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At the top of Clinch Mountain near Abingdon VA in the Channels Forest Natural Area Preserve, are the Great Channels. The Channels are a maze of sandstone boulders that geologists believe were formed over 400-million years ago during the ice age. Permafrost and ice wedged and shattered the sandstone cap-rock to form the Channels. The pathways between the boulders in the Great Channels wind and turn and some of the stone forms caves of a sort in some places.
To hike to the Great Channels, take exit 24 west off of I81 in Virginia. Follow route 80 for about 14 miles where you will find a small parking lot on the left and the trail head. (If you start to descend the mountain, turn around you've gone too far.) The trail is about 3 miles each way, begins on an old fire road and is marked with miles-markers about every 1/2 mile. You start at marker 13.5 and count down. Shortly past mile-marker 11 to get to the Channels follow the Great Channels spur trail on the left side (there is a marker sign). Pass the abandoned fire watch tower and follow the arrows to get to the "entrance" to the Great Channels.
Pathway through the great channels formation. At the top of Clinch Mountain near Abingdon VA in the Channels Forest Natural Area Preserve, are the Great Channels. The Channels are a maze of sandstone boulders that geologists believe were formed over 400-million years ago during the ice age. Permafrost and ice wedged and shattered the sandstone cap-rock to form the Channels. The pathways between the boulders in the Great Channels wind and turn and some of the stone forms caves of a sort in some places.
To hike to the Great Channels, take exit 24 west off of I81 in Virginia. Follow route 80 for about 14 miles where you will find a small parking lot on the left and the trail head. (If you start to descend the mountain, turn around you've gone too far.) The trail is about 3 miles each way, begins on an old fire road and is marked with miles-markers about every 1/2 mile. You start at marker 13.5 and count down. Shortly past mile-marker 11 to get to the Channels follow the Great Channels spur trail on the left side (there is a marker sign). Pass the abandoned fire watch tower and follow the arrows to get to the "entrance" to the Great Channels.
The largest space in the interior of the Great Channels. At the top of Clinch Mountain near Abingdon VA in the Channels Forest Natural Area Preserve, are the Great Channels. The Channels are a maze of sandstone boulders that geologists believe were formed over 400-million years ago during the ice age. Permafrost and ice wedged and shattered the sandstone cap-rock to form the Channels. The pathways between the boulders in the Great Channels wind and turn and some of the stone forms caves of a sort in some places.
To hike to the Great Channels, take exit 24 west off of I81 in Virginia. Follow route 80 for about 14 miles where you will find a small parking lot on the left and the trail head. (If you start to descend the mountain, turn around you've gone too far.) The trail is about 3 miles each way, begins on an old fire road and is marked with miles-markers about every 1/2 mile. You start at marker 13.5 and count down. Shortly past mile-marker 11 to get to the Channels follow the Great Channels spur trail on the left side (there is a marker sign). Pass the abandoned fire watch tower and follow the arrows to get to the "entrance" to the Great Channels.
I spent a couple of days in Galveston, TX. with the kids during their spring break. The ocean isn't really blue as seen here, a little bit on the muddy side :).
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We are taking two weeks off for Spring Break over at Fawkesboro. We are on location at the Japanese inspired resort island.
At the top of Clinch Mountain near Abingdon VA in the Channels Forest Natural Area Preserve, are the Great Channels. The Channels are a maze of sandstone boulders that geologists believe were formed over 400-million years ago during the ice age. Permafrost and ice wedged and shattered the sandstone cap-rock to form the Channels. The pathways between the boulders in the Great Channels wind and turn and some of the stone forms caves of a sort in some places.
To hike to the Great Channels, take exit 24 west off of I81 in Virginia. Follow route 80 for about 14 miles where you will find a small parking lot on the left and the trail head. (If you start to descend the mountain, turn around you've gone too far.) The trail is about 3 miles each way, begins on an old fire road and is marked with miles-markers about every 1/2 mile. You start at marker 13.5 and count down. Shortly past mile-marker 11 to get to the Channels follow the Great Channels spur trail on the left side (there is a marker sign). Pass the abandoned fire watch tower and follow the arrows to get to the "entrance" to the Great Channels.