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Ascent of Backbone Mountain on 2010-08-08

Climber: Drew Gajan

Date:

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Backbone Mountain

Location:

USA-Maryland

Elevation:

3360 ft / 1024 m

Ascent Trip Report

Most diffocult part of this ascent was finding the trailhead. It is literally 0.5 miles beyond the entrance to the Little Church road. A jeep track heads off the left as Rt. 219 bends right.

Easy to Moderate hike following the jeep track most fo the way to the summit. Where the trail diverges from the rocky path, it is well marked by cairns. Although faded, there are distinct markings, such as "HP ->" on many larger trees.

There is little spur off the trail to mark the state line between WV and MD. Took me 24m30s to reach the summit. Not much to see, escpecially with light fog, but there is the Hoye-Crest placard to mark the summit. Also, sign the log book in the mailbox.

Made it down in 18m22s.

Temp ~65 degrees F

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

670 ft / 205 m

Distance:

2.8 mi / 4.5 km

Route:

Backbone Mountain High Point Trail

Trailhead:

Rt. 219 Pull off WV 2690 ft / 819 m

Quality:

2 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Maintained Trail

Nights Spent:

0 nights away from roads

Weather:

Pleasant, Calm
Partly Cloudy w/light fog at summit

Ascent Statistics

Time Up:

24 Minutes

Descent Statistics

Time Down:

19 Minutes

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