We had done hike to Big Schloss on 12th May 2018 .It is located in Columbia Furnace,Virginia.
Hike Location
Name: Big Schloss
Distance: 94 miles from Herndon (approx)
Total hiking distance: 4.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 1035 ft
Hike Team: me and my wife.
Hiking Experience: We started around 6:20 am in the morning.We reached parking lot around 7:50 am.This is our first hike in this summer. For further encouragement we bought the two new hiking bags.The bag also has 2 liter water pack in it.It was so simple to drink water and helped in enjoying the hike.We started our hike around 8:14 am through a narrow orange blazed trail which is behind the parking lot and it lead us to the jungle.The whole hike was in ups and downs. Weather was pleasant on that day and little wind also there.Weather also helped us partially to enjoy our hike. We had our breakfast at 8:48 am and again we started our hike at 8:50 am.The trail was so beautiful we captured many photos of the nature.There were rocks one side and trees on the other side of the trail.Due to the trees,there was shade on the trail which helped us from the scorching heat of the sun. We felt little difficult when walking through steep side of hill but that was fun. After 0.8 miles of walking we reached a view point. The view was amazing and pleasant. We saw many hills and valleys, Some of them are visible and some of them are covered with clouds. After that we continued and started climbing down the hill. After 1.2 miles we reached a junction where to the right is the Big Schloss. It was a steep ascent.
We saw a snake on one of the rocks. Initially we heard a weird crackling sound and thought it was a bird but later we saw that it was 4-5 ft long snake.We waited there until the snake left from the rocks to nearby bushes and then we climbed the rocks to reach the wooden bridge. The bridge was very beautiful,that was connected from one rock to another rock. The view from the bridge was just amazing. We saw the clouds shadow on the ground. Because of the sun light the greenery of the ground was shining. That was a wonderful view and we could not keep our eyes off it. The rocks at the top point are little high and need to climb those carefully to have a glimpse of wonderful valley. Then we reached to top point at 10:20 am. The view from the top point was amazing. After that, around 10:30 am we just get back to the same trail then we reached our car parking 11:45 am. We have done some exercises for muscle relax and then reached home around 1:30 pm We had our lunch in the car. It was a great experience being with the nature and we enjoyed a lot. All is Well.
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