Comments on: Stone Mountain and Wintergreen Falls, DuPont State Forest

By: Ashevillain

Ashevillain — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:40:00 +0000

I checked and the current revision is listed as 2012. Hopefully they’ve made some corrections.

I have the 2005 and 2008 revisions. The 2005 version is even worse – it has S T O N E M O U N T A I N stretched out over 3 different peaks in that corner. That’s pretty vague!

By: Jeff Clark, Meanderthals

Jeff Clark, Meanderthals — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:05:00 +0000

In reply to Ashevillain.

Hi Ashevillain. Thanks for the tips.

I’ve noticed more than one error on the trail maps provided by DuPont State Forest. I don’t know when they were last updated, but it seems to be time.

By: Ashevillain

Ashevillain — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:36:00 +0000

In case any of your readers are wondering – the section of the Rocky Ridge Trail from Old CCC Road to Stone Mountain Trail is seriously rocky and eroded as well. I was a bit surprised at the condition of this section of the Rocky Ridge Trail as well as the Stone Mountain Trail given how most of the other trails in DSF are relatively well graded and maintained. I guess this area of DSF is less traveled (I didn’t see another person in this NE area yesterday whereas the area near most of the waterfalls was overrun with people) so it gets less treatment than the well used area to the West.

Also a bit curious to me is that the DSF trail map I have lists the next peak to the East as Stone Mountain. There is a narrow footpath that lead down the East side of the granite dome. I followed for about 25 yards and it appears to go to the next peak. I wonder if it just a misprint on the map or if that next peak is actually Stone Mountain proper.