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Tag: Fall

  • Trip Report: 2020-10 Meneka Peak, VA

    Trip Report: 2020-10 Meneka Peak, VA

    Meneka Peak is one of the peaks on Green Mountain, a synclinal ridge that separates Fort Valley and Little Fort Valley, frequently called a “valley within a valley” as the entire area lies within the region between the two arms of the Blue Ridge mountains in this part of the Shenandoah Valley. The peak itself…

  • Trip Report: 2020-10 Dolly Sods Wilderness, WV

    Trip Report: 2020-10 Dolly Sods Wilderness, WV

    The Dolly Sods Wilderness in the Monongahela National Forest is located in eastern West Virginia, just north of Seneca Rocks. It hosts a unique biome, well known for its open expanses of sphagnum bogs, heath shrubs, and stunted red spruce on its windswept open-topped mountain meadows. The high altitude draws foliage seekers in early fall,…