tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60971389152903628632011-04-21T11:18:18.777-07:00Kallicrateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353600160951865919noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097138915290362863.post-85307431776099297172008-09-20T11:28:00.000-07:002008-09-20T11:31:54.524-07:00<div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNVBZj8x2bI/AAAAAAAAAjY/y0rYaLw6s0I/s1600-h/snake+mountain+clouds+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248172848172882354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNVBZj8x2bI/AAAAAAAAAjY/y0rYaLw6s0I/s200/snake+mountain+clouds+3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNVBSBLr-jI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/RJXBux5cLb8/s1600-h/snake+mountain+clouds+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248172718581086770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNVBSBLr-jI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/RJXBux5cLb8/s200/snake+mountain+clouds+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>As we snacked on the summit, a line of cumulus clouds rolled in.</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6097138915290362863-8530743177609929717?l=minihikingadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kallicrateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353600160951865919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097138915290362863.post-10451073745528207622008-09-20T11:22:00.000-07:002008-09-20T11:28:14.597-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNVAqC-5aAI/AAAAAAAAAjI/IGRTsoPKDQ8/s1600-h/tor+on+snake+mountain+ridge.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248172031869544450" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNVAqC-5aAI/AAAAAAAAAjI/IGRTsoPKDQ8/s200/tor+on+snake+mountain+ridge.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Snake mountain in a few places has outcroppings resembling glacial tors.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6097138915290362863-1045107374552820762?l=minihikingadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kallicrateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353600160951865919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097138915290362863.post-58424195751208914032008-09-20T11:11:00.000-07:002008-09-20T11:16:39.657-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNU93armncI/AAAAAAAAAi4/EcIvHoOQ9r8/s1600-h/pat+on+snake+mountain+descent.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248168963034488258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNU93armncI/AAAAAAAAAi4/EcIvHoOQ9r8/s200/pat+on+snake+mountain+descent.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Like many summits in the Southern Appalachians, that of Snake Mountain is narrow and oriented ne/sw with the gradual slope facing southeast and an irregular rock cliff facing northwest.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6097138915290362863-5842419575120891403?l=minihikingadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kallicrateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353600160951865919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097138915290362863.post-21896624532456396282008-08-28T19:11:00.000-07:002008-09-23T17:47:58.430-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNmNjJeyYsI/AAAAAAAAAl0/fEfl7lV4GV0/s1600-h/elk+knob+with+road.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249382475657011906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SNmNjJeyYsI/AAAAAAAAAl0/fEfl7lV4GV0/s200/elk+knob+with+road.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div>Elk Mountain lies east of Snake Mountain. A careful look will reveal the hiking trail leading from the parking lot to the summit that resembles a power line cut. Elk mountain is a newly established state park.</div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6097138915290362863-2189662453245639628?l=minihikingadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kallicrateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353600160951865919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097138915290362863.post-77168308771561864482008-08-21T06:00:00.001-07:002008-08-21T14:40:56.566-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SK3gmRgtqOI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/J9KVBiK0XVs/s1600-h/small+pat+on+summit+portrait+orientation.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237088889842018530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SK3gmRgtqOI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/J9KVBiK0XVs/s200/small+pat+on+summit+portrait+orientation.jpg" border="0" /></a> Patrick on south summit of Snake Mountain<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6097138915290362863-7716830877156186448?l=minihikingadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kallicrateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353600160951865919noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6097138915290362863.post-48229236465452309432008-08-20T19:44:00.000-07:002008-08-20T19:59:56.021-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SKzaHdmvj2I/AAAAAAAAAfw/i1a1laOGAHI/s1600-h/clouds+at+rich+mountain+gap.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236800288466112354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Hmn871uZI-E/SKzaHdmvj2I/AAAAAAAAAfw/i1a1laOGAHI/s200/clouds+at+rich+mountain+gap.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div>On August 16, my son and I went on circuit hike of Snake Mountain to the north of Boone, North Carolina. I noticed few pictures of the area posted, so I thought I'd put a few on a site. It was a fantastic day with brilliant clouds and a slight haze. As a result the pictures we took amazed my relatives.<br /></div><br /><br /><div>The hike began at Rich Mountain Gap between Snake Mountain and Rich Mountain [The Tater Hill is on the southern part of Rich Mountain].</div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6097138915290362863-4822923646545230943?l=minihikingadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kallicrateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02353600160951865919noreply@blogger.com0