[pct-l] thru-hiking in 2005

[ROYROBIN at aol.com (ROYROBIN@xxxxxxx)]

You may be right, Ron, but my impression was that dogs are allowed on leash 
in the Great Smokies and Shenandoah NP's.  Dogs are certainly not allowed in 
the NP's along the PCT.         
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In a message dated 6/17/03 8:52:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
yumitori@montana.com writes:

> ROYROBIN@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >You asked about hiking with your dog on the PCT.  By now you may know that
> >dogs are forbidden on many parts of the PCT,  including the National Parks. 
>  I
> >believe there are only one or two miles on the AT where dogs are not 
> allowed,
> >in one State Park as I recall, and that edict is routinely ignored by the
> >long-distance hikers.
> 
>   It's a lot more than one or two miles, Roy. The Trail goes through the
> Smokies and Shenandoah, where pets aren't allowed. Nor are they allowed
> in Baxter. where Katahdin is. I believe there may be other sections, but
> those are the big ones, at least.
> 
>   Ron
>