Ascent of Jost Van Dyke High Point on 2012-03-24| Others in Party: | Daniel Musser
----Only Party on Mountain | | Date: | Saturday, March 24, 2012 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Motorized Transport to Trailhead: | Boat | | Peak: | Jost Van Dyke High Point | | Location: | British Virgin Islands | | Elevation: | 320 m / 1053 ft |
Ascent Trip ReportUpon arriving and checking in to hotel, Daniel and I wanted to run up Majohnny Hill (as the mountain is really called)and get views of the harbor. The trip was a nice way to end a stressful day. Had to leave Sasha and Karen behind as the BVI did not allow our Russian foreign exchange student access to the island and they had to await 2 days of admin to get the temporary visa and it was still the weekend.
Goats keep the grasses down and the views are wonderful. This was the most enjoyable hike I did during the entire week on the USVIs and BVIs by far. The mongeese were fun to watch along the trail and so were the many goats along the way.
The actual access to the peak is marked "private road" but all the locals climb it and there was no indication that there was any problem doing the highpoint. The sign was because of the tower which was fenced and you can easily walk around. Althought the tower at the top is the one negative obtrusive view, there is a nice little 30 foot section of boulder scrambling to true peak past the tower and on the backside it is an impressive drop to the Atlantic Ocean below. Did the hike a second time two days later by myself to see it in the morning light. I wish I had been able to climb it once more before leaving.
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| Summary Total Data | | Elevation Gain: | 320 m / 1053 ft | | Elevation Loss: | 320 m / 1053 ft | | Distance: | 4.8 km / 3 mi | | Grade/Class: | 1 and 1+, 3 at top | | Quality: | 7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Road Hike, Maintained Trail, Scramble | | Weather: | Pleasant, Breezy, Partly Cloudy
Sunny and before dusk with large rainhead appraoching | | Ascent Statistics | | Elevation Gain: | 320 m / 1053 ft | | Distance: | 2.4 km / 1.5 mi | | Route: | Mountain access road from Great Bay | | Trailhead: | SE side of Great Bay 0 m / 0 ft | | Descent Statistics | | Elevation Loss: | 320 m / 1053 ft | | Distance: | 2.4 km / 1.5 mi | | Route: | same | | Trailhead: | same 0 m / 0 ft |
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