. Journal: 15 42
December 30, 2024 16:05
Berryman Trail — Day Four stats and a summary of the trip. Three-minute read.
December 30, 2024 16:00
Hike over back at the Berryman Campground Trailhead.
December 30, 2024 14:38
The Berryman Trail, December 2024.
December 30, 2024 12:03
Gary ready to start out on the last leg of the trip. Another three hours or so and I should be in my nice warm car heading home!
December 30, 2024 11:59
Bad Decisions Make Good Stories. It’s coming up on midday, and I’m packed, ready for the last six miles back to the trailhead. It turns out my ‘Bad Decision’ to carry on with my hike on Day Two was a good decision after all.
December 30, 2024 11:54
Breakfast treat, a Pop-Tart.
December 30, 2024 8:14
View from my hammock. The Berryman Trail, December 2024.
December 30, 2024 8:05
Day Four — Making breakfast. It was quite cold last night — 36 Degrees — and it’s pretty damp, too, so it feels colder than it is. A Pop-Tart, ginger and orange tea, with biscuits and gravy will soon warm things up.
December 30, 2024 8:00
A summary of the day’s hiking stats.
December 29, 2024 16:45
Camped at sunset. The colors were glorious.
December 29, 2024 16:43
Camped at sunset. The colors were glorious.
December 29, 2024 16:39
Setting up camp. I camped here in 2020. It’s a good spot on a ridge above the trail.
December 29, 2024 16:23
Trail-side pretties. Unfortunately, my cell phone camera couldn’t do it justice.
December 29, 2024 15:04
Gary crossing Floyd Tower Road. Now it really feels like I’m on the last lap. I arrived at Floyd Tower Road just before three p.m. only a couple of hours of daylight left, and I have still got to get to my campsite and set up camp.
December 29, 2024 14:54
Trail conditions on the East Segment of the Berryman Trail. The section of trail from the road crossing of State Highway W to Floyd Tower Road (FR2265) is a bit more isolated than the West Segment. Parts of it run along the original trail route.
December 29, 2024 14:34
A trail marker for the original Berryman Trail — when the trail was considerably shorter.
December 29, 2024 14:24
Trail conditions on the East Segment of the Berryman Trail.
December 29, 2024 13:21
The things people leave behind — a hillbilly hunting hide.
December 29, 2024 13:20
Seventeen miles down, another ten or so to go.
December 29, 2024 13:16
Brazil Creek. I arrived at Brazil Creek at twelve-fifteen. I stopped and ate some trail snacks while I toyed with the idea of not taking on any extra water and relying on the small spring where I’d be camping. x2