Tag Archives: Pilot Mountain

Pilot Mountain Trip Report

Mar 14 2011

The weather was stellar this weekend, so guess what we did – we went rock climbing! Surprise, surprise… Oddly enough, our first crag day since the move to Charlotte was NOT spent at local rock. Our plans were with a Raleigh partner as well as a Charlotte partner, so it made more sense to head to a halfway point, and since we just had one day free this weekend, Pilot Mountain got the winning bid! Even though the parking lot was pretty crowded and we saw lots of other climbing parties hiking around, the only route we had to wait…Read the rest of this entry →

Pilot-Palooza aka Cragbaby: Scene 2

Feb 17 2011

Sunny, highs in the 50′s in February…thats enough to draw a crowd at just about any crag. We’ve been doing a lot of bouldering recently, but this weekend we decided to rope up at Pilot Mountain. Incredibly enough, it was the first we’d done any roped climbing since October when we spent several days at the Obed in Tennessee. Today turned out to be a darn near perfect day - despite how much I enjoy bouldering, I’d forgotten that nothing beats tying into the sharp end of a rope! We met up with Jan and his wife Crystal in the parking lot. …Read the rest of this entry →

Free to Climb! Independence Day at Pilot Mountain

Jul 08 2010

We decided to take advantage of the fact that we were in Winston-Salem by hitting up Pilot Mountain on Monday before heading back to Raleigh after the 4th of July festivities. We met up with our friends Danny and Tracey in the summit parking lot at 9, surprised to find that it was virtually empty! It was quite refreshing to be able to get on the routes we wanted without tripping over any red-helmeted boy scouts! We didn’t even have to endure any wild rapelling shenanigans from the amphitheater from the meet-up groups! This is what our day looked like!…Read the rest of this entry →

Craggin’ with the C-Squatch

May 03 2010

So if our hiking trips the past few weekends have improved my mental health dramatically, its probably safe to say that our first day out climbing with Canaan skyrocketed my psyche into the next stratosphere. A little fresh air, great company, and real rock sure can go a long way – if only there was a way to bottle it for future use during times of injury, sickness, or on rainy weekends! Anyway, after 9 months of “observation” in utero, and 6 weeks of training outside the womb, Canaan was finally ready to participate with Mom and Dad in one…Read the rest of this entry →

Showers and Surprise Alpine Conditions

Feb 23 2010

Steve and I headed west Friday night for the start of our fun-filled, but exhausting weekend. On Saturday morning our parents threw us a baby shower. There were about 50 people there and we got LOADED down with gifts! I got to catch up with lots of folks I hadn’t seen in a long time, including my roommate from college, as well as some old family friends. I feel like I ate my body weight (which at this point is quite significant…) in fruit and fondue, but had a blast! I also had to make a wardrobe change about halfway…Read the rest of this entry →

“Not all who wander are lost.” —JRR TOLKIEN