u/MunroCalling

Here in the NE it's gonna be a scorching few days and was thinking about the folks on the trail right now.

Was able to pull the top shelter highs from a weather app w/ shelter coordinates.

| # | High | Shelter | State | Mile | Elevation |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|

| 1 | 100F | Matts Creek Shelter | VA | 695.5 | 915 ft |

| 2 | 99F | James Fry at Tagg Run Shelter | PA | 991.9 | 840 ft |

| 3 | 98F | Alec Kennedy Shelter | PA | 999.5 | 928 ft |

| 4 | 98F | Eckville Shelter | PA | 1108.7 | 636 ft |

| 5 | 98F | Ten Mile River Shelter | CT | 1312.6 | 341 ft |

| 6 | 98F | Johns Hollow Shelter | VA | 699.9 | 1132 ft |

| 7 | 98F | Rocky Run Shelter 1 | MD | 926.8 | 978 ft |

| 8 | 98F | Cove Mountain (PA) Shelter | PA | 1023 | 1204 ft |

| 9 | 98F | Windsor Furnace Shelter | PA | 1100.1 | 942 ft |

| 10 | 98F | Ed Garvey Shelter | MD | 918.5 | 1142 ft |

Please be careful out there and am sure some trail angels will be providing hydration along the way...

~grc

Disclaimer: I am NOT selling or monetizing ANYTHING with this post. I am sharing a tool I built for myself in hopes of helping others on the trail.

There are a few weather forecast tools out there, but I've found them a bit cumbersome in how to input locations or plan for a section or in-between resupplies or trail towns on a thru.

We all know how critical it is to get the weather on-trail at specific GPS coordinates, not just the nearest trail town miles away and 3k down the mountain.

For this I created and wanted to share http://sheltercast.org

You give it your start and finish (just start typing a shelter, road crossing, or trail town and pick it from the list), your dates, and how many nights you're out. It gives you a night-by-night forecast at each shelter along the way. Each one is adjusted for that shelter's actual elevation, so the highs, lows, and wind reflect being up top, not down in the valley. There's also a simpler option/mode where you type in a single shelter and get a 10-day outlook for it too.

A few notes worth sharing:

- It covers just about every shelter on the trail, Georgia to Maine.

- Locations are good enough for weather, not for navigation... it's a planning aid, not a substitute for checking conditions before you head out.

- Past about a week out it stops pretending to give a real forecast and shows historical averages for that date instead, clearly labeled.

Free, no signup, no app to download. I built it because I wanted it for my own section hikes and the other options felt clunky.

If you try it, I'd genuinely love feedback... especially if a something's missing or looks off, or if there's something you wish it did or an enhancement suggestion. If it picks up usage, I'll build the same for the PCT. Hope it's useful out there.

~SweetFeet 🌦️

My wife and I run a lean 2-person team and really want to work on a Teams account, but the 5 person limit has just not made a ton of sense for us.

Right now when I go to the upgrade path it shows 5-150, but hers shows 2-150. Curious if anyone on the sub has insights into the minimum threshold. So confused why she would be seeing '2'. Can't find anything announced from Anthropic on dropping the threshold.

Suppose we could just try to start the Teams account, but also don't want to get stuck migrated my current accounts if that's an issue and I am aware there's basically no customer support.

Any thoughts or insights appreciated...