Saturday, October 30, 2010

Roan Highlands, NC/TN Appalachian Trail 10-30-10

Roan Highlands, Carvers Gap to 19E Appalachian Trail. Halloween overnight 2010
This hike was great. We had perfect weather and took our time getting to the barn. We had enough daylight and got the idea to camp on the top of the summit of Little Hump. We had to pack up in the middle of the night to drop down in between the Humps because of very high winds. It was fun hiking late at night. We packed up early and had an amazing morning over Big Hump and the Highlands down to Doll Flats and to 19E. We made great time and just had a memorable hike. This would be the final overnight hike for us as a couple in the south. We would move to New England a few months later. What a great sendoff!



Mountain Harbour Hostel at 19 E

Carvers Gap



Home Sweet Home

Climbing to Round and Jane Bald

View from The Balds

Beautiful View

Round Bald

Grassy Ridge

Jane Bald

Jane Bald

Jane Bald

Amazing view

Grassy Ridge

Climb up Grassy Ridge

Summit

Stayin loose

Roan Mtn in the back

Grassy Ridge

Grassy Ridge

Taking it in

Grandfather Mtn in the back

Back to the AT

Into Overmountain Shelter

The Barn

Camp on the Humps

Diggin for gold

Looking at Grandfather Mtn





Cookin on the Humps

Sunset

Sunset

Sunset

Big Hump

Going up Big Hump

Big Hump







The Ridge

Roan Highlands





Back at the Hostel at 19E

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Hot Springs, NC March 2010

Hot Springs, NC- Sams Gap, TN March 2010
A few weeks before Wakapak and I would get married, I went out onto the trail in the snow and had quite the adventure. Know high snow and an icy ridge line made for some interesting hiking.
Hot Spring from Lovers Leap

Lovers Leap

Hot Springs, NC



Cool Scout Project

Major trail washout along the way

The Blue Bag is a thru hikers food bag, the green one is mine

Tarptent

Lovin the snow

Log Cabin Rd



Abnormally snowy winter



Penguin Crossing

Ridgeline Hiking

FUN

Naturally with a foot of snow, Im Whiteblazin

Up to the ridge

Lots of snow

Ridgeline

Near Jerry Cabin





Devil fork



AT

Moving along

Going back up



Snowy

Icy

Ice

Hogback Ridge

Gap of Sam

Sams Gap