Day 33

Day 33 - Low Gap to Ash Gap - 18 mi - 371 total

We awoke to blue skies and frigid temps so we took our time packing up and laying our wet clothes in the sun to dry. Josh and his dog passed us as we were drying out. He told us how he had spent the night on top of Unaka Mtn and was miserable with all the snow and hail. We didn't see him again until we reached Iton Mtn Gap and then again as we were taking lunch at Apple Orchard Gap. Today was a quiet day, not a lot of other hikers on the trail around us as we made our climb up the neighboring ridgelines (with little or no views) on Roan Mtn. In the late afternoon we were finally rewarded with a view from the top of Little Rock Knob and could see that Roan Mtn was still covered with snow fom the previos nights storm. Excited to reach the top, we set off on our final steep climb. We made camp just as daylight was fading at Ash Gap, about one mi from the top. Looking forward to the highlands coming up.