An earlier hike to Blackrock, in warmer weather.
The trail to Blackrock. It begins near milepost 85 on the Skyline Drive.
First view of the rocks.
Snow on the rocks.
The view from the top.
Trayfoot Mountain in the distance.
Furnace Mountain and Austin Mountain.
The blue-blazed trail to Trayfoot Mountain...
...leads through wind-twisted trees...
...through the Cleft in the Rock.
A frosty fern.
Winter color.
Twisted wood.
Blackrock derives its name from the growth of lichen on the rocks...
...which from a distance looks dark on the surface.
Mountain Laurel.
Frost.
A Black Bear (Ursus Americanus) made this footprint in the soft ground of the last thaw.
Winter's colors are a special treat.
Beautiful....
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