Backpacking in Dolly Sods - Sep 3-5
Two good things happened this weekend.
Since it was the Labor Day weekend, we figure it would be crowded everywhere: the New, Seneca, Gunks, Coopers. So Megan and I went on a relaxed backpacking trip in Dolly Sods. We left Saturday morning at a very leisurely hour, dropped by the Seneca Climbing School to pick up Megan's camera, and counted 30(!) climbers on the west face of Seneca via a pair of binoculars. And that was not counting the unknown number of climbers in the trees below, waiting to get on the easier routes. We were glad that we decided to go backpacking.
We met up with Jason, Mindy (Jason's wife), their friend Patrick, Oliver (Jason and Mindy's dog), and Shakespeare (Patrick's dog) at the Seneca Climbing School, and we caravanned to the parking lot for Blackbird Knob Trail. After a short hike in, we decided to set up a basecamp on a little island in Upper Red Creek.
The weather this weekend was the best I've seen when visiting Dolly Sods. It was sunny but cool, the humidity was pretty low, and at night the sky was absolutely clear. I was finally able to leave the fly off my tent for once, without the fear of rain. We had a camp fire on both nights, then sat and watched the stars in the sky. The milky way was visible, we saw lots of airplanes, some satellites, and a few meteors.
Megan and I haven't gone backpacking since the last time we were in Dolly Sods in June, it was nice to come out here again and sleep far away from cars and roads, where the only noise at night is the trickling of water from the creek.
I've made fire!
Photo: Megan Dunn
- We were finally able to pick up Megan's camera from the Seneca Climbing School (she dropped it at Seneca in July).
- The weather was gorgeous. Possibly to make up for the miserable excuse of a weekend we spent at the New.
Since it was the Labor Day weekend, we figure it would be crowded everywhere: the New, Seneca, Gunks, Coopers. So Megan and I went on a relaxed backpacking trip in Dolly Sods. We left Saturday morning at a very leisurely hour, dropped by the Seneca Climbing School to pick up Megan's camera, and counted 30(!) climbers on the west face of Seneca via a pair of binoculars. And that was not counting the unknown number of climbers in the trees below, waiting to get on the easier routes. We were glad that we decided to go backpacking.
We met up with Jason, Mindy (Jason's wife), their friend Patrick, Oliver (Jason and Mindy's dog), and Shakespeare (Patrick's dog) at the Seneca Climbing School, and we caravanned to the parking lot for Blackbird Knob Trail. After a short hike in, we decided to set up a basecamp on a little island in Upper Red Creek.
The weather this weekend was the best I've seen when visiting Dolly Sods. It was sunny but cool, the humidity was pretty low, and at night the sky was absolutely clear. I was finally able to leave the fly off my tent for once, without the fear of rain. We had a camp fire on both nights, then sat and watched the stars in the sky. The milky way was visible, we saw lots of airplanes, some satellites, and a few meteors.
Megan and I haven't gone backpacking since the last time we were in Dolly Sods in June, it was nice to come out here again and sleep far away from cars and roads, where the only noise at night is the trickling of water from the creek.
posted by Boer @ 9/05/2005
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