LOL. When I lived in Southern Minnesota, the earliest snow we had was 18 inches on October 31 and the latest snow we had was 3 inches over Memorial Day weekend. (Last weekend in May).
The Boundary Waters is high on the "wilderness" scale. Easy to get lost in and never come back.
Indianapolis is around 3 1/2 hours from Shawnee National Forest and it has a moderate "wilderness" scale. It would be easy to die there, if you got hurt while hiking. I would count on my ability to hike out of there, if I got lost, but if I got hurt while hiking, I'd be worried that no one would find me. It's sparsely populated and a lot of the small towns out there feel sort of surrounded by the wilderness area.
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Date: 2008-10-01 03:36 pm (UTC)The Boundary Waters is high on the "wilderness" scale. Easy to get lost in and never come back.
Indianapolis is around 3 1/2 hours from Shawnee National Forest and it has a moderate "wilderness" scale. It would be easy to die there, if you got hurt while hiking. I would count on my ability to hike out of there, if I got lost, but if I got hurt while hiking, I'd be worried that no one would find me. It's sparsely populated and a lot of the small towns out there feel sort of surrounded by the wilderness area.