{"id":13512,"date":"2017-09-26T19:36:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T23:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=13512"},"modified":"2017-09-26T19:36:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T23:36:56","slug":"hiking-wv-blackwater-canyon-rim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/13512","title":{"rendered":"Hiking WV: Blackwater Canyon Rim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was not a true hike, because we had difficulty getting there (you can&#8217;t enter trail head into the GPS, then we both misread what the road sign was saying) so we ended up wandering briefly around both ends of the Canyon Rim Trail, as well as climbing up Olsen Lookout Tower.<\/p>\n<p>Location: Backbone Mountain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/mnf\/\">Monongahela National Forest<\/a><br \/>\nTrail: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recarea\/mnf\/recreation\/hiking\/recarea\/?recid=7055&#038;actid=50\">Blackwater Canyon Rim Trail<\/a><br \/>\nElevation: 3200-3785<\/p>\n<p>I did climb Olsen Lookout Tower, but since this is me, I was very slow and careful and did not stumble or fall once!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/37310967782\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20170925_Blackwater_Canyon_056\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4502\/37310967782_af2b529e15_z.jpg?resize=360%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20170925_Blackwater_Canyon_056\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The view from the tower. We had two separate 360 views this weekend. Pretty impressive.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/36631608284\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20170925_Blackwater_Canyon_014\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4374\/36631608284_f39faa0dd8_z.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"20170925_Blackwater_Canyon_014\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the trail, we found this lovely waterfall.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/37310976062\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20170925_Blackwater_Canyon_010\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4454\/37310976062_953a060095_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"20170925_Blackwater_Canyon_010\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>We will hike this entire trail eventually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was not a true hike, because we had difficulty getting there (you can&#8217;t enter trail head into the GPS, then we both misread what the road sign was saying) so we ended up wandering briefly around both ends of the Canyon Rim Trail, as well as climbing up Olsen Lookout Tower. 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