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Post by tipiwalter on Sept 3, 2015 9:49:39 GMT -8
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Post by quailhiker on Sept 4, 2015 4:33:30 GMT -8
Thanks for the info -- I need to learn more about this area.
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FamilySherpa
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Post by FamilySherpa on Sept 4, 2015 5:10:56 GMT -8
walter, do you still keep up your trail journal? also, is there any sort of clearing, or tent space on top of haw mt? |
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Post by tipiwalter on Sept 5, 2015 6:10:13 GMT -8
walter, do you still keep up your trail journal? also, is there any sort of clearing, or tent space on top of haw mt? Yes, all my trip reports are here on Trail Journals--- www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=18147Just scroll to the relevant date and current trip. This Snowbird trip journal won't be posted until I get it typed up and posted. As far as camping on top of Haw Mt, I've done it twice but it's really overgrown currently and would require some work to make a tent space, unless you head west and northwest to find a nice spot under some small trees.  Here's what Haw Knob looks like in the winter several years ago when the brambles weren't too bad and with plenty of room for a tent.  Here's a pic from 2008 when I set up my Hilleberg Staika in a terrible windstorm atop 5,500 foot Haw Mt. Terrible weather but perfect weather also.  Here's a more recent pic from 2012 and camping on top of Haw Mt. Pull a few briars and you'll have a spot.  Another pic of Haw. If you work your way left and try to get under that big pine tree behind the tent there are some neato cleared spots just off the bald.  When you're coming off the West side of Haw Mt and heading down to Whiggs Meadow there's this level camping spot right off the Haw trail and a good place to camp. My buddy Patman also did the Haw recently and says there's a spring on top on the Northwest side. |
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Post by markweth on Sept 7, 2015 15:22:18 GMT -8
Thanks for posting, I always enjoy reading your trip reports and looking at your pictures. I did a fair amount of backpacking in western North Carolina when I lived in Kentucky and it's always a treat to see some familiar places like the Hangover. Truly beautiful scenery and I wish I could've spent the amount of time in those areas that you do.
Also, I gotta say that you inspired me to carry a small saw and do similar trail work when I encounter blowdowns rather than just getting around them. So thanks for doing that -- I remember hiking North Fork Citico Creek Trail a few years back after you cleared it (a hiker I ran into told me it was you who had done it).
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