I will be in Arizona that week from the 14th to the 19th.Originally Posted by hikerboy57
arizona has mountains too
Silly Tapatalk app only shows some parts. Virginia might be fun. What mountains are you talking about?
I have to work the whole week. I could try extending my trip and going up to around Flagstaff.
hehhehe you said staff hehehehe
Last edited by hikerboy57; 11-17-2013 at 22:20.
I don't get it?
Bald Knob, Cole Mountain, Mt Pleasant, Pompei, Iron Mountain, Elk Pond Mountain, and a peak near there unnamed on my map. Trail head is 20 minute drive from my door at Long Mountain Wayside where AT crosses highway 60 just east of Buena Vista. Loops of gated fire roads, along with the AT, and 3 Blue Blazed trails would make for a circuit back to the original trailhead with very little backtracking. I've done 90% of it and highly recommend it. Did twelve miles of it in 6+ inches of snow last winter on a day hike. Other than some "snow downs" coming over Bald Knob,(which isn't bald), it was magic.
Last edited by aficion; 11-17-2013 at 21:53.
How many miles. I'm looking for around 75 to 100 miles.
Then you would want to continue north across The Priest, the Tye River, Three Ridges Wilderness, and on up to Rockfish Gap, just blow SNP for around 75 mi. It would also work to start 15 or so miles further south around Punchbowl Shelter, or at highway 501 which is 25 miles south of Long Mountain Wayside, if you really want 100 miles in the snow. How long do you think you will have? Twelve miles in the snow as about like a twenty-two mile day in the dry for me. ( The circuit I originally described would come close to 50 miles ending up at the start.)
Last edited by aficion; 11-17-2013 at 22:07.
7 or 8 days but I'm mileage flexible.
Mileage would really depend on conditions but anything from 10 to 20 miles a day is doable within easy driving distance from here. Really is magnificent up high with the leaves off the trees. Lots of wildlife too.
I cannot stress this enough!
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
That's my brother Keith but that would say Rasty. LOL!
Take him here, aficion!
Lol. That's the Devil's Marbleyard...not The Blue Meanie's.
That's my brother Keith but that would say Rasty. LOL!
Take him here, aficion!
Who's stopping you?
I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
I need to go on a long hike so I can plan my next 1000 White Blaze Posts.
HI Grey Blazer... so good to "see" you, I think.Ur new avatar??
Yes, aficion... Devil's Marbleyard for the Blue Meanie. LOL!! JK...LOL
I need to go on a long hike so I can plan my next long hike.
Luv ya!!!!!!HI Grey Blazer... so good to "see" you, I think.
Yes, aficion... Devil's Marbleyard for the Blue Meanie. LOL!! JK...LOL
I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
Devil's Marbleyard becomes hell in snow. Nothing like a cold day in hell. ('Cept maybe a cold night in a hammock).HI Grey Blazer... so good to "see" you, I think.
Yes, aficion... Devil's Marbleyard for the Blue Meanie. LOL!! JK...LOL
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