{"id":11824,"date":"2014-07-05T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T15:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=11824"},"modified":"2014-07-05T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T15:35:56","slug":"hiking-west-virginia-mont-chateau-trail-to-cheat-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/11824","title":{"rendered":"Hiking West Virginia: Coopers Rock, Mont Chateau Trail to Cheat Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coopersrockstateforest.com\/\">Coopers Rock<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Trails<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coopersrockstateforest.com\/CRSF_Map.pdf\">Henry Clay Iron Furnace Trail, Mont Chateau Trail to Cheat Lake<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Distance<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Mont-Chateau-Trail-Complete-Hike.html\">5.3 miles<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Elevation<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Mont-Chateau-Trail-Complete-Hike-Elevation.png\">1371 feet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Henry Clay Iron Furnace Trail<\/strong> (one way)<br \/>\nDistance: <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Henry-Clay-Iron-Furnace-Trail-One-Way.html\">0.9 miles<\/a><br \/>\nElevation: 267 feet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mont Chateau Trail to Cheat Lake<\/strong> (one way)<br \/>\nDistance: <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Mont-Chateau-Trail-One-Way.html\">1.4 miles<\/a><br \/>\nElevation: 739 feet<\/p>\n<p>The best park of the hike was switching from boots to water shoes and hiking in the creek. We managed 0.6 miles in about an hour, which was pretty good, since it was a lot of trying to figure out how to move get up rocks or around deep pools.<\/p>\n<p>The balanced rocks are still there!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/14575582595\" title=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_028 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3835\/14575582595_49a4ed37eb_z.jpg?resize=512%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_028\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/14389155837\" title=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_035 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2899\/14389155837_95ecdd23e2_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_035\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/14579023922\" title=\"Coopers Rock by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3864\/14579023922_2a9409e2f4_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Coopers Rock\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/14572217551\" title=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_062 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2900\/14572217551_b025c90548_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_062\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/14388970179\" title=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_068 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3872\/14388970179_5994a69e9e_z.jpg?resize=427%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_068\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/14389154107\" title=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_042 by Michelle Klishis, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3884\/14389154107_f62a13bbc0_z.jpg?resize=512%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20140704_Coopers_Rock_Mont_Chateau_042\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Mont-Chateau-Trail-Complete-Hike.html\">Map of complete hike<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: Coopers Rock Trails: Henry Clay Iron Furnace Trail, Mont Chateau Trail to Cheat Lake Distance: 5.3 miles Elevation: 1371 feet Henry Clay Iron Furnace Trail (one way) Distance: 0.9 miles Elevation: 267 feet Mont Chateau Trail to Cheat Lake (one way) Distance: 1.4 miles Elevation: 739 feet The best park of the hike was 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