TURN HOUSE MOUNTAIN INTO A HOME: BEGINNER BACKPACKING ON HOUSE MOUNTAIN

OVERVIEW

NOTE: Title Name Credit to Madeline Montgomery Livingston. For more witty title ideas, direct inquiries to (541) 588-2895.

Hi all! Are you itching to get out of the house? ( /dorm? /apartment?) Are you so excited about this gorgeous fall foliage? Do you have zero backpacking experience or lots of backpacking experience or some intermediate level of backpacking experience? if so, this trip is for you. join loreley & I as we jaunt up to House Mountain this weekend for some very chill, very beginner-friendly backpacking!!! we’ll catch the sunset on Saturday and the sunrise on Sunday and go over how to camp / cook food / set up tents etc in between. there may even be s’mores and/or some campfire singalongs 🙂
NOTE: we sadly only have 1 car between us. drivers get priority so we can bring more people!! (gas reimbursed + tip!!)

PLAN:
Saturday 10/25
1pm: meet at echols & depart grounds
2:30: arrive at trailhead
hike about 3 miles, arrive at campsite ~4pm
set up camp (build our homes)
leave for sunset on Big House Mountain (1 mi) ~5:30pm
sunset ~6:30pm
come back to camp, eat dinner, stargaze, be merry

SUNDAY 10/26:
wake up at an ungodly hour
hike Little House Mountain (1.7mi) and catch sunrise 7:30am
return to camp
eat breakfast
say goodbye to our homes & depart back for cville
return to grounds around 1pm

WHAT TO BRING:
-backpacking backpack
-tent
-sleeping bag and sleeping pad
-sturdy shoes to hike in
-clothes to stay warm in overnight
-rain jacket (just in case)
-toiletries
-working headlamp( important for post-sunset and pre-sunrise)
-water (2+ liters for hike, seasonal water source at saddle)
-stove if you plan to cook food
FOOD: snacks, dinner for Saturday, breakfast for Sunday (text us if you need food ideas! some of my go-tos are pb&js, tortillas, ramen, jerky, snickers, and protein bars.)

You can find most of this gear at the gear room if you need it! Remaining gear rooms this week:
Tuesday @ 12:30pm — Chris Blonkvist (203-805-1195)
Wednesday @ 5:30pm — Allie Shellhammer (970-294-8781)
Thursday @ 4:30 pm — Max Ellis (571-215-0938)
Friday @ 8:15 am — Afton Hessian (804-338-3673)

trail info: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/virginia/house-mountain-trail

that is all! again text us with any questions 🙂 see you guys at the house!! (mountain!)
-evelyn & loreley