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Oh Dana, I got to give you Jedi bonus points if you came down that manway from the old Sugarland Mountain trail. Now that's some "UGLY"....esp., wet or snow.
Chimney Tops was the first trail we ever hiked in the park, many years ago. Driving through the park, we decided on a whim to do some hiking. We were young and dumb and thought we could do anything, so after we read the sign for the trail we thought…
ohhh... a brand new sign! which is quite hilarious too: "The area beyond this sign closed" .... but go ahead and climb... at your own risk.
there's a sign where "the wall" starts saying that so many folks have been killed here.... and then there's a new fence blocking the trail that leads around the right side of the wall.
also, there used to be a trail coming up the other side of the…
when you arrive at the rocks, there is a trail that goes around the right side - or, i guess you could say that the trail continues to the right of the rocks. There is this sign:
If you decide not to climb the rocks, this is where your walk ends.…
I've never done this hike, but was reading that certain trails to the top was closed. Said they had signs on the trails that were closed, have you seen the signs or know why the trails were closed? It kinda sounded like it was from accidents or dang…
it's a fun hike, isn't it? did you guys see the hole in the chimney? or those funny little brown squirrels and blue-grey birds that hang out up top?
the first time i hiked the chimneys was in March, in the late 90s, and most of the trail from those…
Nice picture. Is that the only one you snapped? Ya'll did the right thing. You are suppose to look big and be loud. It was too dark to get a picture of the huge bear we encountered on GR trail.I believe he was the biggest one I have ever seen in the…
Yeah Adam I wondered the same thing! Jason it looks like you handled it perfectfully. NIce pic by the way.
Black bears are timid creatures with a dual focus: fear and food. All the "drama" surrounding them comes from us humans. Jason, I admire you and your crew for staying put and enjoying a wonderful wildlife moment.
Love it!
oh, ok. I misread you...i apologize. ( :
Oh no Jason, I was just imagining what the bear might have thought, if he or she is able to think....No "poke" at you intended :-)! I'm one of those silly people who think animals can think and act just like us humans...and he didn't know you weren'…
I may be partially blind, but i didn't see the typical Ning video feature here, so i thought i'd post this here:
This was an awesome hike!
Hello Bobbie, was that supposed to be a "poke" at me? ( : I'm not a tourist. Nor did i poke at the bear. This (picture) was the closest we got...we weren't trying to get close. The bear was off the trail a bit and walked up to it while we were going…
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The Chimney Tops ~ Video
I may be partially blind, but i didn't see the typical Ning video feature here, so i thought i'd post this here:
This was an awesome hike! Here's the blog i wrote on our family site. You experts might be able to correct me on the stats. ( :
This past Saturday we finished what has been our toughest hike yet – the trip to Chimney Tops. While the hike is only two miles, 95% of it is uphill. One blogger has said that it is like being on a stairmaster for two to three hours. The… Continue
This was an awesome hike! Here's the blog i wrote on our family site. You experts might be able to correct me on the stats. ( :
This past Saturday we finished what has been our toughest hike yet – the trip to Chimney Tops. While the hike is only two miles, 95% of it is uphill. One blogger has said that it is like being on a stairmaster for two to three hours. The… Continue
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