This is the third part of the three blogs on my days on the
Roan Highlands this summer. This is a short compare and contrast blog on the
how the weather changes and some of the difference between summer and fall on
the area from Round Bald to Grassy Ridge Bald on the Roan Highlands.
Overlook Off Tennessee Highway-143
Carvers Gap
Headed Up Round Bald On The Appalachian Trail
Round Bald
On The Appalachian Trail
Overlook Off Tennessee Highway-143
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| October, 2013 |
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| July, 2014 |
Carvers Gap
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| October, 2013 |
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| July, 2014 |
Headed Up Round Bald On The Appalachian Trail
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| October, 2013 |
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| July, 2014 |
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| View from above rock in the autumn. |
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| Same view in summer. |
Round Bald
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| 5,826 ft in the fall & fog. |
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| 5,826 ft in the summer sun. |
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| This will show how the weather changes (Oct, 2013). |
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| Looks the same but this is July, 2014... |
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| ...& this is summer too. |
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| Back in fall there was a memorial for Pierce Templeton... |
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| ...it was gone by summer. |
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| October, 2013 |
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| July, 2014 |
On The Appalachian Trail
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| Here I am on the AT in October, 2014... |
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| ...at the same spot in July, & yes it was colder than in October... |
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| ...by the end of the day in looked like summer (but was still cool). |
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| The picture from my AT map in autumn... |
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| ...then this summer. |
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| Headed up the AT to Jane Bald in October. |
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| Same spot in Engine Gap in July. |
Jane Bald
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| Summit of Jane Bald in October, 2013... |
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| ...back there in July, 2014. |
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| Back in the autumn looking toward NC... |
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| ...but in July you can see Mt. Mitchell in the distance. |
Looking At Hump & Little Hump Mountains
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| Color & clouds in October. |
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| Green & light clouds in July. |
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| October, 2013... |
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| ...July 2014. |
Headed Up Grassy Ridge Bald
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| Fall colors... |
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| ...the colors of summer. |
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| In October there was a paper sign on white blaze post. |
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| In July a carved post was there. |
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| Which points the way this summer... |
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| ...same spot in the autumn. |
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| In October the fogged in Grassy Ridge summit... |
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| ...in July the view was better. |
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| Big Roan Ridge in fall... |
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| ...& summer. |
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| Last fall there was a blanket of clouds... |
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| ...I found out how a great view it is in summer. |
Headed South On The Appalachian Trail
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| Oct, 2013: Headed back & Hump Mtn. is shrouded in fog. |
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| In July, 2014 mostly clear skies. |
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| Looking toward Jane Bald in the autumn. |
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| The same view in summer. |
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| October, 2013 |
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| July, 2014 |
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| Looking down at Roan Mountain in the fall. |
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| Same spot at the height of summer. |
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| TN 143 showing the colors of autumn. |
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| The lush green of summer. |
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| Headed toward Round Bald in October, 2013. |
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| Back here in July, 2014. |
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| Southbound blaze on Round Bald in the fall. |
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| Same spot in summer. |
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| AT as it passes over Round Bald in the autumn. |
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| Back here in summer. |
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| October, 2013: Roan High Knob in the fog. |
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| July, 2014: Roan High Knob with partly cloudy skies. |
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