I am always curious to know how "high" I am during my bike rides. No, I don't mean from drugs or some bike induced euphoria. I'm talking about elevation! So I just glanced through some track files from the Cove and Mill Mountain and came up with the following "peaks."
At Carvins Cove, the highest elevation for the following that I have data for are:
Trough ~1974ft
Brushy Mtn ~2344ft
The Gauntlet ~2215ft
Tuckaway ~1440ft
Arrowhead ~1430ft
Songbird ~1420ft
For Mill Mountain, I estimate the following:
Ridgeline (after in the intersection) ~1595ft
ZooPoo aka Ridgeline ~1690ft
Monument ~1606ft
At the base of the Star ~1755ft
Not the most thrilling post, but hey it's a post!
During my ride today - I rode up Trough, down Buck, across Hotel, met up with Paula, took 4 Gorges to Brushy Mountain. We went looking for a "secret" didn't find what we were looking for and when we turned around got to see a black bear - beautiful animal. I love them. We rode down The Gauntlet - a workout for my hands for sure then went back across Horse Pen. I bid Paula a farewell at the Trough trailhead as I was parked on Timberview Road. The Cicadas are plentiful on this side of Brushy Mountain and they were "singing" rather loudly! In fact it was almost mesmerizing to the point of insanity. I got a flat tire going up Trough and needed to hear the air leak so I could slosh sealant towards it, but I couldn't hear anything, but those insane bugs! YUK!!!
Off to watch the season finale of The Amazing Race. Ta ta!
