Ok, just to be clear here, I am talking about a mountain that's not covered with snow. It doesn't have to be very high. Also, every time I've been, we have stuck to the trail so. Be my guest if you want to go and find a uncharted way up some unknown mountain by yourself at midnight, but I think I'll just stick to the ones with bunny trails.
Again this is one of the fun activities me and my cousins do on our family vacations in North Carolina. The mountain we climb is Lookout Mountain, in Montreat, N.C. It's always fun! They have a bunny trail which can get kind of boring in the day and then Suicide Trail (which is now deemed illegal) which is a big thrill all in itself to climb in the daylight. I don't even want to try to attempt climbing it without any light.
Anyways, in the daytime, it's takes a good hour to hike up to the peak of the mountain. Usually we bring one or two flashlights in case of any emergencies. Once we get to the beginning of the trail though all lights are turned off and we wait awhile for our eyes to adjust. We hike up the dirt trail avoiding all the tree roots, rocks, and logs (which are used to make a sort of stairway at points along the trail) which are scatter around everywhere. Going up can get a little boring, so in order to add some spice to the trip, we always try and run back down the same trail, still without any flashlights. This is always my favorite part.
I give this activity a rank of 6 . It's not extreme and out there but I can be pretty scary being in the mountains when it's pitch black, running down the trail. Agree, disagree, or Questions? Leave me a comment.
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And as far as your post goes. This sounds like a fun thing to do. Thanks for the insight. Great post!
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