Dolly Sods - Spring Backpacking - 16 miles

IMPORTANT - READ
This is a by law 10 person limit capacity trip, If you are NOT 100% committed please do NOT RSV

Rain - Shine or Snow is a go
This time we will be visiting the North area;
The Dolly Sods Wilderness — originally simply Dolly Sods — is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia and is part of the Monongahela National Forest (MNF) and one of the most desirable trekking areas for the free bird and adventure spirit.

Dolly Sods is a rocky, high-altitude plateau with sweeping vistas and lifeforms normally found much farther north in Canada.
To the north, the distinctive landscape of "the Sods" is characterized by stunted (“flagged”) trees, wind-carved boulders, heath barrens, grassy meadows created in the last century by logging and fires, and sphagnum bogs that are much older. To the south, a dense cove forest occupies the branched canyon excavated by the North Fork of Red Creek.

The name derives from an 18th century German homesteading family — the Dahles — and a local term for an open mountaintop meadow — a "sods".

State: West Virginia
Counties: Grant, Randolph, Tucker
Elevation: 3,734 ft (1,138.1 m)
Coordinates: 39.066062, -79.301616

Trail details:
Friday night we will hike about 1.5 miles and camp around Bears Rock and Dobbin Grade trail intersection (wild camp), next day morning (Saturday) we will break camp and head North-West following Bear Rocks to Beaver View trail (TR523 on map) to Dobbin Grade trail (TR526) to Rocky Ridge trail (TR524) to Breathed Mountain trail (TR553) to Red Creek trail heading north to the intersection of Breathed Mountain trail and to our next camping location, enjoy the local cascades and swimming pool, take dinner.
Next morning (Sunday) head north on Red Creek trail to Upper Red Creek trail (TR509) and from there to Dobbin Grade and back to Bears Rock trail = 15-16 miles round trek

Gear list, What you need to bring:
1.) Tent - Sleeping pad - 20F Sleeping bag
2.) 2 pieces rain suit
3.) 3 extra pair of socks - 1 will stay on the car
4.) Backpacking stove + pot/cup/dish/spoon
5.) Dehydrate food
6.) Bottle or similar for drinking water
7.) Snacks/sandwich/power bar or equivalent, etc.
8.) Saturday and Sunday we will refuel from a stream.
9.) Water/beach shoes + small towel for stream crossing.
11.) Warm jacket, hat and water proof globes
12.) Water proof shoes-boots
13.) Extra pair of shoes (stay in the car)
14.) Gaiter

General meetup location: Vienna Metro Station - 7:30pm
Time driving: 3 hr. each way
Google driving direction from Vienna metro:
https://goo.gl/maps/1yXxQrnDbK9sKhcz6

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