Attic Window Grandfather Mountain

It s difficult to determine the precise time it will take to arrive at each summit due to splitting into two groups.

Attic window grandfather mountain.

Grandfather mountain s summer guided hike series continues july 13 with grandfather s attic hike. A trip to the attic provides an exciting hike to attic window peak and indian house. Find available dates and book online with reserveamerica. For those going all the way to the swinging bridge it s an additional 2 miles so 12 2 altogether.

Grandfather mountain attic window via grandfather trail by tom september 4 2010 7 comments. Then of course we have to head back. The trail drops precipitously down this cleft via class 2 3 scrambling. Overview grandfather mountain is comprised of three peaks.

Here are driving directions courtesy of the grandfather mountain webpage. The entrance to grandfather mountain is located on us 221 two miles north of linville north carolina and one mile south of the blue ridge parkway at milepost. Attic window peak is a highpoint along grandfather mountain in the grandfather mountain private nature reserve. View campground details for site.

You will be looking at a giant cleft in the mountain which gives attic window peak its name. The grandfather trail along the summit ridge at grandfather mountain state park is a crazy obstacle course of ladders cable routes and 50 ton boulders. Guided hikes at grandfather mountain offer guests the unique opportunity to tackle one of the mountain s famously wondrous hiking trails with an expert. Posted on september 26 2016 by dormouse under western north carolina.

We had a really great time and recommend this park to anyone who wants to visit a jungle gym for. Beyond attic window peak there is a spur trail to the left to a picnic area while the grandfather trail goes right and seemingly disappears. Attic window grandfather mountain. It s 3 7 to calloway 1 1 to attic window and a brutal 3 seriously to macrae.

On friday afternoon we were able to leave work a few hours early in order to get a quick overnight trip to grandfather mountain. I needed a week to recover from this one. Macrae peak attic window peak and the high point calloway peak hiking to any one of these three peaks would make for a rewarding day on the trail.