Using Google Earth overlays to plan a trip

[sirtimbly]

My wife and I are planning on doing a 3 day loop in the Lost Creek Wilderness of Colorado this weekend and I have been busy planning, I thought I would share a method I've just discovered for really getting a feel for the trail terrain before getting out there.

The first thing was to find a route of the appropriate length in a guidebook, or for me on trails.com where I can get access to specific hikes from many guidebooks. So, once I've essentially settled on a loop through the Los NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here

[gunn_parker]

I too like to have a look at where I am going or where I have been in Google Earth but I use NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here

[Rich]

I'll definitely try adding an overlay onto google earth. Didn't kow you could do that. Just yesterda NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here

[sirtimbly]

That OziExplorer program looks interesting, but expensive! It would be nice to draw the waypoints an NOTE: The remainder of this post can be read by logging in. For free PBF membership click here

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