Hike: Black Elk Peak, the highest point in South Dakota at 7,244 feet (and our highest peak thus far--beating out Mt Mitchell by 560 feet). This lies in the Black Elk Wilderness, in the Black Hills National Forest. This peak was formerly known as Harney Peak, named for an … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Mansfield, Vermont
Hike: The highest point in Vermont, Mount Mansfield, stands at 4,393 feet, and is part of a ridgeline that resembles an elongated human face--we didn't get to see the face at all, since it was rainy/cloudy. The link shows the "face" about two minutes into the video. We chose … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Marcy, New York
Hike: The highest point in New York state, Mount Marcy is queen of the Adirondack Mountains and High Peaks Wilderness area, looming tall at 5,344 feet. We chose the "path less traveled," the Mount Marcy trail (link is to AllTrails, and isn't the exact route we took, but close), … [Read more...]
Hiking Brasstown Bald, Georgia
Hike: The highest point in Georgia, Brasstown Bald, is reachable by road (unless you go on a day where they randomly close the steep, windy, 3 mile approach road... like we did!). The upper parking lot is just 0.6 miles from the observation tower, on a paved path through the … [Read more...]
Hiking Sassafras Mountain, SC
On Friday, May 22nd, my brother and I bagged our third highpoint en route to our goal of all 50 states, at Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina. We had made plans to do this highpoint (along with Georgia's) at the end of March, or in April, but of course COVID-19 changed … [Read more...]