Carvers Gap Roan Highlands 2012

[MacEntyre]

Thing1 is sick today... she and I are not going to make it to this hang after all.

Ya'll enjoy!

- MacEntyre

[wisenber]

I plan to be at the parking area at Carver's Gap right around noon Fri hopefully. Is that where everyone else is planning to park? And what about return trip Sunday?

If we can get organized enough and find out how many are going, it would be nice to have a couple of cars at Carver's gap and a couple at the Hampton Creek trailhead.

[Ice]

Now there is snow in the forecast!

Definitely need a head count. I can have a suburban delivered to the end of the trail over the weekend.

[wisenber]

Thing1 is sick today... she and I are not going to make it to this hang after all.

Ya'll enjoy!

- MacEntyre

Sure sure. I bet it's just not going to be cold enough for you!

[wisenber]

Now there is snow in the forecast!

Definitely need a head count. I can have a suburban delivered to the end of the trail over the weekend.

And the low for in town dropped from 25 to 19. That spells single digits up high.

[Ice]

And the low for in town dropped from 25 to 19. That spells single digits up high.

Note to self: Bring booties. :-)

This is going to be fun.

[wisenber]

Note to self: Bring booties. :-)

This is going to be fun.

High single digits is just cold enough to be annoying! If it above 10, I can get by with just my peapod and my 1/4" pad. Below that, I need to think about an extra layer underneath.
I wish I knew what altitude that intellicast is for. RHK is above 6k, and Overmountain is at 4550. If we are staying at Overmountain Saturday, we'll probably be closer to 10 than 0.
That drop in temperature also means a bump up in pack weight/size.

[MedicineMan]

Can we hitch a ride from the parking area near Overmountain back to Carvers from anyone? If so looks like a night hike in for us to RHK. Single digits you say. Finally some winter on the palate.

[wisenber]

Can we hitch a ride from the parking area near Overmountain back to Carvers from anyone? If so looks like a night hike in for us to RHK. Single digits you say. Finally some winter on the palate.

I think we were looking at leaving a vehicle at the Hampton Creek trailhead so that we can do the 3.6 mile hike out Sunday via the Overmountain Trail.
If you're heading out that way, we're trying to work out the logistics now.

[MedicineMan]

Since we're stuck looking at a LATE friday arrival we will hike in any direction out to a car that can get us back to Carvers And of course we will offer up gas money.