Backbone Mountain Climber's Log

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osatrik

osatrik - Jun 29, 2009 2:42 pm Date Climbed: May 24, 1987

First Ascent??  Sucess!

Well, no!! But evidently the first ascent documented on Summitpost.org! My daughter Vanessa and I hiked to the summit while on our 3-state (PA, MD, WV) highpoint trip in May, 1987. Maryland/Backbone Mountain was our 20th highpoint in first 21 months of our quest which ended in 2009 after I reached my 49 state high points. .

dwhike

dwhike - Jun 25, 2009 11:39 am Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2009

HP #14  Sucess!

Dodged raindrops on the way up but the sun broke at the top rewarding us with beautiful views. The nearby state line monument was an interesting side trip.

bjyoder - May 25, 2009 12:13 am Date Climbed: May 9, 2009

#1!  Sucess!

I got the idea to climb the highest fifty points in the US so I decided to find a list online and lo and behold! Highpointing is a hobby! Sweet. I drug my girlfriend to the top of Backbone days later, and she was making fun of me the whole time until she saw the mailbox with the certificates and logbook inside. Now she's into it too!

LMatallana - Apr 4, 2009 12:23 am Date Climbed: Mar 15, 2009

Amazing Race  Sucess!

Justin Boyle HP #8, Luis Matallana HP #9
5 of 6 HPs for the weekend.
It is easier finding the trailhead (on the left) while traveling southbound on US 219. We missed it going northbound and had to turn around.

Outdooraholic

Outdooraholic - Dec 1, 2008 9:46 pm Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2008

Highpoint #4  Sucess!

Found the trailhead on the side of 219 past the little church. Started out following the red blaze markings on the trees which mark the National forest boundary, Luckily ended up on the right trail, the red 'HP' markers. About a foot of snow on the ground but a great hike! Backbone was my 2nd of 3 highpoints for the day.

Avenger2354

Avenger2354 - Oct 21, 2008 9:00 pm

HP #1

After spending a few weekends at Deep Creek Lake, I started looking for some new places to hike and stumbled across a webpage about highpointing. It peaked my interest and the rest is history. Backbone Mountain was my first highpoint. My 7 year old daugther also made this summit with me.

BCJ

BCJ - Aug 30, 2008 8:13 pm Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2007

Lots of deer  Sucess!

Climbed at about 3am and saw dozens of glowing eyes in our headlamps from all the deer. Kind of creepy.

kavak

kavak - Aug 22, 2008 10:11 am Date Climbed: May 14, 1998

From Rte 219  Sucess!

This was part of a trip to climb the state highpoints in the region. I had just finished Spruce Knob in West Virginia and was making my way north. Enjoyed the singing Black-Throated Blue Warblers along the way. I don't seem them in Colorado.

Chinigo

Chinigo - Aug 13, 2008 11:33 am Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2002

HP #5  Sucess!

I (with my wife (Tracy) and son (Alex), then almost 2 yrs old) did this as part of our first family HP trip.

I put Alex in the Kelty kid-carrying backpack and we climbed to the summit. Not much of a view, as I recall, but we met the Elliotts (who maintained the trail) on the way up - nice people.

Redwic

Redwic - Aug 5, 2008 8:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008

Enjoyable Hike  Sucess!

This is a nice hike through beautiful woodland to reach the highpoint. The HP, itself, looks different than the rest of the route, but that's not too surprising because many HPs are like that. This was the second of seven HPs (plus Washington, D.C.) I would reach in two days' time. HP #26 for me.

wildfam

wildfam - Aug 2, 2008 10:01 am Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008

Nice Hike  Sucess!

Up and down in an hour-plus; nice trail. Driving by I almost missed the trailhead, but once located it was easy enough to follow the trail. View from the summit was a bonus. So was a quick stop at the smallest church.

redmond - Jul 13, 2008 7:44 pm Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2008

Slightly lost but succesful  Sucess!

After stopping at the smallest church in the lower 48 states I went right past the trailhead. After a few miles I turned around and found it. Then again I blew right by the trail off the logging road, but realized that pretty quickly and turned around. Finally made the summit, turned around and headed to Spruce Knob.

2skinners - Jun 3, 2008 5:24 am Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2008

HP # 10 Done almost, then done again  Sucess!

Climbed on May 27th, and mistook the MD/WV border for the actual highpoint. Then got home and realized I actually did not make it to the top. Climbed again with my wife this time and made the extra 200 yards or so to the real highpoint. Beautiful day, relaxing hike. Glad to have it done for real.

WoundedKnee

WoundedKnee - May 27, 2008 12:28 pm Date Climbed: May 26, 2008

Nice hike at dusk  Sucess!

End of a long day. Actually got some decent views up top.

Cascade Scrambler

Cascade Scrambler - May 18, 2008 11:01 am Date Climbed: May 17, 2008

Nice little hike  Sucess!

This was a sweet little hike. Nice scenery. HP #7 for the Mrs, HP #9 for me.

Zac Finley

Zac Finley - Apr 22, 2008 2:28 pm Date Climbed: Mar 26, 2008

#2 on the day  Sucess!

Made the short walk up the summit after driving from West Virginia's HP earlier the same morning. Nice views at the summit with a awesome certificate in the mail too. And the thick wire gate at the trail head was down, so you could drive up the dirt road a ways when i did this.

jimegan

jimegan - Feb 7, 2008 12:46 pm Date Climbed: Nov 13, 2004

BACKBONE MTN  Sucess!

2ND OF 3 ON A DAYTRIP FROM OHIO. JUST A WALK IN THE WOODS. GREAT WIND TURBINES ON RIDGE OF THE HIGHWAY FROM THERE TOWARD SPRUCE KNOB, WV

Mike Swiz

Mike Swiz - Feb 4, 2008 11:58 pm Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2007

nice walk  Sucess!

Did this hike while spending thanksgiving in deep creek with my family.

weeds19

weeds19 - Dec 24, 2007 5:47 pm Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2001

Cold day  Sucess!

I drove over while in DC for work. It's always good to get out of the city.

eric-griz

eric-griz - Nov 9, 2007 8:22 pm Date Climbed: Nov 16, 2001

Mary Land  Sucess!

Earned myself a certificate.

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