Sassafras Mountain Climber's Log
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| Zac Finley | Just to check it off the list  Date Climbed: Jan 21, 2007 | |
| Was on my way to Pisgah National Forest to bag some peaks there, and decided to take the side trip up to South Carolina's highest point. Drove all the way up to the summit. Not very impressive. Views were blocked by overgrowth. No sign of a survey marker or anything at the summit giving the mountain any recognition. Best part was watching shades of pink cut through the clouds to the east as the sun rose over the horizon at 7:02 am. | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2007 11:24 pm | ||
| surgent | Just there to get it. | |
| Part of a week-long Southeast HP trip. | |
| Posted Oct 19, 2006 8:08 pm | ||
| Cortez | Sassafras via Foothills Trail Date Climbed: Sep 29, 2006 | |
| We climbed Sassafras on a gorgeous early fall day on our way back to Knoxville from the Auburn vs. South Carolina football game in Columbia. I was not impressed with the summit itself but he trail to the top & the views of the surrounding area are well worth the visit! | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2006 5:52 pm | ||
| zodis | Fourth High Point in 3 Days Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2006 | |
| A pleasant drive through the woods. Just came from Georgia, next to North Carolina. Just did KY, TN, GA. | |
| Posted Aug 19, 2006 5:47 pm | ||
| osatrik | Family Highpoints Trip Date Climbed: Aug 24, 1987 | |
| In 1987 our family did a highpoints driving trip and hit Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Kentucky's high points. Sassafras was number 24 of my 49 state high points, and number 23 for Vanessa. It was number 10 for Hillary and Holly. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2006 5:51 am | ||
| royswkr | Walk gated road from Foothills Trail parking Date Climbed: Apr 6, 1991 | |
| Fire tower gone even footings, someone has also swiped survey marker shown in Zumwalt book | ||
| Posted Aug 8, 2006 10:44 pm | ||
| NavySeabee | Route Climbed: Summit Road Date Climbed: Dec 3, 2005 | |
| Should write a Trip Report for this escapade, but won't. Was supposed to be part of a NC, SC, GA trifecta from VA Beach. Unfortunately, got denied by road closures on Blue Ridge Parkway and the Brasstown Bald summit road. So I logged 1150 miles to bag Sassafras Mountain. Yeah...I'm a sick puppy. Nice road trip if you leave out the freezing rain part. Oh BTW, HP #8. | |
| Posted Jul 21, 2006 10:56 pm | ||
| mlandau3 | Beautiful Flowers Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2006 | |
| From Chimneytop Gap. The trail was lined with wild irises, violets (violet, yellow and white), and trilliums. Where the trail turns on to an old logging road, the pink ladies slippers were not quite in bloom yet. A beautiful walk! | |
| Posted Apr 30, 2006 6:28 pm | ||
| Holsti97 | Sassafras Mountain Date Climbed: Apr 10, 2006 | |
| Drove to Sassafras from Blairsville, GA on the very scenic Hwy. 64 in North Carolina. Very curvy road along a lovely trout stream with many waterfalls. Drove to parking lot of Sassafras below summit since we missed the Foothills Trail trailhead. Saw a pileated woodpecker. Hiked a short distance to register box. Found Foothills Trail on the way down and hiked on it for a mile or two. Lovely spring day. HP #8. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2006 10:13 am | ||
| mattdalman | Route Climbed: Summit Road Date Climbed: Apr 13, 2006 | |
| This was the third state highpoint for the day(TN,GA,SC). We got to the summit when it was getting dark. We couldn't see much of the views. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2006 1:14 am | ||
| gwave47 | Route Climbed: 4.7 mile trail from Highway 178 at Eastatoe River Date Climbed: Feb 20, 2006 | |
| Climbed late one afternoon by myself. It was an overcast kind of day therefore there were only a few good views. It was worth the trip and I bagged only my second highpoint. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2006 1:28 pm | ||
| Joseph Claghorn | Route Climbed: Foothills Trail from Chimneytop Gap Date Climbed: May 2005 | |
| The view from the summit itself isn't the greatest, but there's a lot of good hiking nearby. Get some maps of the Foothills trail and plan a route up the mountain based on your available time. | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2006 6:00 pm | ||
| koz | Route Climbed: Standard (road) Date Climbed: September 16, 2003 | |
| Highpoint #22. Got here around 2 or 3 a.m. as the second stop in our attempt to do GA-SC-NC-TN-VA-KY in 24 hours. Walked around a little, since it seems there was higher ground behind the marker. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2006 12:23 am | ||
| TLP | Route Climbed: Summit Road Date Climbed: October 21, 2005 | |
| There was cones blocking the road, but some people around said it was okay to go through anyway. There's like nothing to see. Nothing! Plus SC drivers are slow pokes. Oh well, still it's another HP to add to the collection. | |
| Posted Oct 24, 2005 12:31 am | ||
| chmoore577 | Route Climbed: road Date Climbed: July 23, 2002 | |
| Not much here. Not much to see. | |
| Posted Sep 1, 2005 8:17 am | ||
| starship_jen | Date Climbed: August 30, 2003 | |
| Short hike to the top. No view, but it's still the HP of SC. : ) | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2005 11:50 pm | ||
| txmountaineer | Route Climbed: Foothills Trail from Chimneytop Gap Date Climbed: 14 March 2005 | |
| Nice 5-mile hike through the fog. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2005 10:47 am | ||
| Steve Gruhn | Date Climbed: November 4, 2001 | |
| Short walk from parking lot. | ||
| Posted Jan 30, 2005 5:35 pm | ||
| kdonaldson | Route Climbed: From the parking lot Date Climbed: Sept 6, 2003 | |
| The hardest part about this highpoint is finding the road to get up to it. Once I got to the top I wasn't even sure that I was in the correct spot until I found the survey marker. I was expecting some sort of sign saying that I was at the highest point in SC... With trees obscuring the view - not much in the way to look at either... | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2004 7:25 pm | ||
| hgrapid | Route Climbed: Road 199 Date Climbed: 1/5/2002 | |
| Due to ice, my friend and I had to hike up most of the road to South Carolina's highest point. We walked to the side a little bit and saw some decent view of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains through the trees. The summit is well marked. | |
| Posted Feb 27, 2004 3:54 pm | ||
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