Haunted Hiking Trails and Mountains

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Halloween is approaching, and I’ve been thinking about haunted and spooky hiking trails and mountains. Here are a few tales and sources to get you started, in case you want to add some excitement to story time around camp. Share your own tales below. ...

Full article at http://www.trailspace.com/blog/2009/10/23/haunted-hiking-trails-mountains.html

The Ventana Wilderness south of the Bay Area has some doozies: http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/douggie/pages/ventana.htm

This is not a trail, but something from my own life: I used to live down the road from the place where a teenage girl was murdered and her body dumped down a lonely road in the Bay Area backcountry (the movie "River's Edge" fictionalizes the story). This blog post from 2004 has generated over a dozen responses from local teens who swear the area is still haunted: http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2004/08/26/a-fatal-turn-down-the-road/

I have encountered a bear with cubs and a few rattle snakes that were so close to my arms as I was swimming past in a narrow canyon. Once, I picked up a snake while moving my arms when trying to get out of the water.

But those are not Halloween stories.

I know of a trail in Mohonk that turns into a haunted trail on Halloween. There is an enchanted walk at the local Waldorf School.

Heidi Ahrens outdoorbaby.net