Dolly Sods Wilderness backpack
Backpacking through the Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, WV, with Archer and Netta.
Red Creek trail --> Blackbird Knob trail --> Harman trail --> Rocky Ridge trail --> Big Stonecoal trail --> short side-trip onto Rocky Point trail --> Red Creek trail.
~16 miles; 1500 ft elevation gain (2640 ft @ Laneville Cabin trailhead, 4140 ft @ interesection of Harman and Rocky Ridge trails); 29.5 hours (1430 hrs Saturday, 7/11 --> 2000 hrs Sunday, 7/12).
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/dolly_sods_wilderness.htm
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/wilderness_areas.htm
Jul 11, 2009
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