linville gorge
Posted on April 10, 2006
Filed Under images, out of town
I’ll share a few pics from a gorgeous spring weekend backpacking Linville Gorge. We went ahead with the planned trip despite a predicted 90% chance of rain, and we really couldn’t have asked for better weather. Other than a brief (but intense) thunderstorm at 4AM Friday night and some drizzle on Saturday, the rain held off. The cold front that pushed the rain on by brought some colder temperatures for Saturday night and Sunday.
Hawksbill, as seen from Babel Towers.
Classic Linville Gorge — the boulders below are bigger than Chevy Tahoes. And cooler too.
In 2000, Linville Gorge suffered a pretty extensive forest fire, the remainder of which is still obvious. Much of the steepest parts of the western rim were affected. Approximately 5,500 (of the Gorge’s total 12,000) acres burned. The fire cleared out both the underbrush and many of the taller trees. As the affected plants’ and trees’ root systems died and loosened the soil, there’s also been a lot of erosion.
By Sunday morning, nothing but clear blue skies.
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