North Carolina

Maps:

• Topo! North Carolina or Topo! Back Roads Explorer

• http://www.grandfather.com - map section

Books:

• 50 Hikes in the Mountains of North Carolina, 2 ed.  Robert, Elizabeth and Robert III Williams.  2001

• North Carolina Hiking Trails, 3d Ed.  Allen de Hart.  1996
• Hugh Morton's North Carolina.  2003.  - he was the owner of the Grandfather Mountain until his death.  Now the mountain is state owned.

Hike 1.  Grandfather Mountain Backpack

Club: my scouting

Date: 06/11-13/2004

Parking: good

Topo! Mid-Atlantic Trace: GrandfatherMtn_GPS20040611_13SBurnsAndMeMerged_Incomplete.tpo

Universal GPX format from Topo!: GrandfatherMtn_GPS20040611_13SBurnsAndMeMerged_Incomplete_tpo.gpx

Description File: GrandfatherMtn_GPS20040611_13SBurnsAndMeMerged_Incomplete.doc

GPS TrackMaker Trace: GrandfatherMtn_GPS20040611_13Incomplete.gtm

Photo Album: GrandfatherMtn_GPS20040611_13; GrandfatherMtn_GPS20040611_13CBirkett; GrandfatherMtn_GPS20040611_13PCooksey

Notes: shuttle backpack.  Trail combined with Shelley's and is incomplete.  Thus no elevation profile.

Warnings: we experienced a tropical rain, which can be dangerous on a rocky terrain