Attic Window Grandfather Mountain

The trail drops precipitously down this cleft via class 2 3 scrambling.

Attic window grandfather mountain.

For those going all the way to the swinging bridge it s an additional 2 miles so 12 2 altogether. It s 3 7 to calloway 1 1 to attic window and a brutal 3 seriously to macrae. We had a really great time and recommend this park to anyone who wants to visit a jungle gym for. Strong hikers can do all the trails between.

Grandfather mountain attic window via grandfather trail by tom september 4 2010 7 comments. A trip to the attic provides an exciting hike to attic window peak and indian house. 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. It s difficult to determine the precise time it will take to arrive at each summit due to splitting into two groups.

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. View campground details for site. 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. 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.

But with only 1 5 trail miles separating them a traverse of the spine of grandfather mountain on the grandfather trail makes for a wonderful day on this mountain. I needed a week to recover from this one. You will be looking at a giant cleft in the mountain which gives attic window peak its name. Grandfather mountain s summer guided hike series continues july 13 with grandfather s attic hike.

Here are driving directions courtesy of the grandfather mountain webpage. Attic window peak is a highpoint along grandfather mountain in the grandfather mountain private nature reserve. Attic window grandfather mountain. Overview grandfather mountain is comprised of three peaks.

Find available dates and book online with reserveamerica. Posted on september 26 2016 by dormouse under western north carolina. On friday afternoon we were able to leave work a few hours early in order to get a quick overnight trip to grandfather mountain.