Didn't Know How Big It Was

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5 ай бұрын

Took a hike up to a boulder field I found a few months back but didn't have time to explore. This time I hiked up with the sole intention of exploring the boulder field. Was amazed at how big it actually is and how little known it is. Had a great hike and couldn't get over the size and beauty of this boulder field only about a mile off a main road with few people realizing it is even there.

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@an_over-the-hill_mountainbiker 3 ай бұрын

Pretty amazing, I'll have to check it out.

@gregghershberger7968 5 ай бұрын

My wife laughed at that one,thanks for watching

@kennysasinoski1097 5 ай бұрын

That’s what she said

@pajiad191 5 ай бұрын

Pappy this is amazing, there is very little scholarly information on this boulder field that I could find. Is this of a glacial origin? I am quite interested and would like to do more research. Is this a named location?

@gregghershberger7968 5 ай бұрын

I could not find a name for it. The Trail I was on is part of a longer trail on All Trails called Chickadee and Southern Gas Line Trail in Michaux State Forest. If you find that on All Trails the start of the trail I took is where the trail juts out close to Old Forge Road not where All Trails shows it starts. If you ever get in the area and want to try and find it, if I'm available I'd be glad to assist you.

@pajiad191 5 ай бұрын

@@gregghershberger7968 God bless you thank you for your reply. I was able to locate it from a satellite image and noticed that the boulder field extends across the entire ridge all the way down to the west side of the ridge in a semicircular or lunate pattern. Further reading lead me to a freely available pdf titled :"Cosmogenic nuclides indicate that boulder fields are dynamic, ancient, multigenerational features". My reading of the document indicates to me that these boulder fields are not well understood, their formation is not necessarily relating to glacial or periglacial activity and many of the boulders have moved or shuffled their position from top to bottom over time. This boulder field is indeed a mystery of geology glaciology and geophysics that demands understanding. These seem to be granite?

@gregghershberger7968 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the information. I think there is another one a few miles from me in Maryland. Waynsboro, PA is right on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania so I"m going to head down there in a few days and see if I can find that one also. Thanks again for the information.

@pajiad191 5 ай бұрын

@@gregghershberger7968 If you go to this one again or to any others could you try to find out or take close pictures of what type of rock the boulders are? I am fascinated by how so many large weathered rocks could end up in such a small isolated area without any obvious transport channel !