Shenandoah National Park > Old Rag Mountain > Climber's LogOld Rag Mountain Climber's Log
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| rasgoat | Nice  | |
| Interesting trail, lots of fun! one easy third class move on the ridge at best. | |
| Posted Feb 1, 2012 5:30 pm | ||
| indianabob | Thanksgiving Weekend Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2011 | |
| Fun hike/climb. We did this as part of a four day backpacking trip and hit the trail early from camp to beat the crowds. Incredible weather for late November. We had a blast. | |
| Posted Nov 29, 2011 10:12 am | ||
| Judd97 | Veteran's Day Weekend Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2011 | |
| Went up today, the Saturday after Veteran's Day; a long weekend with 60 degree weather. Sounds like a recipe for a circus, but it wasn't too bad since we went up the night before and camped out at the base. Left for the peak around 6 am, saw a handful of people along the way but had the summit to ourselves for about 30 minutes. Great weather; all the snow melted off with the exceptions of a few pockets deep in cracks where the sun can't reach. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2011 10:10 pm | ||
| Provotrout | Fun Climb Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2011 | |
| Went up ridgeline scramble, came down saddle trail in back. Snow on the top 2/3rds, very nice but cold and windy. 11/20/2011 11/13/2011 10/30/2011 10/24/2011 10/18/2011 9/30/2005 | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2011 2:27 pm | ||
| hightinerary | X+ Date Climbed: Mar 5, 2011 | |
| I have climbed it at least ten times. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2011 9:08 am | ||
| WildBlue | Favorite place on earth | |
| This was one of the first mountains I ever climbed, if not the first. I was 11 years old, and since then I have probably been up it at least 30 times, during all seasons of the year. Once when I was 14 my friends and I did a winter ascent, off trail, with homemade ice axes! In a lot of ways I grew up on this mountain. | |
| Posted May 5, 2011 10:08 am | ||
| MtMtnHiker | Old Rag | |
| Solo climb that started it all. | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2011 8:46 pm | ||
| Bob Sihler | Intro to a greater world | |
| Been up there many times and in all seasons. Winter is the best because it's less crowded, the air is cleaner, and snow and ice can throw interesting twists into the route. This was my first mountain that required anything more than plain hiking to get to the top. That was in May 1994, I think. It opened my eyes to a bigger and better mountain world. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2011 3:27 pm | ||
| sparkes384 | Moonlight hike Date Climbed: Nov 20, 2010 | |
| Great hike with some great friends. | |
| Posted Nov 25, 2010 11:03 am | ||
| jasano2 | Good Old Rag Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2010 | |
| Finally got to experience 1st hand the ragged one. Definitely worthy of it's title and many repeats to come. There is no shortage of friendly faces that's for sure! | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2010 8:15 am | ||
| 96avs01 | Thoroughly Enjoyed Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2010 | |
| Great dayhike with some remaining fall colors. The summit was packed with a corporate team building party having quite a good time with sandwiches and wine. | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2010 2:38 pm | ||
| ericvandrick | Fall 10 Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2010 | |
| Did this with my dad. It was a fun hike. | ||
| Posted Oct 29, 2010 2:23 pm | ||
| TiogaBradford | Better than DC.... Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010 | |
| A welcome relief to get away from the noise and traffic of DC! To date, this is my favorite peak in the South. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2010 7:14 pm | ||
| mike_lindacher | Old Ragger Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2002 | |
| It's just too hot down south .... | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2010 3:50 pm | ||
| callthedoctor | Westerner on Vacation Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2010 | |
| Wife and I were on vacation from Arizona and staying at Massanutten Resort...we did several waterfall hikes in the Shenandoah NP. Saw this hike online as favored in the area and decided to do it and I'm glad we did. Very nice hike, the class III stuff was a blast...we did the entire loop. Hindsite, I think it would have been better to do Ridge trail to Byrd's Nest then back again...as the fire road back was a bit wide for my liking. Overall a great day, saw a HUGE garter snake. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2010 4:50 pm | ||
| mtsptfam | Awesome Creation Date Climbed: Jun 24, 2010 | |
| I climbed this mt. many times when I was a teen and had moved on to bigger and higher mountains. I decided to revisit Old Rag a few years ago and was reminded of how great some of the climbs are here in the East. I took a few well behaved teens the past two times and enjoyed seeing them soak it up. I only have two issues with this hike. Even if you go at a non busy time you still have to park at the second parking lot now that the upper lot is closed to the public. The second is the new trend for people to hike up the fire road and down the ridge tends to traffic jam things even more in the tight sections since your waiting for people to go up and come down. It is just easier if everyone is going in the same direction. I understand why though and that wont keep me from going back again and again myself in the upcoming years. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2010 12:35 pm | ||
| chilkoot | Great southern hike Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2010 | |
| What a nice hike. Very different from other hikes in the area, I have wanted to do this one for awhile. Took my two kids and they loved all the scrambles, caves, ropes, and boulders. Great views from the top with clear skies. Note that the upper parking area is now permamently closed. | |
| Posted May 8, 2010 2:59 pm | ||
| EastcoastMike | Fun Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2010 | |
| Fun Hike! | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2010 8:16 am | ||
| mackus | Westerner on the Old Rag Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2008 | |
| This was my first mountain East of the Mississippi and it inspired me to venture out and explore new mountains around VA. I have since done it two other times and love it. | |
| Posted Oct 13, 2009 9:56 am | ||
| Epica | My first mountain... I think Date Climbed: Nov 23, 1988 | |
| It was many years ago, but I think this was my first mountain..... I was with 2 or 3 other girls from my Girl Scout troop, and we did it as a 2 day backpack... wish I had some pictures! | |
| Posted Sep 21, 2009 11:09 pm | ||
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