Mt Belknap 2017

Yesterday, years ago (2017), Brian and I hiked up to the Belknap summit in a cloud bank with high winds and no views – even from the tower. Today was a better story, much better views and foliage was reasonable but not at peak yet. The view from an outlook that we completely missed 3 …

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Blood Mountain

Site of AT6 Texan Plane Crash, this hike required driving on a rough dirt road to get to the ‘trail head’, the dirt road is only passable by 4WD vehicles. Follow the dirt road down a hill and take a right at the gate in front of you follow the road to the next logging …

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Mount Belknap

This was a fairly easy hike on a damp and foggy day. The fire tower was in a low cloud with a brisk breeze. Thanks to another hiker we were able to find the trail entrance near the summit to descend briefly down a very slippery steep slope to see where a piper cub aircraft …

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Mt. Waternomee B18 Bomber Crash Site

Mt Waternomee 2535 ft. This hike was not to the summit of Mt Waternomee but to the crash site of a B18-A Bomber that crashed in 1942 on the side of the mountain. Please note that if you visit this site that it is treated as a memorial with respect to those brave individuals that …

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