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Date of Hike: Saturday, January 28, 2012 |
Good hike today with my 10 year old. He did it without breaking a sweat. I on the other hand... First, the directions are perfect. Can't miss. Degree of difficulty is a hard one. The inclines are not steep at all. Views are tremendous. It can be difficult to stumble across the several rock slides. Several great campsites. Some joker decided it would be funny to put a Chesapectin fossil in the fire pit of the campsite at Meneka Peak. Watch out for the bikers. They're nice guys. It was our experience that they won't see you until they're right upon you.
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Date of Hike: Thursday, July 28, 2011 |
Nice hike with some nice views, I took the signal knob trail out and back for a little extra viewing, completed the hike in just under 4 hrs but I was moving pretty fast.
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Date of Hike: Saturday, March 26, 2011 |
I'll echo the last hiker's comments . . . much rockier than we expected, which added to the length of the hike considerably. I hiked Meneka with my girlfriend and our two dogs. Had a false start with the wrong parking lot (it's the 2nd lot on the road, not the 1st), and overall the hike was beautiful, great views on the way up, much less so on the way down. Lots of loose rocks, which slowed us down considerably, and not much water on the trail (although there was a spring which left enough water for the dogs to sip, and a creek on the back side), and a fair bit of traffic (good people, though . . . even mountain bikers heading down Bear Swallow Trail on the back side). A nice hike, but with a new hiker on board, it took us 7 hours to complete. Overall a great hike, but be ready for some rocks.
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Date of Hike: Sunday, October 17, 2010 |
We did this with our 7 month old, and two dogs. I have to agree with the other reviewers that this is a bit more rocky than we expected. The trail was also pretty crowded, we passed other groups (or they passed us) every few minutes on the signal knob trail. The views from the ridge are nice, and the camping footprints looked good, although we did not use them. There is no water along the trail, so make sure you bring plenty to drink along with you. The rocky section is slightly arduous, so we were very surprised to see someone carrying their mountain bike over the rocks. Apparently he had been given some poor advice on a place to ride. We did not see much wildlife, most likely because of the crowded condition on the trail. There was evidence of bears in the area.
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Date of Hike: Saturday, September 04, 2010 |
Great hike overall. We hiked counterclockwise, going up some rocky trails at first, but with beautiful views of Buzzard Rocks. Six of us spent the night up at the top, just before where the trail splits to the Signal Knob trail and the Meneka Peak trail. Great campsites around, although many of them are right on the trail, so you don't get much privacy. There were a few hikers in the middle of the night and before sunrise. One of them thought it would be funny to shout loudly, waking us all up and leaving us a bit freaked out. It seems we were not the first to post something about freaky middle-of-the-night hikers on this trail. Otherwsie, the only problem with this hike is the water situation. In August there is no water anywhere on the mountain. Some of us had to make a 4 hour side trip down to the resevoir on the West side to refill our water bottles.
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