{"id":14538,"date":"2018-10-01T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=14538"},"modified":"2018-09-30T15:09:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T19:09:58","slug":"hiking-wv-cranberry-wilderness-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/14538","title":{"rendered":"Hiking WV: Cranberry Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a week of rain, Saturday was clear, so we headed to the Cranberry Wilderness, which has become one of my favorite places, since it is far less visited that most other spots in WV.<\/p>\n<p>We hiked two shorter trails, wanting the views as much as the hiking. <\/p>\n<p>Location: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/recarea\/mnf\/recreation\/recarea\/?recid=12368\">Cranberry Wilderness<\/a><br \/>\nTrail: Red Spruce Trail<br \/>\nDistance: 2.3 miles<br \/>\nElevation: 4386-4722 feet (420 ft gain)<\/p>\n<p>Is that&#8230; a bear track? (Click through to Flickr for a comparison picture.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/44965752052\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-09-29_Cranberry_Wilderness_001\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1945\/44965752052_1a7550f531_z.jpg?resize=311%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"311\" height=\"640\" alt=\"2018-09-29_Cranberry_Wilderness_001\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The trail at the top of the mountain was unbelievably gorgeous. Look at that! So beautiful!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/44965748152\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-09-29_Cranberry_Wilderness_005\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1962\/44965748152_3e86b9da3f_z.jpg?resize=311%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"311\" height=\"640\" alt=\"2018-09-29_Cranberry_Wilderness_005\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Because Red Spruce Knob is the highest peak in the area, there was a fire tower here at one point. That tower is long gone, and most of the overlook is overgrown.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/44965745632\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-09-29_Cranberry_Wilderness_007\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1955\/44965745632_1a5dd50f6c_z.jpg?resize=640%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" alt=\"2018-09-29_Cranberry_Wilderness_007\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Still worth the hike.<\/p>\n<p>Trail: High Rocks Trail<br \/>\nDistance: 3.2 miles<br \/>\nElevation: 4312-4507 feet (471 ft gain)<\/p>\n<p>The trail to High Rocks was possibly one of the easiest we&#8217;ve ever hiked in the Mon Nat&#8217;l Forest. We kept waiting for it to get super muddy or terribly rocky or ridiculously steep; Nope. It was a very easy hike.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/44102724305\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2018-09-29_Cranberry_Wilderness_009\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1956\/44102724305_507e19ea67_z.jpg?resize=640%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" alt=\"2018-09-29_Cranberry_Wilderness_009\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>It was a ridiculously easy hike, for the view at the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a week of rain, Saturday was clear, so we headed to the Cranberry Wilderness, which has become one of my favorite places, since it is far less visited that most other spots in WV. We hiked two shorter trails, wanting the views as much as the hiking. 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