Grandfather Mountain Attic Window

You will be looking at a giant cleft in the mountain which gives attic window peak its name.

Grandfather mountain attic window.

Grandfather mountain s summer guided hike series continues july 13 with grandfather s attic hike. Attic window grandfather mountain. The entrance to grandfather mountain is located on us 221 two miles north of linville north carolina and one mile south of the blue ridge parkway at milepost. Overview grandfather mountain is comprised of three peaks.

Grandfather trail at grandfather mountain state park north carolina. Beyond attic window peak there is a spur trail to the left to a picnic area while the grandfather trail goes right and seemingly disappears. A trip to the attic provides an exciting hike to attic window peak and indian house. On friday afternoon we were able to leave work a few hours early in order to get a quick overnight trip to grandfather mountain.

Find available dates and book online with reserveamerica. But with only 1 5 trail miles separating them a traverse of the spine of grandfather mountain on the grandfather trail makes for a wonderful day on this mountain. Posted on september 26 2016 by dormouse under western north carolina. View campground details for site.

The trail drops precipitously down this cleft via class 2 3 scrambling. Here are driving directions courtesy of the grandfather mountain webpage. Macrae peak attic window peak and the high point calloway peak hiking to any one of these three peaks would make for a rewarding day on the trail. Assuming we start the hike by 9 00 am we should be back at the top of calloway by 11 00 am the top of attic window by noon and the top of macrae by 12 30 pm 1 00 pm.

It s difficult to determine the precise time it will take to arrive at each summit due to splitting into two groups. It s 3 7 to calloway 1 1 to attic window and a brutal 3 seriously to mccrae. For those going all the way to the swinging bridge it s an additional 2 miles so 12 2 altogether. It s 3 7 to calloway 1 1 to attic window and a brutal 3 seriously to macrae.

Guided hikes at grandfather mountain offer guests the unique opportunity to tackle one of the mountain s famously wondrous hiking trails with an expert.