eevy24012
Sharp Top
Moved this up front since it's supposed to be 100 (again) in Roanoke today...with a lovely air pollution toxin warning thrown in just to make things even more enjoyable!
I do like winter when it snows...but I only like snow when it is pristine and still clinging to everything like in this scene. That usually doesn't last long, for after the storm the wind usually picks up and blows it into an ugly mess. Here I'm hiking up Sharp Top after the season's third heavy snow. Over a foot of new snow on top of an older deep snow. It's well past my knees here, and even deeper in some places. This hike is over a mile with a 1500 ft elevation change, it's considered "strenuous" under the best circumstances, and as steep a hike as I know anywhere. I wasn't wearing snow shoes and don't even have any, who would ever need them in VA? I opted to skip the trail or road and just walk straight up the mountain to avoid any additional effort of distance. It was the most strenuous hiking I've ever done, much worse than carrying a heavy pack. I can normally hike to the top in a 1/2 hour or so, this time was almost 2 hours it seemed. Halfway up I considered turning back, but forced myself to keep going. One of those times I call a "heart-check" experience, gonna find out if it's still working well!
Sharp Top
Moved this up front since it's supposed to be 100 (again) in Roanoke today...with a lovely air pollution toxin warning thrown in just to make things even more enjoyable!
I do like winter when it snows...but I only like snow when it is pristine and still clinging to everything like in this scene. That usually doesn't last long, for after the storm the wind usually picks up and blows it into an ugly mess. Here I'm hiking up Sharp Top after the season's third heavy snow. Over a foot of new snow on top of an older deep snow. It's well past my knees here, and even deeper in some places. This hike is over a mile with a 1500 ft elevation change, it's considered "strenuous" under the best circumstances, and as steep a hike as I know anywhere. I wasn't wearing snow shoes and don't even have any, who would ever need them in VA? I opted to skip the trail or road and just walk straight up the mountain to avoid any additional effort of distance. It was the most strenuous hiking I've ever done, much worse than carrying a heavy pack. I can normally hike to the top in a 1/2 hour or so, this time was almost 2 hours it seemed. Halfway up I considered turning back, but forced myself to keep going. One of those times I call a "heart-check" experience, gonna find out if it's still working well!