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...]
Hiking Clingmans Dome, TN
The day after our first highpointing experience (Mount Mitchell in North Carolina), we woke up early (6?) to get a head start on the day. If you don't know what highpointing is, here's a great article explaining it. I don't know exactly when we decided to go for it, but I … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Mitchell, NC
This was quite the excursion! We summited the highest point in North Carolina (it's also the highest point east of the Mississippi River)...and we did so in the snow. Thankfully we were prepared... well, mostly :) While I'd love to do a full story on this hike, à la Liz, my … [Read more...]