Ignore the nay sayers mount Mansfield has year round hiking with a year round 4 sided shelter with a $5-$10 fee per person and yes there is a caretaker. Enjoy your time plus I will take you places if you're interested.

Someone must have reported you, that's the only way you get a summons for that if you never have in the past.

As someone that moved from western Tennessee to Vermont I can tell you that you have more opportunities in Missouri than in Vermont, land is way more expensive than anything in Missouri by a mile. Winter is 6-9 months depending on the year. Anything else you want to know just ask.

"There's no atheist in the foxhole" it doesn't matter if you practice religious beliefs or not at the very core everyone believes in some sort of higher power when put to the test. I don't say this to offend you or anyone else. I say this because at our core as humans we believe that we can transcend our transgressions of the past and become better, and to take it a step further if we can transcend ourselves then we become a higher power to some other living creature. No I'm not saying we become God's just better because we are less ignorant. At the end of the day isn't that how spirituality works.

24 inches is plenty for corners and 18 inches in between corners