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• Diff for "Meetup"

Things to add to hike template

• Points of interest

• Recommended clothing (long pants, boots) & equipment

• American Hiking Society Hiking Etiquette - American Hiking Society

• Proper Trail Etiquette for Hiking with Your Dog

Meeting locations

* Achenbach Canyon Trailhead

Frequently Asked Questions

Are children allowed on the hike? Is there an age cut off?

Yes, they are your responsibility.

We've had children as young as 3 climb 12k foot mountains.

How does the group work? What does the meeting time and meeting place mean?

Go by individual cars, carpool to destination/trailhead.

Weather

web services - API to get weather based on longitude and latitude coordinates - Stack Overflow

Example URLs:

• Interactive/HTML: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-105.57805&lat=35.30033

• XML: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-105.57805&lat=35.30033&FcstType=dwml

• JSON: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-105.57805&lat=35.30033&FcstType=json

In the JSON output, location/zone contains the zone for fetching weather for a zone:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=NMZ523

XML output:

Links

• Bonanza Peak at Spring Mt Range - The Las Vegas Hiking and Outdoors Meetup (Las Vegas, NV) - Meetup

• Help and resources for hiking - Meetup