Wednesday, April 18, 2018

2018-04-13 Rock Jock Hike with Mark

The Rock Jock Trail
Linville Gorge Wilderness
Burke County, NC
Birthday Hike with Mark
Friday, April 13th, 2018

 Mark and Me along the Rock Jock Trail

Rather than spending my birthday at work, I decided to take the day off and go hiking instead!   My Buddy Mark would join me on my Birthday hike into the Linville Gorge Wilderness.

We decided on the Rock Jock Trail starting from the Southern Trailhead. 

Here are some photos along the Rock Jock!

 Mark along the Rock Jock Trail

view from the Rock Jock Trail
 
 T-Shirt Point

 view from T-Shirt Point

 Gorge Lizard

 Mark at Sunshine Point

 view from Sunshine Point

 View of Razors Edge from Zen Point

Mark at Zen Point

view from Zen Point

 The Razors Edge

 View from The Razors Edge

The Razors Edge

Mark and Me at Razor Point

Me at Hackers Point

 view from Fern Point

 view from Fern Point

 view from Fern Point

 Lost Dog Pond

view from the Lost Dog Pond Campsite

 Mark and Me at the Lost Dog Pond Campsite 

Mark at the Northern Terminus of the Rock Jock Trail



We had accomplished our goal of hiking the entire Rock Jock.  But there was still time left to hit one more spot!  Buzzard Point!

View from Buzzard Point

view from Buzzard Point

Me at Buzzard Point

view from Buzzard Point


We finished up the hike with about a 2.5 mile road walk along the Kistler Highway, which offers up a few nice views along the way!

View from the Kistler Highway

Walking the Kistler Highway back to the Southern Rock Jock Trailhead


The Rock Jock Trail is listed at 3.8 miles.  However when you count all the side trails, plus the 2.5 mile road walk along the Kistler Highway to complete the Loop, we ended up at about 8.8 miles total.

Here is the GPS Track from our hike.  We started from the SouthWest corner and went counter-clockwise:


It was a beautiful day for a hike and a great way to spend a birthday!

My complete set of photos from our hike is posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8146392@N05/albums/72157695044384064

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