[at-l] heading to the trail

[Ken Bennett]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Frank Looper <nightwalker.at at gmail.com>wrote:

> If you do Mt Rogers, expect ridiculously cold weather. I was up there in
> August one time, and it was 40 degrees colder than down below. In October, I
> felt like I was gonna blow away.



It varies. We did one overnight up at Thomas Knob and it never got below 20
degrees. A beautiful, clear, windless night. But the hike up there from Fox
Creek was in close to whiteout conditions -- blowing snow everywhere. And
Rhododendron Gap was like an ice rink -- the freeze/thaw cycle left it so
slick we couldn't easily cross it.

Another year it was about 5 degrees overnight, but again no wind made it
bearable.
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