DSO1

Distance: 12.83 mi	Points: 4839	Calories: none
Total Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi
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DS001

Location: 39.033569, -79.314117
From lot, follow the sign for Breathed Mtn. Loop

DS002

Location: 39.032009, -79.340721
Rock-hop across Red Creek then up grassy knoll for mtn. views

DS003

Location: 39.032452, -79.343437
Straight @ 3-way, keeping S of Blackbird Knob

DS004

Location: 39.030689, -79.348793
L onto Red Creek Trail at giant cairn; scramble around spruce and mountain laurel

DS005

Location: 39.019680, -79.352913
Skirt creek on R side until cairn, then safely cross the Left Fork before it joins the swifter, deeper Red Creek

DS006

Location: 39.017521, -79.353813
Turn R up steep hillside to begin loop. Trees thin as you climb the rock-littered singletrack

DS007

Location: 39.018570, -79.357498
Trail abruptly hits rock garden and false summit; keep straight, following cairns towards a grassy sod

DS008

Location: 39.033459, -79.384598
Turn L; gently descend the often wet, muddy Big Stone Coal Trail, once an old railroad route for hauling coal

DS009

Location: 39.019958, -79.379333
Cross Stone Coal Run; good flat spots to camp before it gets steep and rocky again

DS010

Location: 39.004890, -79.376747
Keep L to stay on Big Stone Coal Trail

DS011

Location: 38.997768, -79.371658
L onto Rocky Point Trail. Traverse rugged, thin shelf above valley

DS012

Location: 38.987411, -79.367958
Rugged trail bends N around Breathed Mtn., with stellar views of Dolly Sods and the Greater Monongahela NF

DS013

Location: 38.999889, -79.359581
Swing L, winding N along mossy boulders of Red Creek. Loop closes in 1.4 mi.; at WPT 6, retrace steps back to lot

Hardwood Forest

Location: 38.999817, -79.359001
Brittle leaves crunch beneath hikers' feet as they blanket the trail and the forest floor. ©Gary Clark

Red River

Location: 39.032246, -79.340157
Rock-hop across Red Creek then up a grassy knoll for mountain views. ©Gary Clark

Red River Overlook

Location: 39.016552, -79.353874
Fall comes to the Red River region. ©Gary Clark

Rock Shrewn Trail

Location: 39.033047, -79.382126
A cairn indicates the right direction over an indistinguishable trail of large rock. ©Gary Clark

Windy Expanse

Location: 39.033558, -79.326569
Wind whips along the open prairie filled with brushy magenta rhodedendron. ©Gary Clark