Saturday morning we were up at the crack of dawn (5am) and packed up and headed to the mountain. The plan was to hike up the mountain then come back down the trail a little bit and take a side trail and hike a second mountain and then return to the bottom.
Brian all bundled up and ready to start the hikeAt the base it was pretty cool and damp. The trail started out fairly easy and only slightly uphill. After about 30 minutes of walking/climbing the trail suddenly got very steep and stayed that way until the top. As we climbed, the landscape began to change. It transformed from a dense forest of hardwoods, to pine and birch trees. The temperature also started to decrease as we increased in elevation!
The start of the hilly climb.
Stopping to take a water break!Before the final climb, which was on steep boulders, we put on our jackets as the temperature had dropped from 70F to 50F and the wind had picked up to almost 40mph. We scaled the top and could barely stand up because of the wind. It was actually pretty scary but the view was amazing!
A final stop to put on warm clothes before hiking to the top. You can see the rocky top in the background.
We climbed up the rocks to the top.
Brian and my Uncle sitting at the top trying to get out of the wind.
Very WINDY!!
The view from the second mountain. The mountain in the background is the one we had just climbed!Total it took us about 5 hours to complete the whole hike with all the stops. We hiked two mountains with a total of 4000+ feet of elevation and a total of 6.2 miles! Sunday I woke up with slightly sore calves and hips.
Monday I went out for a shake out run and felt great! My legs are still a little sore but I am taking it super easy this week in preparation for the half!
Happy Labor Day!!
26 comments:
Beautiful pics! Looks like a challenging, but fun hike!! Makes me miss hiking...
Those views are amazing!
Love the windy pic of you :)) Views are amazing, I'm sure you had a great time!
Awesome, awesome views!! Would be a heck of a trail run!
Wow it looks super windy! Great job on the hike. Looks like a beautiful place!
beautiful! looks like a great time!
Beautiful! Looks like it was worth the climb!
sounds like and looks like So much fun!!!!!
This looks awesome and the pictures are beautiful! I've been very interested in running more trails and hiking.
beautiful! looks like a fun challenge!
That looks fantastic! I love doing exactly that and with views like you had what can be better?
Looks like a wonderful (windy) way to spend Saturday morning. I really enjoyed these pictures! It makes me miss hiking the Whites in NH terribly. Where was this hike? How long did it take to get there?
awesome pictures! that looks like such a fun trip!
That looks amazing! Hiking is starting to become my current obsession :)
What a fun adventure! Looks like some incredible views!
Wow! That sounds so fun! And looks so beautiful! The wind would be scary though. Yikes!
Nice hiking experience, the pictures are full of colorful memories, I like it.
zbsports
What a beautiful hike and a great way to spend Labor Day. I like the picture with your hair blowing in the wind. Very cute.
Looks like a fun hike.
Love the pic of you w/the windy hair!
Awesome photos! I'm glad you had a good time :)
Wow!! Amazing pictures!!
We sent out save the dates bc our wedding is on a friday and the friday of memorial day weekend! I dont think u have to send em out. We did ours for under $100
Nice little hike J!
What a gorgeous trail to hike!
~RR
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