Dragon Tooth
Is this a scramble or a technical climb?
Scramble most definitely. You need to do a tad bit of free climbing in a spot or two but we're only talking about a height of 10 feet or so to get to the next ledge in the rock. Most of it is walking/scrabbling.
2,000 miler. Still keepin' on keepin' on.
If you do it in the rain you get double word!Originally Posted by FarmerChef
Also make sure your mileage is adjusted to be there Thursday-Sunday, cause if you don't go into Catawba for that most wonderful food, you're screwed and your hike will be totally runined. It's my one caveat for HYOH.
It's more fun going down (nobo) especially when it's wet. With a big pack. And a dog. But it's a beautiful spot.
Easy, I was heading SOBO, not a big deal.
no. not at all
It's a fun rock scramble. You will love it!
its a big series of rocks along the trail, no scramble or technical climb. Its just a few big rocks.
I just found this... enjoy!
This is my next section. I might have to bring a helmet and ropes.
Its a rock scramble that sucks! We had two thru hikers with injured ankles in this section last year.
Hit it early when you are fresh and it is fun.
Easy scramble over some interesting rock formations and ledges in a few places. More people, day hikers, get lost here than anywhere else close to Roanoke. Look at the map on the kiosh or carry one and know that the AT north of Dragons Tooth is not part of the loop. Go down the same way you went up.
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Great entry level practice for Maine and northern NH.
I meant to say the AT SOUTH of Dragons Tooth is NOT part of the loop. My bad.
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Thanks for sharing.
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The climb up to Dragon's Tooth (SOBO) from Lost Spectacles Gap is a long series of rock steps. You'll want to get in a lot of StairMaster practice before you go.
I see it as more of a "shimmy/crawl" to get near the top of the Tooth. I'm afraid of heights, so it was all I could do to drag myself to within a few feet of the topmost point.
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Great, sounds like a blast. Someone mentioned food. Where and how far?
Here you go... Homeplace has really good food!
http://www.roanokeoutside.com/dragons-tooth-trail
I planned very poorly leading up to this and hiked 42 miles in 2 days with only two packages of ramen noodles left in my foodbag. I was pretty lightheaded by the time I reached the top. When I got to the bottom I was relieved to see a grocery bag filled with snickers bars hanging from a sign pointing to Joe Mitchell's place. I stayed 2 days and gorged myself at the Homeplace...one of my best memories of the trail.
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