January and February 2012
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY. There are certain risks, which are inherent in any hike, or other Club activity. Each KTC member, guest, or non-member hiker agrees to accept personal responsibility for his or her safety and the safety of minors accompanying such persons. The Club cannot ensure the safety of any participant on hikes. In participating in Club hikes, each such person agrees to hold harmless and free from blame the hike leaders, the KTC, its officers and members, and property owners, for any accident, injury, or illness which might be sustained from participating in hikes or other Club activities.
IMPORTANT!
- Read all hike descriptions!
- Know your limitations!
- Carry water!!
- Notify leader if you choose to leave the hike!
- Hike Leader has the right to refuse any unprepared person from a hike!
THE MEETING PLACE: Hikers are to meet at the Stonewall Station Post Office Parking Lot - corner of Ohio & Randolph Streets on the West Side of Charleston to car pool to hike locations unless the schedule specifically indicates another meeting place (or time).
January
Sun. Jan. 1ST 12:00 NOON -- NEW YEAR'S DAY - (RE-GROUP KTC LODGE AT 12:00 NOON) - HIKE APPROX. 2 MILES ON LINDY & POLECAT TRAILS WITH STEEP ASCENT LEADER: RON COCKERAM AFTERWARD ENJOY CORNED BEEF/CABBAGE & POT-LUCK DINNER AT THE KTC LODGE. BRING A DISH TO SHARE. COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THE 'NEW YEAR' WITH YOUR HIKING FRIENDS!
Tue. Jan 3RD, 5:30 P.M. - Night Hike -- (MEET AT SWIMMING POOL PARKING AREA) - KSF - SHREWSBURY ROAD/ALLIGATOR ROCK/TEABERRY/DAVIS CREEK TRAILS - - HIKE APPROX.2½-3 MILES ON MODERATE TRAIL WITH HILLS. BRING A LIGHT SOURCE. LEADER: BARB KOSTER
Sun. Jan. 8TH 12:00 NOON - New Hike - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - BROOKLYN MINE TRAIL - NEW RIVER GORGE - (RE-GROUP AT 1:45 P.M. AT TRAIL HEAD PARKING AREA) - HIKE APPROX. 5½ MILES ON AN OUT AND BACK MOSTLY LEVEL TRAIL WITH ONE EASY CLIMB. ROCKY IN PLACES. GOOD GORGE VIEWS AND AN OLD MINE SITE. WEATHER PERMITTING LEADER: GINA GRIFFITH
Sun. Jan 15TH, 1:30 P.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - KSF - DAVIS CREEK TRAIL (REGROUP AT SWIMMING POOL PARKING AREA) - TWO CHOICES OF HIKES - 1) HIKE IN-AND-OUT ON DAVIS CREEK TRAIL AT SLOWER PACE OR 2) HIKE APPROX. 4-5 MILES THE DAVIS CREEK TRAIL LOOP WITH MODERATE HILLS. LEADER: CATHY MILLS
Sat. Jan. 21ST, 11:30 A.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - KSF - CAMPGROUND/JOHNSON HOLLOW/LOGTOWN - (RE-GROUP AT POLLY HOLLOW PARKING AREA) - HIKE APPROX. 4 MILES ON A MODERATE TRAIL WITH SOME STEEP HILLS. LEADER: KATHY HASTINGS AFTERWARD (REGROUP AT SWIMMING POOL PARKING AREA) FOR THE OPTIONAL KSFF SHIRLEY SCHWEIZER WINTER WALK
Sat. Jan. 21ST, 2:00 P.M. - KSFF - SHIRLEY SCHWEIZER WINTER WALK - JOIN DOUG WOOD AND OTHER LEADERS IN A FUN AND INTERPRETIVE WALK IN THE WINTER WOODS. MEET AT SWIMMING POOL AREA (PAST THE FOREST ENTRANCE ON THE LEFT) ENJOY A COZY FIRE, HOT DRINKS, HOT SOUPS AND SNACKS!! DRESS ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER, ESPECIALLY FOOTWEAR! DONATIONS APPRECIATED SPONSORED BY: KANAWHA STATE FOREST FOUNDATION & MARY INGLES TRAIL BLAZERS FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 304-925-2771 OR 304-558-3500
Sun. Jan. 22 ND, 12:30 P.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - BARBOURSVILLE CITY PARK TRAIL -(REGROUP AT LAKE) - HIKE APPROX. 3-4 MILES ON A ROLLING TRAIL. LEADER: CATHY MILLS
Sun. Jan. 29TH , 1:30 P.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - SOUP HIKE - KSF - BALLARD/POLECAT LOOP - (RE-GROUP AT THE KTC LODGE) -HIKE APPROX. 3½ MILES ON TRAIL WITH SEVERAL HILLS SHORTER VERSION: HIKE OUT & BACK ON THE ROAD TO THE SHOOTING RANGE. NOTE: BRING YOUR FAVORITE SOUP OR BREAD. AFTER STARTING THE SOUP COOKING, THEN THE HIKES WILL BEGIN LEADER: CHUCK & BEV WRIGHT
February
Sat. Feb. 4TH , 9:00 A.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - HOCKING HILLS, OH - HIKE APPROX. 6 MILES ON MOSTLY LEVEL TRAIL WITH A FEW ROLLING HILLS. LEADER: CATHY MILLS & KATHY HASTINGS
Sun. Feb. 5 TH, 1:30 P.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - WALLACE-HARTMAN - (VERY LIMITED PARKING- PREFER EVERYONE CARPOOL FROM MEETING PLACE) - HIKE APPROX. 4 MILES ON A MODERATE HIKE WITH SOME STEEP HILLS. LEADER: ROGER HARDWAY
Tue. Feb. 7TH, 5:30 P.M. - Night Hike - (MEET AT SWIMMING POOL PARKING AREA) KSF - SHREWSBURY ROAD/MOSSY ROCK/MIDDLE RIDGE/CCC SNIPE TRAILS - (REGROUP AT SWIMMING POOL PARKING AREA) - HIKE APPROX.3 MILES ON MODERATE TRAIL WITH HILLS. BRING A LIGHT SOURCE. LEADER: BARB KOSTER
Wed. Feb. 8 TH , 6:30 P.M. - HIKE CO-ORDINATORS MEETING - AT PANERA BREAD'S MEETING ROOM.
Sun. Feb. 12TH , 12:00 NOON - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - LONG POINT/BUTCHER BRANCH/TIMBERIDGE TRAILS NEAR NEW RIVER GORGE - HIKE APPROX.3-4 MILES ON EASY TRAIL WITH MODERATE HILLS LEADER: KATHY HASTINGS
Sun. Feb. 19TH , 1:30 P.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - LITTLE CREEK PARK- (RE-GROUP AT PARKING AREA #2) - HIKE APPROX. 3-4 MILES ON EASY TO MODERATE TRAIL WITH SOME TRICKY FOOTING. NO STREAM CROSSINGS. LEADER: RON COCKERAM
Sun. Feb. 26TH , 12:30 P.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - THURMOND/MINDEN RAIL TRAIL - (REGROUP AT TRAILHEAD PARKING AREA ON RT. 25 NEAR THURMOND) - HIKE APPROX. 6½ MILES ON AN OLD RAILROAD BED WITH MOSTLY LEVEL TERRAIN EXCEPT FOR EASY STAIRCASE UP & OVER ROCK AREA. GOOD VIEWS OF THURMOND. SHORTER VERSION: HIKE IN AND OUT AS FAR AS YOU WOULD LIKE. IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER, ALTERNATE HIKE WILL BE IN KSF ON JOHNSON HOLLOW / LOGTOWN TRAILS LOOP; APPROX. 2 MILES LEADER: CATHY MILLS
March
Sun. Mar. 4TH, 1:30 P.M. - Carpool from Ohio & Randolph Streets - SPRING HILL CEMETERY PARK HISTORICAL WALK - (RE-GROUP AT MAUSOLEUM PARKING AREA) - HIKE APPROX. 3 MILES ON ROAD AND IN GRASS TO VIEW 34 HISTORICAL SITES WITH BRIEF HISTORY DESCRIPTIONS. OPTIONAL DISTANCES: 1½ MILES or 4½ MILES LEADER: BEV AND CHUCK WRIGHT