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| Tracy | 20th state highpoint  Date Climbed: Jun 7, 2008 | |
| Beautiful warm day. Hiked up the Appalachian trail and back from Elk Garden Trailhead. Several people on the trail but I had the top to myself. 3.5 hours round trip. Special thanks to the local guys I met on the way out that gave me good directions on how to avoid the traffic on the way to Clingmans Dome, my next highpoint later this day. | |
| Posted Jun 7, 2008 11:20 pm | ||
| Zac Finley | Elk Gardern Date Climbed: Mar 25, 2008 | |
| Climbed up from the Elk Garden Trailhead. Nice hike and way to start my HP road trip in the Appalachians. A slight dusting of snow on the summit and its surrounding area this time of year. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2008 2:20 pm | ||
| Sam Page | Been there | |
| I climbed this in spring 1999 (I think). I have only the haziest recollection of it. | |
| Posted Apr 21, 2008 9:35 pm | ||
| ajp113 | bouldering Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2007 | |
| ive hiked nearly every trail in the mount rogers area, but i would like to comment on the bouldering potential it has. nearly every peak houses loads of boulders and ive established many probems from v-0 to v-6 grades. even on the road leading up to the park and at the visiters center have amazing areas with untold potential. ill be posting more about the climbing here as i climb and complete more projects. | ||
| Posted Feb 26, 2008 6:39 am | ||
| jimegan | MT ROGERS Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2007 | |
| RHODODENDRON/APPALACHIAN TRAILS FROM GRAYSON STATE PARK ON A RAINY DAY. HAD THE PLACE TO MYSELF! | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2008 12:04 pm | ||
| wildfam | Ponies and Boulders Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2007 | |
| Hiked up from Grayson Highlands SP - took us over 6 hours. Loved the "wild" ponies and side detoured to scramble on many boulders. Clear day with great views. A really fun highpoint - glad there isn't a road to the top. | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2008 9:57 am | ||
| chobbs | Cold! | |
| We camped in a car campsite the first night as we got there late, and woke up snowed in our tents. That wasn't exactly what we were expecting in southern VA. The sky cleared up though, and it was beautiful hiking through the snow covered highlands. Some windier areas lacked snow cover, and the ground was frozen. The thermometer stayed below 25 F. I went again in the summertime, and it was hot! Saw some wild ponies on that trip as well. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2007 3:44 am | ||
| Six2 | Beautiful, both times Date Climbed: May 9, 2005 | |
| I hiked up (packless, being lazy) while doing a section from Trail Days. Amazing how it's an island of cool pine forest surrounded by high open country. Did the hike again in August 2006 with my wife. This time I noticed the USGS summit marker atop a rock. | |
| Posted Nov 28, 2007 12:45 am | ||
| eric-griz | Same story as below Date Climbed: May 3, 2000 | |
| Side trip during AT thru-hike. Ponies! | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2007 9:46 pm | ||
| buzzdainer | Appalachian Trail Date Climbed: Apr 18, 1995 | |
| Made the short side hike off the Appalachian Trail during my thru-hike. Very nice. | ||
| Posted Oct 14, 2007 10:50 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Ponies, Yippee! Date Climbed: May 24, 2003 | |
| We hiked in along the AT and saw quite a few ponies. The summit is uneventful, but the AT shelter was nice along with some very nice views. One of my favorite eastern highpoints! | ||
| Posted Sep 27, 2007 12:22 am | ||
| SteveinFXBG | Perfect Day Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007 | |
| I went with some friends to camp near Thomas Knob. Leaving from Elk Garden later in the afternoon, we hit the summit on the way up. The skies were perfectly clear with views stretching for miles. Once the skies grew dark we watched satellites and meteors from our sleeping bags (we didn't bring any tents). The temperatures got into the lower 30s according to our thermometers. We couldn't have asked for a better day. | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2007 10:25 pm | ||
| tioga | Fun Climb Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2005 | |
| Did it with a couple of friends. Saw ponies on the way up and on the way down. No view from the actual summit, which lies less than a mile from the AT. | |
| Posted Sep 15, 2007 11:05 pm | ||
| lasvegaswraith | Happy Thanksgiving Date Climbed: Nov 27, 1998 | |
| Just getting around to siging my logs. Memorable trip and my first state HP. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2007 7:48 pm | ||
| StarMan | Good trail | |
| Hiked October, 04 and November, 07 from Massey Gap | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2007 8:01 pm | ||
| Stauffer | VA High Point Date Climbed: Oct 20, 1993 | |
| One of the best fall color hikes I've ever done. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2007 6:40 pm | ||
| atavist | snow camping Date Climbed: Oct 28, 1999 | |
| This was my first experience of snow camping. We got hit by an unexpected storm and ended up walking around the Grayson Highlands through 6 inches of snow. A couple years later I returned to Rogers via AT section-hiking all the way from Springer. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2007 8:29 am | ||
| velodurt | Perfect weather/fun summit Date Climbed: May 11, 2007 | |
| Loved this mountain! Beautiful scenery, wild ponies, and a fun scramble up Wilburn Ridge...who could ask for more? We have tons of photos and a complete report of our hike on our website Natural Born Hikers Enjoy. | |
| Posted May 26, 2007 10:56 am | ||
| phillinley | good warmup Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006 | |
| Did this on a south state highpoint tour before heading out west, definately a good warmup hike to stretch those winter legs for the big stuff. | |
| Posted May 10, 2007 2:53 am | ||
| Roam Around | VA Date Climbed: Dec 15, 2000 | |
| Only time I've been on Mt. Rogers with good weather! | ||
| Posted May 1, 2007 3:04 pm | ||
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