11th High Point Visited
19th Highest State High Point
16th Most Difficult
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This was a Heman Woman
Hater's weekend road trip
taken with Mike, Dave, and
Scott. We drove from
Columbus leaving about 5:00
pm and arriving at Grayson
Highlands State Park by
11:30pm. We had planned on
winter camping. We knew it
was going to be cold, but
when we arrived the
temperature was 24 degrees
with major winds. It was a
cold night, but after some
warm oatmeal everyone was in
good spirits for the 5 hour
8.5 mile roundtrip hike to
the summit.
The trailhead
was close to the camp ground
and the trails seemed
clearly marked. We hiked
through a winter wonderland
of frozen trees. We passed
many hikers and back packers
along part of the
Appalachian trail we had to
take. We ended up taking the
horse trail for most of the
way that runs along the
Appalachian. Most of the
hiking was wide open until
the last half mile, which
was heavily wooded. There is
no view from the summit.
When we arrived we had lunch
and took a few photo's
before the trip home. We
found the Appalachian trail
on the way home more
beautiful and full of great
views. We were surprised on
the way up by the ponies on
the trail. We paused for
several photos with them. We
decided to go back to
Beckley, WV for the evening.
We had dinner at Outback and
cheered the Buckeye's to a
victory. Scott & I
camped Saturday night, but
Dave and Mike got a hotel.
We met in the morning at
Tamarack and headed home.
The weekend was fun,
especially since it was the
last weekend for the Z3! Mt.
Rogers (5,729) was my 2nd
highest peak, next to New
Hampshire, but since a train
was involved there, this is
the highest hike.
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Mount Rogers (5,720), Virginia - State Highpoint #11
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