I've actually only been aware of it for a bit, but there's a set of hikes near Roanoke called the Triple Crown. Dragon's Tooth is both the shortest and the scrambliest, so it seemed like the perfect hike for a random professional development day. The weather was pretty great, and since it was a weekday it wasn't very crowded. The first part of the hike was easy walking, but right around Lost Spectacles Gap (see our hilarious dramatic interpretation of said name, above) it gets all scrambly! It's not Old Rag level scramble, but seeing as this is ON the AT, it'd certainly up the challenge quotient to do it with a full overnight pack. We just had day packs, so not very taxing, but defnitely lots of fun and some good views. It was VERY windy (and exposed) at the peak so we didn't stay super long, but the vibes were good and AJ got to play on rocks.
There are 2 more points to the Triple Crown - MacAfee Knob and Tinker Cliffs - and we hope to get to those 2 (probably as an overnight backpacking trip?) in the Spring.
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