Kings Mountain

Here are the photos of us hiking up Kings mountain on Sunday, April 13th. I think it is the second highest mountain on the coastal range. (only a about 2 feet smaller than the tallest, which was closed due to "winter storms" whatever that means) It was plenty grueling, believe me! The first leg of the trip was deemed "easier," which was gaining a mere 800 feet elevation gain in the first mile. (I'm pretty sure I was going to die) Then, leg 2, which was 1300 feet in the next mile, but it was leg 3 of .6 mile gaining 900 feet elevation that really earned the "most difficult" rating. You cannot see the steepness in the pictures (despite my best efforts to capture it). You can see all the snow that we hiked in near the top. To be honest, I was very glad about the snow because it gave us a perfect excuse to go slower. Please keep in mind the photos do not AT ALL show how shaky our legs were, cramped our calves were, or how sweaty we got hiking in snow!

Kings Mountain