>The Swan Range is a mountain range in western Montana in the United States.[1] Its peaks typically rise to around 8,000 to 9,000 feet
Higher than anywhere in the Appalachians
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that's referring to the mountains in the back that look like big rocks.
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>Its peaks typically rise to...
which is only half the equation. What elevations do those peaks rise FROM?
>more people >more light pollution >less truly isolated areas >very few grandiose cliffs and jagged peaks >tallest peak in Appalachia doesn't even compare to the mid-sized peaks on the west coast
Copium. I will admit though, the forests and waterfalls are quite nice. It has its own charm about it. But if you placed Appalachia in the West Coast, nobody would go there for the mountains, only the forest.
Are there any mountains in the east that westerners respect? Like Katahdin or Seneca Rocks? I know Mount Washington and Mount Mitchell generally don't get much respect out west.
Those two look pretty neat, and I've actually never heard of them. Thanks anon.
I've not been to either so I can't really say, but considering there's a mountain that's almost as impressive as both of those about a 10 mile hike from where I live, it is fair to say I will remain a west coast supremacist.
its not really about one individual mountain, its about finding the spots where you can view hills stacked and cascading into the distance
If you park off of pike gap rd near:
38.66317486,-79.42424225
you will see what I mean
that's the fattest stack of hills I've seen, also birch knob at the va/ky border has a good sized stack
it's about the undulations
its not really about one individual mountain, its about finding the spots where you can view hills stacked and cascading into the distance
If you park off of pike gap rd near:
38.66317486,-79.42424225
you will see what I mean
that's the fattest stack of hills I've seen, also birch knob at the va/ky border has a good sized stack
it's about the undulations
Clingman's Dome is shorter than Mitchell but I think the view is so much better that it gets respect
The east is easier and you have less risk of dying. The west is far more difficult and you might die. I mean in the east you could walk an hour from anywhere on the AT and be at a restaurant. On the CDT you might be 5 days from anything and fricking die. The east is simply more comfy and there is actually food and water and SHADE. Have fun dying in your stupid gigantic empty desert.
I've been on top of all sorts of dangerous cliffs in the east. It is always just a few feet between you getting a beautiful photo and falling to your death.
They each have their own advantages. There is a spot in the Hoh river valley where I counted 13 separate waterfalls in view.
Going off trail in the PA appalachians has been fun. its a lot easier than in washington. A lot less undergrowth in the forests.
A LOT less people hiking in the east though. When I h ike the section of tuscarora trail by my house, I usually dont see a single person. And if I do, its guaranteed that they wouldn't be a rainbow person. Whenever I share stories from going outside my coworkers ask me if I see KKK members out there. lmao
>A LOT less people hiking in the east though
citation needed. There is also A LOT more trails and space to hike out west. I rarely see any people when I hike out west.
The tree line in Arizona and New Mexico is approximately 11,000-11,500 ft. The densest mixed conifer stands that aren't in riparian areas are usually between 8,000-10,000 ft. If 10k ft winds you, this just means you've been living at sea level (below 3,000ft) most of your life.
I think you are confused by what the west coast is. Arizona is not the west coast.
The west coast is lush dense forests. Then as you go east towards the Cascades or Sierra, you get alpine forests. Then east of the mountains is when desert starts because the huge mountains create a rain shadow.
The stats just for AZ are 20% of the total forested area (30k sq mi) are deciduous (broadleaf, true deciduous and evergreen), and 70% of the state's trees are estimated to be between 50-300+ years old (average ponderosa pine is 50-150 years old, junipers being even older, average oaks being 50-100). Longest lived deciduous or evergreen deciduous tree being AZ Ironwood 800+ years, single stand deciduous longest lived being likely Arizona Sycamore (250+ years normal lifespan, max likely over 400), largest known tree in AZ being a Cottonwood in Skull Valley, AZ, oldest tree in the state being an Alligator Juniper likely over 1,500-2,000+ years old (with a minimum estimated age of ~1100). The majority of the dense deciduous trees live in sheltered canyons and riparian areas, the next most common areas are subalpine mountain slopes. Pic related is a tiny mid-elevation creek in Arizona, of which there are hundreds more like it in the state, let alone other western states.
very cool anon, I don't see why it has to be a competition. Appalachia is beautiful and I've never felt like I needed more. Also, I like the historical aspect, there's all kinds of civil war history and battlefields you can visit.
>TRILLIONS must die for it to be a battlefield of worth
lol
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The east has more history and more of it that has survived and is visible today, sorry that’s just a fact. >but muh muh natives!
Get this, the Appalachian mountains…also had indians
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are there arrowheads?
11 months ago
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Yes
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If you want more history go back to europe, manlet bugman
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Just want to say you sound like a homosexual with your teen-girl catty arguments.
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>east roasties are still mad
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the hiking in the east is superior to the hiking in the west
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no wonder its so busy (a bad thing)
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I won't deny that it's easier to walk around some hills
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>mountains have to be the biggest >battles have to be the smallest
I've never understood the insecurity of people out west.
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>I've never understood the insecurity of people out west.
They realize deep down their shit doesn't smell like roses and have to attack others to compensate. I've hiked west and east coast and both are nice in their own ways.
OP is just a the standard dick waving homosexual that infests slow boards now.
I imagine if you dig deep enough and in the right areas, you might find that many natives spread out along a large area, given their long yet mostly undocumented history of warfare.
the problem appears to be maintaining the views at the overlooks
very cool anon, I don't see why it has to be a competition. Appalachia is beautiful and I've never felt like I needed more. Also, I like the historical aspect, there's all kinds of civil war history and battlefields you can visit.
iirc the background mountains have the blue ridge parkway running on top of them, the big hike in the area isn't from the bottom to the top, but from the parkway 1000 vertical ft down to a waterfall
um there's apparently an FAA radio tower on the top so maybe that's it
It's all nazis here too. It reminds us of the Ruhr and we have many German companies here. We are in these mountains doing nazi stuff all the time. We have bonfires, we burn books, marching, you can't stop it.
The Rockies (specifically the Colorado Rockies) were 6,000-8,000m+ above sea level less than 100 million years ago. It was the everest and tibetan plateau equivalent of its time. And they still average 3000m. Single states in the west have more peaks than the entire appalachians. The most prominent peaks and mountainous terrain in the US is again, also in the west. And the oldest rocks in North America are in the west as well (4gya).
Cope all you want, the quality is higher out west as well, as there's not ~30+ million people directly living in the hills and mountains, there's not even 30 million people in the mountain states as a whole yet.
>west is mostly barren desert
are you really this fricking ignorant?
Guess what state this pic is...
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New Mexico?
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Montana
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Nope. Nevada
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is that Great Basin? most underrated national park.
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no. its the ruby mts
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gorgeous, i drove through the area late last july and it was just as beautiful though a little less green.
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Hat's off sir... I guessed Nevada but still couldnt believe it... I guess driving through he southern parts makes you think it's all the same everywhere in the state...
>The good spots out west are infested with chink and pajeet tourists >delusional cope based on a meme
>t.never been out west
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>>t.never been out west
I have, and pretty much every PrepHole spot, not just national parks, but places you think are secluded and for hipsters only, have Asiatic tourists and college students crawling around unless it's private land.
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>pretty much every PrepHole spot,
this is just not factual. It speaks of ignorance. Its simply not like that in MT, WY, ID...You can go to Yellowstone in the middle of summer and find solitude. You are full of shit.
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It is physically impossible for there to be people in every spot in every western state. To put it into perspective, in states like Colorado or Arizona there are respectively ~27 million acres of public land and ~39 million acres of public land, compared with their populations this results in respectively 4.6 acres of public land per person and 5.3 acres of public land per person. Even taking the most densely populated state in the continental western US (CA - 11th nationally in density), this is still 1.02 acres of public land per person. And since upwards of 75% of all people that go out stay in the top 25% of trails and locations this means that 3/4th of all public land out west is basically unvisited and empty on any given day. You can in fact drive out on some forest roads, camp for a week and never see anyone.
I daydream all the time about what it would have been like to traipse through pure old growth forests prior to the logging era when I am hiking through cut up secondary growth.
Smoothbrain reply. As the same can be said for the moron bragging about the appalachians being the same height even longer ago. Also random fact, if you went back less than 200k years there would be two 16,000 ft volcanoes in the lower 48, one in AZ and one in WA.
The ones who always bring up what the their region looked like in the past first, when it wasn't even on the same continent are the appalachian morons. It is universal when comparing the west and east that eastoids get insecure and grasp at straws and apply countless logical fallacies, because the truth of the matter is they are ignorant or legitimately moronic and have not looked at a map or studied geography (physical, human, climate, or biogeography etc) or are legitimately delusional.
no, just enough to provide wider roads for hill access and adequate parking
surface mining should be banned
there's a fine balance between nature and access
I was born and raised and still live on top of a mountain in southern Tennessee and I've been all throughout the Rockies. They are absolutely astounding and wondrous. There is hardly anything that has put me in such awe before. I hiked all over the Grand Teton range and through Rocky Mountain National Park. I will always admit that the rockies are more striking and primal in a way in their biodiversity and geography.
All that being said, I still love the Appalachians, I love them more than the Rockies but that is because I was born here. Besides my bias of being a resident, objectively the Appalachians have their own mystic wonder to rival the Rockies. They are ancient and overgrown, absolutely packed to the brim with flora and fauna in a way the Rockies can't compare. The mountains aren't always just a hill with a hilltop as viewing them from afar would make you think. There are jagged tops and cliff lines around the rims and wonderful views on these peaks. In person they strike you with an instinctual awe the same way the Rockies do and if they don't it may be because you're just looking to be on a team and to be against the 'other team'. Love the Rockies and will be back later this year for some Elk hunting.
The popular areas still get loaded with "people" from Seattle of course. But I don't think it is typically a destination people travel to from outside Washington.
Just got back from a month out on the AT, for a Midwestern boy that has only ever hiked up some pretty pitiful bluffs it was an amazing experience. The biodiversity is completely unmatched out there going from deep dark valleys of rhododendrons to beautiful ridge lines covered in mountain laurels. As long as you're outside there's nothing to hate on you know even the person that goes and sits on their front lawn in the sun instead of sitting at a computer desk in the dark is doing good.
westoids always cope because they can't own property in the mountains, well, unless you're a richgay suburbanite with a vacation home. reminder that if you don't literally live in the mountains you can't claim any mountains. pic rel is what westoids look like when they go in the mountains. lmfao
I'll never understand why other people in the western states shit on the Appalachians. Here's where I went hiking in Utah today, if you can't appreciate both this and the dense green forests of the Appalachians, you're a troglodyte.
It's fine by me if westgays don't care about the east. This side of the country is already crowded enough as it is and doesn't need even more Commiefornians moving here iso cheaper real estate.
>op gets up >ready to start his shift >he drives to the national park but doesn't PrepHole >instead goes to the ranger station >he proceeds to be a glory hole for all the rangers >goes home >post this
no, it's one big fricking tourist trap. It's worth hiking if you hike to brag to other people that you hike brand name trails. If you actually want to see interesting sites, there are tons of amazing places in Appalachia that are not on or near the trail and require more work and planning to get to but offer superior sights, as well as a dozen or more long distance (50 mi+) backpacking trails if that's your thing.
Could you list some for me? I am planning on going on a weeklong trip with some friends. I want to get into backpacking long-distance trails but I'm unsure where to start. I am new to this type of ordeal.
You're great man, thank you so much! I've actually been to Pine Creek Gorge before, my family rented a cabin there and I fly-fished the river, a truly beautiful area!
A family friend of mine lost his uncle in the river up there, his kayak flipped over and he got caught on the rocks and drowned... It was shortly after a rainstorm so the waters were crazy.
But I agree with you, It was late November when I was up there and every morning I would sit out on the porch of the cabin and watch the fog rise from the mountain and just look up in awe. I should go back there and try out the trails that you sent me.
That's literally the Scottish Borders, I've been there and the original image says that. What is the point in this post?
no it isn't
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Orchard_Mountain
yes it is literally machu pichu i have been there in person, its on the edge of spain
Good, stay out.
Malding
I will
I wish you frickers would do the same and stay the frick on the east coast.
that place is literally on the other side of the valley from the main part of the range. that's why it looks like that.
Bruh those are gently rolling hills. The thick forest looks nice though
they are bigger than you think. those are trees not bushes. they might not be as high as in the west, but thay are more densely together.
The thing is we have dense forests out here too
those are hills with trees on them
>The Swan Range is a mountain range in western Montana in the United States.[1] Its peaks typically rise to around 8,000 to 9,000 feet
Higher than anywhere in the Appalachians
that's referring to the mountains in the back that look like big rocks.
>Its peaks typically rise to...
which is only half the equation. What elevations do those peaks rise FROM?
The valley below is 4,000'
superior hills to anything found in the western united states
it's about quality, not quantity
Nah. the apps are cute but boring. The mts out West are much more exciting and have much better wildlife.
not boring at all
at least the bears in the east are less aggro
Quite boring actually. The MTS of the West are much more exciting and much fewer people.
Southern Appalachia is exciting for the human element, history and culture type shit.
New England mountains are pretty sterile in that regard
Apple picked picture to show low peaks
Country roads take me home
Rolling hills are so nice
looks beautiful 🙂 no place in the world like Appalachia
the hiking in the eastern mountains of the us is far superior to the hiking available in the western mountains of the us
This is wrong but k
no, you are the one who is wrong
Nah
no, I'm pretty confident of the accuracy of my statement
>I'm pretty confident
even more proof that you are wrong.
>more people
>more light pollution
>less truly isolated areas
>very few grandiose cliffs and jagged peaks
>tallest peak in Appalachia doesn't even compare to the mid-sized peaks on the west coast
Copium. I will admit though, the forests and waterfalls are quite nice. It has its own charm about it. But if you placed Appalachia in the West Coast, nobody would go there for the mountains, only the forest.
Are there any mountains in the east that westerners respect? Like Katahdin or Seneca Rocks? I know Mount Washington and Mount Mitchell generally don't get much respect out west.
Who cares what some most likely Asian from the western US thinks about Gods country.
I asked out of curiosity more than anything
Those two look pretty neat, and I've actually never heard of them. Thanks anon.
I've not been to either so I can't really say, but considering there's a mountain that's almost as impressive as both of those about a 10 mile hike from where I live, it is fair to say I will remain a west coast supremacist.
its not really about one individual mountain, its about finding the spots where you can view hills stacked and cascading into the distance
If you park off of pike gap rd near:
38.66317486,-79.42424225
you will see what I mean
that's the fattest stack of hills I've seen, also birch knob at the va/ky border has a good sized stack
it's about the undulations
Clingman's Dome is shorter than Mitchell but I think the view is so much better that it gets respect
Mount Leconte is a lot better than Clingman's. Better views and more actual hikers instead of tourist boomer types once you get beyond Alum Cave.
clingmans you can park at, mount leconte is a 6 hour hike with 3000 ft of elevation gain...
The east is easier and you have less risk of dying. The west is far more difficult and you might die. I mean in the east you could walk an hour from anywhere on the AT and be at a restaurant. On the CDT you might be 5 days from anything and fricking die. The east is simply more comfy and there is actually food and water and SHADE. Have fun dying in your stupid gigantic empty desert.
I've been on top of all sorts of dangerous cliffs in the east. It is always just a few feet between you getting a beautiful photo and falling to your death.
Wow that sounds like my roof haha don't go up there
>The west
>gigantic empty desert.
wtf.
>you could walk an hour from anywhere on the AT and be at a restaurant.
This isn't remotely true.
The hipwalker anon could make the distance in an hour, kek
They each have their own advantages. There is a spot in the Hoh river valley where I counted 13 separate waterfalls in view.
Going off trail in the PA appalachians has been fun. its a lot easier than in washington. A lot less undergrowth in the forests.
A LOT less people hiking in the east though. When I h ike the section of tuscarora trail by my house, I usually dont see a single person. And if I do, its guaranteed that they wouldn't be a rainbow person. Whenever I share stories from going outside my coworkers ask me if I see KKK members out there. lmao
It depends where you go. If you go up to some of the parks up in the Poconos, there are people everywhere.
>A LOT less people hiking in the east though
citation needed. There is also A LOT more trails and space to hike out west. I rarely see any people when I hike out west.
the carpathians mog them in every single aspect tho
Agreed. West Coast hiking is basically just a desert at 10,000 feet.
Oh, neat, a vertical Arizona where it's tough to breathe. So cool.
The tree line in Arizona and New Mexico is approximately 11,000-11,500 ft. The densest mixed conifer stands that aren't in riparian areas are usually between 8,000-10,000 ft. If 10k ft winds you, this just means you've been living at sea level (below 3,000ft) most of your life.
what if I don't like conifers?
you love conifers
I think you are confused by what the west coast is. Arizona is not the west coast.
The west coast is lush dense forests. Then as you go east towards the Cascades or Sierra, you get alpine forests. Then east of the mountains is when desert starts because the huge mountains create a rain shadow.
>lush dense forests
of deciduous trees?
no, no I don't
The stats just for AZ are 20% of the total forested area (30k sq mi) are deciduous (broadleaf, true deciduous and evergreen), and 70% of the state's trees are estimated to be between 50-300+ years old (average ponderosa pine is 50-150 years old, junipers being even older, average oaks being 50-100). Longest lived deciduous or evergreen deciduous tree being AZ Ironwood 800+ years, single stand deciduous longest lived being likely Arizona Sycamore (250+ years normal lifespan, max likely over 400), largest known tree in AZ being a Cottonwood in Skull Valley, AZ, oldest tree in the state being an Alligator Juniper likely over 1,500-2,000+ years old (with a minimum estimated age of ~1100). The majority of the dense deciduous trees live in sheltered canyons and riparian areas, the next most common areas are subalpine mountain slopes. Pic related is a tiny mid-elevation creek in Arizona, of which there are hundreds more like it in the state, let alone other western states.
>Mount Mansfield
More like Mount Manletsfield
shut up mountaingays
I'm guessing those hills look pretty damn impressive during peak foliage
they do
i think we can all agree that the coolest thing about mountains in both the eastern and western US is that they are not overrun with natives
imirite or wat bros
>Appalachian “mountains”
Problem?
my backyard has more mountains lol
very cool anon, I don't see why it has to be a competition. Appalachia is beautiful and I've never felt like I needed more. Also, I like the historical aspect, there's all kinds of civil war history and battlefields you can visit.
theres no battlefields in the west? you dont sound very brushed up on american history.
Which campaigns out west had a half a million men involved anon?
>TRILLIONS must die for it to be a battlefield of worth
lol
The east has more history and more of it that has survived and is visible today, sorry that’s just a fact.
>but muh muh natives!
Get this, the Appalachian mountains…also had indians
are there arrowheads?
Yes
If you want more history go back to europe, manlet bugman
Just want to say you sound like a homosexual with your teen-girl catty arguments.
>east roasties are still mad
the hiking in the east is superior to the hiking in the west
no wonder its so busy (a bad thing)
I won't deny that it's easier to walk around some hills
>mountains have to be the biggest
>battles have to be the smallest
I've never understood the insecurity of people out west.
>I've never understood the insecurity of people out west.
They realize deep down their shit doesn't smell like roses and have to attack others to compensate. I've hiked west and east coast and both are nice in their own ways.
OP is just a the standard dick waving homosexual that infests slow boards now.
I imagine if you dig deep enough and in the right areas, you might find that many natives spread out along a large area, given their long yet mostly undocumented history of warfare.
get off that person's property Jose
the problem appears to be maintaining the views at the overlooks
appalachia is more beautiful than the west
Looks like a less steep version of the Sierra Nevada's foothills.
I feel like i know where in Pennsylvania that is..
what's that tall thing in the distance
if i were out there i would be compelled to travel to it on foot
iirc the background mountains have the blue ridge parkway running on top of them, the big hike in the area isn't from the bottom to the top, but from the parkway 1000 vertical ft down to a waterfall
um there's apparently an FAA radio tower on the top so maybe that's it
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/virginia/apple-orchard-falls-trail
Frick off we're full. Most people here don't care about the holocaust either, or don't believe it happened.
It's all nazis here too. It reminds us of the Ruhr and we have many German companies here. We are in these mountains doing nazi stuff all the time. We have bonfires, we burn books, marching, you can't stop it.
are you saying it is some sort of pseudo-Germanic ethnostate?
Daily reminder that 500 million years ago the Smokys mogged the frick out of the """Rockies"""
you've had a daily reminder going for 500 million years?
The Rockies (specifically the Colorado Rockies) were 6,000-8,000m+ above sea level less than 100 million years ago. It was the everest and tibetan plateau equivalent of its time. And they still average 3000m. Single states in the west have more peaks than the entire appalachians. The most prominent peaks and mountainous terrain in the US is again, also in the west. And the oldest rocks in North America are in the west as well (4gya).
quality over quantity
Cope all you want, the quality is higher out west as well, as there's not ~30+ million people directly living in the hills and mountains, there's not even 30 million people in the mountain states as a whole yet.
quality is higher in the east actually
west is mostly barren desert
Western US as a whole is ~33% forest, almost all of which is in the mountains and hills and elevated plateaus.
>66% desert
>non-forest = desert
Typical moronation.
>west is mostly barren desert
are you really this fricking ignorant?
Guess what state this pic is...
New Mexico?
Montana
Nope. Nevada
is that Great Basin? most underrated national park.
no. its the ruby mts
gorgeous, i drove through the area late last july and it was just as beautiful though a little less green.
Hat's off sir... I guessed Nevada but still couldnt believe it... I guess driving through he southern parts makes you think it's all the same everywhere in the state...
Got any more recommendations/ pics?
The good spots out west are infested with chink and pajeet tourists. In Appalachia the local reputation for racism mostly keeps such refuse away
>The good spots out west are infested with chink and pajeet tourists
>delusional cope based on a meme
>t.never been out west
>>t.never been out west
I have, and pretty much every PrepHole spot, not just national parks, but places you think are secluded and for hipsters only, have Asiatic tourists and college students crawling around unless it's private land.
>pretty much every PrepHole spot,
this is just not factual. It speaks of ignorance. Its simply not like that in MT, WY, ID...You can go to Yellowstone in the middle of summer and find solitude. You are full of shit.
It is physically impossible for there to be people in every spot in every western state. To put it into perspective, in states like Colorado or Arizona there are respectively ~27 million acres of public land and ~39 million acres of public land, compared with their populations this results in respectively 4.6 acres of public land per person and 5.3 acres of public land per person. Even taking the most densely populated state in the continental western US (CA - 11th nationally in density), this is still 1.02 acres of public land per person. And since upwards of 75% of all people that go out stay in the top 25% of trails and locations this means that 3/4th of all public land out west is basically unvisited and empty on any given day. You can in fact drive out on some forest roads, camp for a week and never see anyone.
Damn too bad you weren't there to hike them 100 million years ago bruh.
I daydream all the time about what it would have been like to traipse through pure old growth forests prior to the logging era when I am hiking through cut up secondary growth.
Smoothbrain reply. As the same can be said for the moron bragging about the appalachians being the same height even longer ago. Also random fact, if you went back less than 200k years there would be two 16,000 ft volcanoes in the lower 48, one in AZ and one in WA.
It was a better post than both of the other morons arguing over how their regions looked like long before they were born
The ones who always bring up what the their region looked like in the past first, when it wasn't even on the same continent are the appalachian morons. It is universal when comparing the west and east that eastoids get insecure and grasp at straws and apply countless logical fallacies, because the truth of the matter is they are ignorant or legitimately moronic and have not looked at a map or studied geography (physical, human, climate, or biogeography etc) or are legitimately delusional.
agreed, pave over those hills
no, just enough to provide wider roads for hill access and adequate parking
surface mining should be banned
there's a fine balance between nature and access
>there's a fine balance between nature and access
this is such a sad thing to say but i get it coming from an east coast type
>there's a fine balance between nature and access
LMAO do New Yorkers really?
how do you hike somewhere if you can't drive to the trailhead and can't park?
You fricken park your car off a forestry road in an isolated area and hike from there
>off
what if there's no space to safely pull off?
Park it in the ravine
The best part of Appalachia are the people.
West Coast has immense natural beauty overrun by unamericans and foreigners.
>The best part of Appalachia are the people
>admits defeat
>copes hard
Lol
>outlets don't go to both coasts & spots in between
the worst state for PrepHole is the state of this board LMAO
How come there's an Appalachian Trail and no Rockies Trail?
It's called the Continental Divide Trail
appalachian trail sucks, it's for normies
allegheny trail, pine mountain trail, those are for the cool kids
boy, I love the hills there
I climbed a mountain recently
>that shadow
killer pic man, looks like fun
moron needs jagged uninhabitable peaks for his instagram pic just to walk half a mile back to his car
Mustoe VA checking in.
Everything quiet, will be moving sheep shortly to new pasture.
Shot at coyote in my headlights a few minute's ago.
You ever been up to Elleber Knob? It's the only place (I know of) you can easily drive right up to near the top and get true 360 degree views.
barren!
>barren!
Yeah very late in the season but the conditions were still good
>barren!
>moron!
only at the top!
that's a lot of conifers
Mountains, anon, peak above what is known as the tree line.
east copelets coping: the thread
I was born and raised and still live on top of a mountain in southern Tennessee and I've been all throughout the Rockies. They are absolutely astounding and wondrous. There is hardly anything that has put me in such awe before. I hiked all over the Grand Teton range and through Rocky Mountain National Park. I will always admit that the rockies are more striking and primal in a way in their biodiversity and geography.
All that being said, I still love the Appalachians, I love them more than the Rockies but that is because I was born here. Besides my bias of being a resident, objectively the Appalachians have their own mystic wonder to rival the Rockies. They are ancient and overgrown, absolutely packed to the brim with flora and fauna in a way the Rockies can't compare. The mountains aren't always just a hill with a hilltop as viewing them from afar would make you think. There are jagged tops and cliff lines around the rims and wonderful views on these peaks. In person they strike you with an instinctual awe the same way the Rockies do and if they don't it may be because you're just looking to be on a team and to be against the 'other team'. Love the Rockies and will be back later this year for some Elk hunting.
>absolutely packed to the brim with flora and fauna in a way the Rockies can't compare.
>goes to the rockies to hunt
you can have your salamanders lol
I do most of my hunting here obviously, tons of monster deer, elk are big deer, but they aren't here so I must travel for them
>didnt provide data that there is A LOT less people hiking in the east
Montana has the highest number of hiking trails per capita at 418 per 100,000.
The best mountain range in the lower 48 is probably the Olympics but not many people outside Washington are aware they exist.
When I was there it was crawling with pajeet college kids, probably bay area kids on spring break. I almost beat the shit out them for littering
The popular areas still get loaded with "people" from Seattle of course. But I don't think it is typically a destination people travel to from outside Washington.
Just got back from a month out on the AT, for a Midwestern boy that has only ever hiked up some pretty pitiful bluffs it was an amazing experience. The biodiversity is completely unmatched out there going from deep dark valleys of rhododendrons to beautiful ridge lines covered in mountain laurels. As long as you're outside there's nothing to hate on you know even the person that goes and sits on their front lawn in the sun instead of sitting at a computer desk in the dark is doing good.
Is this the place that's got 128 people per square mile?
it isn't an even distribution
westoids always cope because they can't own property in the mountains, well, unless you're a richgay suburbanite with a vacation home. reminder that if you don't literally live in the mountains you can't claim any mountains. pic rel is what westoids look like when they go in the mountains. lmfao
>westoids
>chinese scientists collecting seeds and specimens
>in appalachia
>they can't own property in the mountains,
Do you ever get tired of being wrong? Are you really this fricking stupid?
A great place to visit.
I'll never understand why other people in the western states shit on the Appalachians. Here's where I went hiking in Utah today, if you can't appreciate both this and the dense green forests of the Appalachians, you're a troglodyte.
It's fine by me if westgays don't care about the east. This side of the country is already crowded enough as it is and doesn't need even more Commiefornians moving here iso cheaper real estate.
>op gets up
>ready to start his shift
>he drives to the national park but doesn't PrepHole
>instead goes to the ranger station
>he proceeds to be a glory hole for all the rangers
>goes home
>post this
is it worth hiking the trail?
no, it's one big fricking tourist trap. It's worth hiking if you hike to brag to other people that you hike brand name trails. If you actually want to see interesting sites, there are tons of amazing places in Appalachia that are not on or near the trail and require more work and planning to get to but offer superior sights, as well as a dozen or more long distance (50 mi+) backpacking trails if that's your thing.
Could you list some for me? I am planning on going on a weeklong trip with some friends. I want to get into backpacking long-distance trails but I'm unsure where to start. I am new to this type of ordeal.
I've gone on hunting trips with my dad to these locations when I was real little...
Are you from PA?
You're great man, thank you so much! I've actually been to Pine Creek Gorge before, my family rented a cabin there and I fly-fished the river, a truly beautiful area!
I remember stopping at the convenience store up there and talking to the guy who owned it. I liked it a lot up there.
A family friend of mine lost his uncle in the river up there, his kayak flipped over and he got caught on the rocks and drowned... It was shortly after a rainstorm so the waters were crazy.
But I agree with you, It was late November when I was up there and every morning I would sit out on the porch of the cabin and watch the fog rise from the mountain and just look up in awe. I should go back there and try out the trails that you sent me.
they might not be that big but you can't deny the view