tlbj - Great maps and pics. I'm definitely going to do all I can to make it to Dolly Sods this year...what a beautiful place.
tlbj - Great maps and pics. I'm definitely going to do all I can to make it to Dolly Sods this year...what a beautiful place.
Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand - Robert Hunter
Needless to say, I'm in. I spent a week at Dolly Sods last July, and it was sunny for the first six days. On the seventh day ... ... I was inspired to design a better method of using a poncho as a pack cover.
There are three or four ways to get to the Forks area of Red Creek, including Happy Camper's suggested route from the campground via the Blackbird Knob Trail (nice!). If we have a large number of participants, we might divide up and use different routes to converge on the Forks for a group hang.
What are the bugs like in mid-summer? I've only gone to DS in the late spring and early fall. We've never had an issue with bugs.
Yellow Jacket
My one time in late Aug (nice warm night) no bugs. I think they all drowned on my July trip with the 4 days of rain.
Exercise, eat right, die anyway -- Country Roads bumper sticker
Fall seven times, standup eight. -- Japanese Proverb
sounds nice but to far away
'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.” ― Mark Twain
Who cares about showers, gourmet food, using flush toilets. Just keep on walking and being away from it all.
There are times that the only way you can do something is to do it alone.
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
Man, I'm so there! I did my first BP to Dolly Sods last August, and it was stunning! I'm also going up to the Cranberry this May. Here's a link to the hike we did up at the Sods. http://www.midatlantichikes.com/id116.html
I may try to do a hike up there this spring, and I'll keep an eye out for good campsites.
Acer
It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
Formerly known as Acercanto, my trail name is MacGuyver to some, and Pucker Factor to others.
It's not procrastinating, its proactively delaying the implementation of the energy-intensive phase of the project until the enthusiasm factor is at its maximum effectiveness. - Randy Glasbergen
I'd love to go, depending on the dates. July & Aug. are
not good for me. Bummer
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