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No Directions
08-13-2013, 20:35
I love to take pictures when I hike. That might be part of the reason I am so slow. Whenever possible I like for my pictures to include a white blaze. What are some of your favorite pictures that include a white blaze or something that identifies the pic as having been taken on the AT? Some of you may recognize the location.
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Double Wide
08-13-2013, 20:43
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I really like this one. Of course, I only saw about five more before I saw one of my favorites 30 miles away next to the passageway at Neel Gap. (Seriously--is there a shortage of white paint in Georgia?)
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Biggie Master
08-13-2013, 22:17
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hikerboy57
08-13-2013, 22:22
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neels gap
Slo-go'en
08-13-2013, 23:28
This one is in Georgia..note two white blazes in the picture.
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Meriadoc
08-13-2013, 23:55
This one, photo taken by my hiking partner Sweet and Sour:
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She has a much better eye for photos than I do. And she loves pictures of the white blazes.
BirdBrain
08-14-2013, 00:37
I like this one. It is the 1st one at Baxter Peak. Last one for you NoBo's.
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Big Dawg
08-14-2013, 01:43
I love taking blaze pics too! Many favorites,,, here's a few...
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Flounder940
08-14-2013, 01:54
I was in a bad mood until I saw this one:
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I was in a bad mood until I saw this one:
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LOL.. where was that?
Flounder940
08-14-2013, 04:39
LOL.. where was that?
That was somewhere between Watauga Lake and Vandeventer Shelter, this year.
That was somewhere between Watauga Lake and Vandeventer Shelter, this year.
A few with angry/sad face blazes on climbs would be funny/fitting.
Flounder940
08-14-2013, 05:01
That it would!
No Directions
08-14-2013, 05:41
Great pics. Thanks for sharing.
hikerboy57
08-14-2013, 06:53
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/2/8/4/8/1/dsc00586_original.jpg
rocketsocks
08-14-2013, 07:01
23407...what in blazes
coach lou
08-14-2013, 08:25
23408 South side of Greylock
Drybones
08-14-2013, 08:32
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coach lou
08-14-2013, 08:53
23408 South side of Greylock
23410 Same trail section. The camera did nothing for this view, it stopped me to gaze .
Love this thread. Great shots.
Spirit Bear
08-14-2013, 10:43
I took this in the summer of 2012 decending from Blood Mtn in GA. There are tons of blazes on the trail in GA, you just were not looking. https://sphotos-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/425511_4310479642461_1432867373_n.jpg
They aren't white, but I don't see any photos of the bronze AT plaques on the sidewalk through Hot Springs, NC.
Come to think of it, I guess Mrs. Wayne and I are official AT section hikers. We "hiked" the entire section of the AT from The Diner (do not fail to eat at The Diner) to the Hot Springs Resort Store (full of ice cream & candy & cookies) round trip. Twice! And two laps around the entire village of Hot Springs.
No, we didn't take any pictures of the AT markers. Bummer.
Wayne
jfarrell04
08-14-2013, 11:02
23414 In the vicinity of Unaka Mountain.
JustaTouron
08-14-2013, 11:30
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Was that sign for Matt and Jenn?
I tend to be a fan of blazes painted on rocks. There is one on a large boulder on Cove Mt just south of Duncannon. The boulder is on the left side of the trail and the blaze is on the far left side of the boulder. I thought this was strange and someone explained to me that the boulder used to be on the right side of the trail but that the water washed it across the trail. Must have been quite a storm!
Another personal favorite of mine is the first white blaze I see when I feel like I've been walking for a long time without seeing one.
I have a bunch of pictures of white blazes as I'm sure that we all do but my favorite is still the one of my baby girl's first steps on the AT.
http://images3a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp73465%3Enu%3D32%3B7%3E977%3E36%3B%3E WSNRCG%3D36%3C96363%3A3337nu0mrj
Drybones
08-14-2013, 13:01
The best two blazes on the trail have to be the first and the last.
Kerosene
08-14-2013, 13:07
Pictures of blazes from my section hikes over the past decade or so...
1-23415 2-23425 3-23426 4-23431 5-23433 6-23432 7-23427 8-23428 9-23429 10-23430 11-23423 12-23424 13-23416 14-23417 15-23418 16-23419 17-23420 18-23422
1-Just south of Wise Shelter, which is just north of Grayson Highlands in southern Virginia (June 2007)
2-Along the French Broad, just north of Hot Springs and at the base of the climb up to Lover's Leap (October 2009)
3-Max Patch on a lovely day in May (May 2010)
4-The NOBO climb of Goose Eye in Maine (September 2012)
5-The typical rooty trail of Maine (September 2012)
6-Mahoosuc Notch (September 2012)
7-Newbie Sunshine pretending she doesn't know what a double blaze is on her inaugural backpacking trip (May 2010)
8-Between Rock Gap and Winding Stair Gap in North Carolina (May 2010)
9-Mt. Chapman, GSMNP (October 2011)
10-Snowbird Mountain, just north of GSMNP (October 2011)
11-Just north of US-19E in Tennessee (October 2008)
12-Hot Springs (October 2009)
13-Northern woods of Grayson Highlands (June 2007)
14-Footbridge south of Dickey Gap, southwestern Virginia (June 2007)
15-Just north of Roanoke (October 2003)
16-Final ascent of Dragon's Tooth near Catawba, Virginia (October 2003)
17-Ascending NOBO from Indian Grave Gap, Georgia (April 2004)
18-Quartz-topped cairn between Mt. Washington and Mt. Adams, New Hampshire (September 2006)
19 (below)-Webster Cliffs, north of Crawford Notch, White Mountains, New Hampshire (September 2006)
coach lou
08-14-2013, 13:14
Kerosene.....I like that game. But you labeled all those pics and we can see them!:D
hikerboy57
08-14-2013, 13:16
Guess the location! I'll update periodically with correct answers...
1-23415 2-23425 3-23426 4-23431 5-23433 6-23432 7-23427 8-23428 9-23429 10-23430 11-23423 12-23424 13-23416 14-23417 15-23418 16-23419 17-23420 18-23422
um is it goose eye?
coach lou
08-14-2013, 17:02
23410 Same trail section. The camera did nothing for this view, it stopped me to gaze .
Opps, one more of my favorite Blaze23434........:sun
No Directions
08-14-2013, 17:48
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Hump Mountain in the Roan Highlands.
#12 sure looks like Hot Springs, NC. Our first ever section hike of the AT.
Wayne
#12 sure looks like Hot Springs, NC. Our first ever section hike of the AT.
Wayne
I called it right before I knew that it was named.
Wayne
Kerosene
08-14-2013, 18:44
Kerosene.....I like that game. But you labeled all those pics and we can see them!:DArrgh! I forgot about that. I'll modify my post with the descriptions.
#4 is the NOBO climb of Goose Eye.
I loved the AT's only (as far as I know) moving white blaze- painted on the canoe that ferries hikers across the Kennebec River just south of Caratunk, Maine
Odd Man Out
08-15-2013, 22:25
They aren't white, but I don't see any photos of the bronze AT plaques on the sidewalk through Hot Springs, NC.
Come to think of it, I guess Mrs. Wayne and I are official AT section hikers. We "hiked" the entire section of the AT from The Diner (do not fail to eat at The Diner) to the Hot Springs Resort Store (full of ice cream & candy & cookies) round trip. Twice! And two laps around the entire village of Hot Springs.
No, we didn't take any pictures of the AT markers. Bummer.
Wayne
I like it. You should design your own "2000 footer" badges, or create your own "Diner to Resort" trail and call it a thru hike. Better yet, a yo-yo! :) I've not been there, but it looks like you can find the plaques on Google Maps Street View. Is this one?
http://goo.gl/maps/Pq8g9
Different Socks
08-15-2013, 22:58
23464Cut off the top of the tree but this was Beauty Spot.
Different Socks
08-15-2013, 23:02
23465Rain swollen stream!
Feral Bill
08-15-2013, 23:11
23466 Harriman State Park. June, a few years ago. Also the Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, IIRC.
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First is just north of Snickers Gap.
Second is south of Manassas Gap.
Kerosene
08-16-2013, 10:45
Yum!
23462That's not a real Snickers bar!
Seatbelt
08-16-2013, 14:15
Just north of Sam's Gap, Jan 2012
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stillatit
08-16-2013, 14:40
I don't have one to share, but thanks to all for these—entertaining and they call back nice memories.
:clap
somewhere a little south of the TN/VA line, i believe...
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Sailing_Faith
08-16-2013, 17:12
I love to take pictures when I hike. That might be part of the reason I am so slow. Whenever possible I like for my pictures to include a white blaze. What are some of your favorite pictures that include a white blaze or something that identifies the pic as having been taken on the AT? Some of you may recognize the location.
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buzzard rocks?
hikerboy57
08-16-2013, 17:17
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/2/8/4/8/1/dscn0672.jpg
Big Dawg
08-17-2013, 00:29
Just north of Sam's Gap, Jan 2012
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Too cool! Here's a shot near yours, Feb 2006
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My shot seems to be a little farther back. That's Diablo,, w/ snow capped Big Bald in his sights. He decided to leave me in the dust, and completed a thru hike on 07.
No Directions
08-17-2013, 05:49
buzzard rocks?
Very good. You are correct.
Kerosene
08-17-2013, 12:35
Just north of Sam's Gap, Jan 2012
23495Nice picture.
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l623/drkleber/BackPacking40/219.jpg
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l623/drkleber/BackPacking40/033-1.jpg
http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l623/drkleber/Backpacking%205_12/ScoutsBackPacking241.jpg
coach lou
08-19-2013, 11:20
I'm trying................. it's only half the pic......it won't post right!:mad:
Another Kevin
08-20-2013, 00:14
Yes, the trail goes through the hole. What I tell you three times is true!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7255/7881583380_cd18d6bf16.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7881583380/)
IMG_2542 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7881583380/) by ke9tv (http://www.flickr.com/people/ke9tv/), on Flickr
Gratuitously excessive signage.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7881561738_6cf173d928.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7881561738/)
IMG_2558 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7881561738/) by ke9tv (http://www.flickr.com/people/ke9tv/), on Flickr
Train Wreck
08-20-2013, 00:43
Yes, the trail goes through the hole. What I tell you three times is true!
IMG_2542 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7881583380/) by ke9tv (http://www.flickr.com/people/ke9tv/), on Flickr
Gratuitously excessive signage.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7881561738_6cf173d928.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7881561738/)
IMG_2558 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke9tv/7881561738/) by ke9tv (http://www.flickr.com/people/ke9tv/), on Flickr
That signpost should be cited and fined for excessive pohoing ;)
coach lou
08-20-2013, 09:43
I think I got it this time23555
Gray Blazer
08-20-2013, 09:59
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/2/8/4/8/1/dscn0672.jpg
Little Bald Mountain?
The Cleaner
08-20-2013, 10:08
The one's I get to paint...23557
Seatbelt
08-20-2013, 10:19
Too cool! Here's a shot near yours, Feb 2006
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My shot seems to be a little farther back. That's Diablo,, w/ snow capped Big Bald in his sights. He decided to leave me in the dust, and completed a thru hike on 07.
I like your picture! I love hiking in snow--as long as it not too deep.
coach lou
08-20-2013, 12:01
I have seen 3 of these hearts, 1 in New York and 2 in New Jersey. I want to guess it has something to do with local first aid, but I've found no explanation.
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ItsGodsWater
08-20-2013, 12:04
First or last one on Katahdin- http://i.imgur.com/CCFVjGY.jpg
south of bear mtn NY- http://i.imgur.com/IyYgxvd.jpg
NY/NJ- http://i.imgur.com/ZHl3eFw.jpg
Two in Mahoosuc Notch-http://i.imgur.com/EKOPkSF.jpg Makes me hurt just looking at this one.
Southbound after Goose Pond23601
Cosmo
And, North of Rt 20/Mass Pike (old AT Diamond nailed to tree above paint blaze).23602
Cosmo
rusty bumper
08-21-2013, 18:18
Almost half way!23603
Cookerhiker
08-22-2013, 10:12
This one in Vermont - taken last fall.23611
cathyss2000
08-22-2013, 10:54
23612 My family recently sent this pic I think that's a white blaze in the center
illabelle
08-22-2013, 13:28
This one in Vermont - taken last fall.23611
now THAT'S nice!!
Just Bill
08-22-2013, 13:44
23616is this cheating?
BirdBrain
08-22-2013, 13:53
23616is this cheating?
Only in the opinion of self appointed authorities. Cheating is taking steroids to get the most homeruns. Hiking the path you want, the way you want, in the time you want is not cheating.
Oops... Almost forgot the "I'm not overly concerned" smiley face. :)
Just Bill
08-22-2013, 14:14
This seems a bit more in line-23620
BirdBrain
08-22-2013, 14:23
This seems a bit more in line-23620
Ya', that is awesome. Looks like Maine. Where is this?
Just Bill
08-22-2013, 14:34
oooh, ooh- a fun game...
except i'll have to go back to work and won't be able to play. Maybe someone should start a "where's this?" thread.
This is the world famoose Blackrock, mile 878 or so in SNP- heading southbound as you approach.
BirdBrain
08-22-2013, 14:36
oooh, ooh- a fun game...
except i'll have to go back to work and won't be able to play. Maybe someone should start a "where's this?" thread.
This is the world famoose Blackrock, mile 878 or so in SNP- heading southbound as you approach.
Pictures like that may force me out of just hiking Maine. I love rocky terrain. Katahdin is the best.
coach lou
08-22-2013, 14:41
oooh, ooh- a fun game...
except i'll have to go back to work and won't be able to play. Maybe someone should start a "where's this?" thread.
This is the world famoose Blackrock, mile 878 or so in SNP- heading southbound as you approach.
Excellent Idea Bill. This needs a little thought.:-?
My Favorite White blaze is the FIRST and the LAST one's.