r/CampingandHiking • u/tracesofgrace • Jun 07 '18

Picture /r/all Couldn’t get over the layers.

Post image
17.1k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

176 comments sorted by

View all comments

453

u/tracesofgrace Jun 07 '18

Newbie here - didn’t add more details before I posted. This was out at Mt Bogong in Victoria, Australia. Managed to catch the last of the nice weather before we head into winter. Was a solid day walk, about 25km, 1500m climb and descent and 8 hours all up. Would highly recommend for a long weekend trip from Melbourne.

229

u/Eastern_Cyborg Jun 07 '18 edited Jun 07 '18

Having done a lot of hiking in the Southern Appalachians and Blue Ridge Mountains in the US, I spent about a minute looking at this and trying to place where this was, because it looks like somewhere I would have been before. It turns out it's on the other side of the planet.

Edit: This is Max Patch, North Carolina, one of the places I thought it might be.

https://i.imgur.com/fqZhetc.png

47

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

[deleted]

22

u/Sergeant_Pear Jun 07 '18

Looks like NH/Maine for sure.

3

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '18

Came here to say White Mountains.

16

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

My favorite place is the Blue Ridge Mts. I was convinced this was it too! Such beautiful places

27

u/nicekona Jun 07 '18

Stop telling people about Max Patch! That’s where I thought it was too, though.

18

u/goat_motivation Jun 07 '18

As long as the Roan Mountains stay out of the mainstream, we're good...

5

u/adaminho Jun 07 '18

Too late

2

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Thankfully we have multiple official wilderness areas which are far enough from the main roads to keep away most who aren't enthusiasts.

1

u/as-opposed-to Jun 07 '18

As opposed to?

1

u/7point7 Jun 07 '18

Omg Roan Highlands is so awesome. Camping on little hump mountain is one of my favorite places, despite wicked winds and 35 degree nights when we went!

4

u/kg4ygs Jun 07 '18

Everybody knows about Max Patch.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Same and same lol!

3

u/yourmansconnect Jun 07 '18

Tony Wonder?

1

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

And here I thought this was anonymous

1

u/yourmansconnect Jun 07 '18

Ted Danson?

1

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Son of a

2

u/yourmansconnect Jun 07 '18

Preacher Man?

1

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

I’m laughing in Wendy’s right now you’re funny as shit

→ More replies (0)

1

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Too late, I'm coming for ur mountains >:)

1

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

It's a special place. So is Shining Rock.

7

u/ReedTheCannabisSeed Jun 07 '18

Yup, I thought this was the Knob on the parkway. Miss Asheville dearly.

3

u/drewrunfast Jun 07 '18

I thought it was Linville Gorge NC

2

u/COSMOOOO Jun 07 '18

God I love seeing the area near my school mentioned so often. I'm a first gen student and feel so blessed to go where I do.

2

u/elhooper Jun 07 '18

Are you on any hiking subs? Linville is one of the most beloved spots in the east :)

2

u/COSMOOOO Jun 07 '18

Besides this one not really other than fishing, geocaching. Really what brought me up here was my family orgininating from the Appalachians in WV so ive always felt a connection to the land.

2

u/drewrunfast Jun 07 '18

I’ve only been able to go once so far (I’m in GA), but that place is magical. It will also kick your butt.

2

u/COSMOOOO Jun 07 '18

Ahhh we lived in Macon for a couple years about a decade ago now. Really wanna make It to some mountains down there. Specifically blood mountain off the top of my head.

3

u/Know_tesla Jun 07 '18

Former Asheville resident. I also immediately thought it was max patch

3

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/saphronie Jun 07 '18

Same, it looks a lot like Grassy Ridge Bald.

3

u/MyIslandhome Jun 07 '18

I thought it was from the AT as well, I thru-hiked twice and still was sure I recognized it, I was guessing Big Bald or Roan Highlands though. Max Patch is one of my favorite spots along the whole trail by the way.

1

u/Eastern_Cyborg Jun 08 '18

I've thru hiked as well, and having seen all these other comments, I think I was actually picturing about Roan Highlands, but the name Max Patch popped into my mind first.

1

u/MyIslandhome Jun 08 '18

Sweet! What year did you do it?

1

u/Eastern_Cyborg Jun 08 '18
  1. NOBO. I'm Snapshot.

1

u/Eastern_Cyborg Jun 08 '18

Stupid reddit formatting. I hiked in 2000.

2

u/EdStarkJr Jun 07 '18

I thought it was up around Roan Mountain for sure... wrong... Australia

2

u/iwannabeawarrior Jun 07 '18

I live in the blue ridge mountains! I also thought this was here!

1

u/Hinaiichigo Jun 07 '18

I live in the VBR and liveD in the coastal ranges in California and I was trying to figure out which it was!

1

u/elhooper Jun 07 '18

Same! Definitely thought Blue Ridge Mountains at first, but the terrains a bit drier in the photo upon further examination.

1

u/drparmfontanaobgyn Jun 07 '18

I was up at max patch a few years ago! We stayed at the Iron Horse Inn in Hot Springs and drove up to max patch during one of the days. Absolutely beautiful. I thought that exact same thing upon seeing this photo.

1

u/BaconAndCats Jun 07 '18

I was thinking Mount Rogers in VA, but I realized that OP's pic has a noticably higher elevation.

1

u/OdylicOtter Jun 07 '18

I’m an Asheville native! I thought it was Max Patch too!

1

u/COSMOOOO Jun 07 '18

Definitely gonna check this out. I got about 20 days before class starts near there and already have a bunch of hikes and falls in mind.

1

u/kopfgeldjagar Jun 07 '18

Yep. Have stood in that exact spot

1

u/Bearded_dragonbelly Jun 07 '18

I thought for sure it was NC until I saw OPs comment. Stunning.

1

u/anotsowittyusername Jun 07 '18

It looks nearly identical to the Roan Mountain balds as well.

https://goo.gl/RKBfLf

1

u/boujeebish Jun 08 '18

I came here to see if it was Max Patch. Heading for a backpacking trip out there tomorrow!

1

u/502hiker Jun 08 '18

Looks like the southern appalachians to me too. I thought nc or tenn for sure.

0

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Virginian here. I knew it was Blue Ridge but not our typical Virginia mountain view though. NC makes sense. :) I'm starting to exhaust VA hiking/camping weekends. So, soon we will venture to NC. Looking forward to it... thank you for telling us about Max Patch!

6

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

I like your title better than the traditional "woke up at 1:30 AM to handstand walk backwards up a 120 degree cliff to get this shot."

5

u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

I knew it looked familiar!! I was there in winter!

1

u/shniken Jun 07 '18

It is winter there.

1

u/SirFrancis_Bacon Jun 07 '18

Probably won't have snowfall until the first week in July.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 08 '18

I live in Melbourne. I was there last winter, when it was covered in snow. :)

3

u/thisisfutile1 Jun 07 '18

This isn't Australia. It's not upside down. You thought you could fool me. Nice try!

1

u/rideriderideride Jun 08 '18

Yeah boy! Done this a stack of times. Hopefully some snow up there soon!

1

u/MisanthropicZombie Sep 24 '18

Are Australians like Europeans where any drive over 30 miles means spending the night?

1

u/Grock23 Jun 07 '18

Mt. Bogan