fifty state high points

“Oh, DC is to be ignored again? Even though its High point beats out Florida?”

“no summitization without representation”

“Roam, I have the book. It's a small book, but does have some okay info on it.

did you check the website yet?? I have it bookmarked on the other computer. I can check later if you dont have it. It's that mountaineering club that climbs all the sixers here in the south. They give you a patch after you have completed all of them.

They actually had a real good resourse of trails on their site. Dang, I thought I had it bookmarked on this computer too.”

“we shgould start a thread about climbing the southern sixers, the appalachian sixers for that matter, that way Washington gets included.”

“thread started”

“I think I read somewhere that the high point in Florida is a hill somewhere that is all of about 400 feet above sea level. That is the "lowest" high point of the 50 states. The king of the high points is Mt. McKinley in Alaska. At 26-27 thousand feet it creates its own weather. Not sure I want to undertake that trek, but Denali Park is well worth the visit.”

“I have Mount Marcy(NY), 5344ft.
One down, 49 to go.”

“okay, i have asked about the southern sixers and hardly no one answered. Your thread better be just as empty...where is it??
LOL”

“I think I did the high points of Indiana about 43 times a week or so ago.... at least my butt tells me I did. LOL”

“Bagged Spruce Knob, WV this weekend.”

“but did you drive or hike?”

“Hiked.”

“just checkin”

“Of course, the hike was only .5 mile, haha. We did hike to the top of Seneca Rock which was a rough 2 miles.”

“oh, so you hiked from the parking lot to the top of the observation deck?

lol

Seneca Rocks is a neat place.”

“oh, so you hiked from the parking lot to the top of the observation deck?

lol

Seneca Rocks is a neat place. Its on my 'to do' list.”

“lol, yes, I did.


lol, yes, I did.”

“Seneca Rocks is only a few miles from Dolly Sods...depending on the way you take you might pass it on the way in. We should stop there at the end of the month.”

“yeah, i was considering that, I wanna try Spruce Knob while I'm there too but I'll prolly run out of time.”

“Spruce Knob is about a 30 min drive from Seneca...not much to see there. A .5 mile trail to the platform and another .5 mile interpretive trail. It is a pretty cool view. I should get my pictures back next week.

Seneca takes an hour to hike to the top, then about .5 hour of fooling around climbing on the rocks, taking pictures, etc, then .5 hour to walk back down.”

“I was right there, I wish I knew you were gonna be there too. I have a trip report up "Water, Water Everywhere"”

“Really? When were you there? I was at SK yesterday around 2pm. I'll check out your TR.”

“I was actually on SK on Friday afternoon, I had left the area by the time you were there.”

“that is a bummer you guys were so close and didn't meet up.”

“So close, yet so far...”

“I was breaking in two Ohio chicks to Hiking...they were soooo whiney!”

“One of them stayed in the car and wouldn't hike to SK!”

“I did rock climbing at Seneca Rocks. Its a beautiful view. We ate lunch that day on the top....nice view.”

“climbed Mt. Mitchell this weekend the hard way. Up from Bolens Creek.”

“yup, now I have:

TN
VA
MD
NC

need to get another one this coming weekend.

Any ideas anyone?”

“Brasstown Bald (GA) isn't too far from you/ I hear that is a pretty neat area. You can potentially drive up too, but to hike makes it more rewarding.”

“South Carolina is close to you as well. While it's a drive up there's also a trail that crosses it. I have the info at home but don't remember the trail name. Gemini/Carolina Hikers can probably assist on a good hike to tie into Sassafras Mountain. Cool name, huh!? It's south of Brevard, NC for reference.”

“LOL I just looked up Brasstown Bald on topozone.

Need to work out a Friday arrival, Summit on Sat or Sun. It'd be cool to summit on Sunday and pick up a car that was left there to shuttle with.”

“Just climbed to our third-story apartment in Fredericksburgs, Va. - Elevation: 297'. Is that the high spot for the state?”

“Here is an opportunity to hit New York for anyone interested...”

“Clingmans Dome, TN
Mt Mitchell, NC
Mt Washington, NH
Spruce Knob, WV”

“Add three from my thru-hike:

ME - Baxter Peak, Katahdin
MA - Mt Greylock
NC - Mt Mitchell
NH - Mt Washington
TN - Clingmans Dome
TX - Guadalupe Peak
OK - Black Mesa
VA - Mt Rogers
WVA - Spruce Knob

Costa Rica - Cerro Chiripo”

“I'll add Borah to my very short list of state high points:

CA - Mt. Whitney
OR - Mt. Hood
WA - Mt. Rainier
ID - Mt. Borah”

“MM- how was rogers? i didnt go all the way to the top”

“I did Rogers a while ago. I didn't bother going to the summit on my thru. Not much to see up there. Just a big rock, a sign, and alot of trees. No view.”

“If you haven't done Mt. Sunflower, you haven't lived.”

“Mt. Sunflower's knife edge is deadly.”

“You got that right, EarthNsky! Did you climb without oxygen?”

“You almost need scuba gear for Britton Hill.”

“I didn't climb it yet, but when I finally do, I am going to do it without..... trekking poles!!!”

“How can a state high point be called Mt. Sunflower? Whats next, Mt. Butterfly? Couch potato summit?”

“Lakewoood, FL”

“Here is info on Mt. Sunflower. It is the supreme summit of Kansas.

http://americasroof.com/ks.shtml be careful, one false click of the mouse can ...”

“I think the high point of Delaware is the landfill along I-95.”