Carowack: Another Belated Adventure: Old Rag Ice

Winter finals week for me and the crowd that I hang around with usually means we go hike something instead of being good students. We decided Old Rag Mountain would be a good option.

Only problem: it snowed only a few days prior.

And Virginia weather is usually pretty bipolar in December, so the snow had melted and frozen back over at least a few times before we got there.

So there was ice. Lots of it.

Ice cave!

Ice slide!

Ice puddles!

We had a good crew. Grace Cobbins, the adventurer extraordinaire, drove to meet us all the way from Fredericksburg. My buddy Freddie, who climbed with me at Seneca Rocks, lived near Sperryville, so he was close enough to meet us without much struggle. A few more friends from Harrisonburg jumped into my car for the adventure. We got silly and climbed a lot of cool rocks!