Attic Window Grandfather Mountain

We had a really great time and recommend this park to anyone who wants to visit a jungle gym for.

Attic window grandfather mountain.

Grandfather mountain s summer guided hike series continues july 13 with grandfather s attic hike. Grandfather trail at grandfather mountain state park north carolina. 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. The trail drops precipitously down this cleft via class 2 3 scrambling.

It s difficult to determine the precise time it will take to arrive at each summit due to splitting into two groups. You will be looking at a giant cleft in the mountain which gives attic window peak its name. 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 3 7 to calloway 1 1 to attic window and a brutal 3 seriously to macrae.

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. Guided hikes at grandfather mountain offer guests the unique opportunity to tackle one of the mountain s famously wondrous hiking trails with an expert. Attic window peak is a highpoint along grandfather mountain in the grandfather mountain private nature reserve. Grandfather mountain attic window via grandfather trail by tom september 4 2010 7 comments.

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. A trip to the attic provides an exciting hike to attic window peak and indian house. On friday afternoon we were able to leave work a few hours early in order to get a quick overnight trip to grandfather mountain. Overview grandfather mountain is comprised of three peaks.

For those going all the way to the swinging bridge it s an additional 2 miles so 12 2 altogether. Attic window grandfather mountain. Strong hikers can do all the trails between. Here are driving directions courtesy of the grandfather mountain webpage.

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. I needed a week to recover from this one.