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| Wiktoria Plawska | Many times...  | |
| I hiked this mountain tens of times, after my family and me go skiing in WinterGreen, we hike it up to view the sunset. It is very fun and short. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2009 10:13 am | ||
| Outdooraholic | When I was younger | |
| I have hiked Humpback twice. The first time was probably back in the mid-to-late 90's and again in the early 00's. I remember its beautiful and I wish I had taken advantage of more that Virginia has to offer before moving out west. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2008 1:14 pm | ||
| Jim Carr | Perennially Fun | |
| For a while I was going up to Humpback every week. In college, my friends and I soloed up the face of the rocks (looking back, not the smartest thing to do.) | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2007 6:54 pm | ||
| socialhiphop | Great climb with a friend Date Climbed: Jan 6, 2007 | |
| This climb was GREAT, though it winded me. Not so my companion, who's hiked in China; she never sat down until the summit. Beautiful view (and not just of my companion). Does anyone clean the leaves from the trail? They made it a bit slippy. | ||
| Posted Jan 9, 2007 7:12 pm | ||
| rickford | a bit too crowded... Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2005 | |
| Decent Views, but way too many people! | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2006 12:03 am | ||
| hgrapid | Change in trail Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006 | |
| This trail is really interesting. It goes from wide and straight-forward to rustic and winding. Some tourist-hikers actually gave up and turned back. We continued on the trail confused, but shortly found we were going the right way all along. I guess they felt the trail should have an escalator or something. The view is tremendous! | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2006 2:22 pm | ||
| CRiedel2 | 2 Routes to Humpback Rocks Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2006 | |
| Kim and I hiked Humpback Rocks on a beautiful spring day today. The weather forecasts were conflicting, sun or rain? So, we decided to go ahead. It turned out to be a great day except a little rain on our return trip. It is true, the hike from the parking area is indeed steep, but the trail is very well maintained. There are great views from the rocks and room to play around up there. Soon after we got there it seemed everyone else started showing up, but still plenty of room for all and everyone was having a great time. I'd like to add that there is a less steep route if you start at the Humpback Rocks Picnic area, which is 2.8 miles long. The picnic area is at about mile 8.5 along the Blue Ridge Parkway. We started at the Visitor Center, through the parking area and up. Then we returned via the trail back to the picnic area and hiked the BRP back to the Visitor Center. It was a great round-trip with amazing views. Highly recommended if you're in the area! | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2006 12:24 am | ||
| Scrambling Man | A Nice Stroll Along the AT | |
| Hiked in from the Gap with my wife in summer of 2003. Nice hike along the AT and back. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2006 4:39 pm | ||
| SteveinFXBG | Route Climbed: Humpback Rocks Trail from Humpback Gap Parking Area Date Climbed: August 14, 2004 | |
| I somehow managed to find a day without humidity in August. Views were the clearest I've seen in the summer in VIrginia. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2005 11:24 pm | ||
| SCCupsa | Route Climbed: Across AT from Picnic area and up from visitors center Date Climbed: Daily from July 7, 2005 to August 10, 2005 | |
| I worked on this trail. I made the beautiful stone staircase very near the top of the trail. As I worked I noticed people came in very bad hiking attire. People would try to hike in sandals, white sneakers, skirts, and with no water. This hike may be short, but it is very difficult. It rises over 700 feet in .8 miles. It's steep. Please stay on the trail. I worked for five weeks to make that trail beautiful, I implore you not to ruin it by going off the trail. | ||
| Posted Sep 27, 2005 1:41 pm | ||
| pilz8 | Date Climbed: sept. 18 2005 | |
| A very nice late summer peak in the blue ridge. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2005 8:44 pm | ||
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