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10-K
10-29-2012, 17:25
Speaking of the weather - here's a pic of Buck Mt. Road about a half mile from where the AT crosses. This is about 3 miles north of 19E, just north of the Humps and Roan Mt.

Picked a hiker up here today.

melaniebk
10-29-2012, 17:30
Which makes you also a Trail Angel!:clapI know the hiker's family is also grateful.

10-K
10-29-2012, 17:34
Well.. technically I'm a service provider since it was a shuttle. A 70 mile round trip as it were...

Glad I could find him though.. Here's a pic of my foul weather extraction vehicle... :)

Pic was taken exactly 7 days ago on Unaka Mt. Rd. What a difference a week can make!

HikerMom58
10-29-2012, 17:44
which makes you also a trail angel!:clapi know the hiker's family is also grateful.

10-k.......... You are awesome!!

Violent Green
10-29-2012, 18:34
I believe you are shuttling myself and two others in a couple weeks. I hope you don't need the extraction vehicle for that trip!

Ryan

10-K
10-29-2012, 18:44
Don't forget the dog! Look forward to meeting you. :)

neonshaw
10-29-2012, 21:08
good night to be holed up in Overmountain Shelter

ChinMusic
10-29-2012, 21:29
good night to be holed up in Overmountain Shelter


That would be fun

10-K
10-29-2012, 22:20
Yeah, it's not bitter-bitter cold but it's windy and you can get out of the wind.

I'd rather be in my tent though.

ChinMusic
10-29-2012, 22:25
Yeah, it's not bitter-bitter cold but it's windy and you can get out of the wind.

I'd rather be in my tent though.
Wouldn't the wind be blowing right into the front of Overmountain? Is so I bet it would pick up some pretty good speed down that valley.

Kerosene
10-30-2012, 09:25
That photo looks similar to when I passed through 3 years ago to the day. We got about 4" of snow for the pleasant walk from Mountaineer Shelter to Mountain Harbour Hostel. Roan (http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=29230) got about 6", which I encountered the next morning as I slacked from Carver Gap back to the hostel. It was 10 degrees when I started out, with 40 mph sustained winds and 70 mph gusts over the Balds, but the sky was perfectly clear. What a memorable hike!

The Solemates
10-30-2012, 09:43
nice.

check leconte out: http://www.highonleconte.com/daily-posts.html

Tennessee Viking
10-30-2012, 09:47
Just don't stay long on Buck Mountain...they play banjo music up in there.

1azarus
10-30-2012, 09:56
Speaking of the weather - here's a pic of Buck Mt. Road about a half mile from where the AT crosses. This is about 3 miles north of 19E, just north of the Humps and Roan Mt.

Picked a hiker up here today.

that is clearly a photo-shopped image. no way does it snow that far south. no way no how. 60 degrees here in far-northern CT! you are such a joker, 10K. is this the humor forum?

Tennessee Viking
10-30-2012, 10:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OeDMtj8ER-Y&noredirect=1

Moose2001
10-30-2012, 10:41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OeDMtj8ER-Y&noredirect=1

Great video! Thanks for the link. After seeing that, I sure won't bitch about the thunderstorm I waited out at Carvers Gap!

HikerMom58
10-30-2012, 13:11
that is clearly a photo-shopped image. no way does it snow that far south. no way no how. 60 degrees here in far-northern CT! you are such a joker, 10K. is this the humor forum?

1azarus... this is snow joke. :) It's warmer in Maine than it is in VA right now... we got hit up by a cold front. Brrr......

turtle fast
10-30-2012, 14:43
Wow...it looks like a typical Wisconsin snowstorm ;) Would LOVE to hike in that...with the caveat that I had my proper gear with me including my neoprene facemask and either goggles or my shielded polarized sunglasses! Nice video of the gap. Overmountain shelter I am sure has some snow blowing in through the gaps as well as some drifting though with those windspeeds not big ones. A place where a nice zero bag, candle lantern, a good book with plenty of fuel for making hot soups, teas and coffee is a must.

chelko
10-30-2012, 14:53
Hey 10K,

That video looks just like the day you dropped my buddies and I off there last november to start hiking south. Good thing the trees provided some shelter from the wind till we got to Roan High Knob shelter. Fun times.

1azarus
10-30-2012, 17:30
1azarus... this is snow joke. :) It's warmer in Maine than it is in VA right now... we got hit up by a cold front. Brrr......

...not surprised you're in on the scam, too. darn communists!!!

finally a beautiful sky here... and electric power restored at my house, so I won't be so ornery soon! I wish I could come play in that southern snow!!! will be hiking in vermont this weekend, instead...

HikerMom58
10-30-2012, 18:04
1azarus.... Haha... I didn't think to blame it all on the communists!! ;)

Good to hear things are looking up for you in CT.

We aren't quite close enough to the snow to play in it much ourselves but I imagine some people are having a blast with it.. LUCKY!!

Have fun in Vermont this weekend. I LOVE that state!!