The Hatfield McCoy marathon does not look impossibly daunting of a task…
Granted:
1) Flying Pig was 6:30am vs. Hatfield 7:30am start
2) May 4th was unseasonably cool.
3) June 14th is 6 weeks closer to the heart of summer.
Obviously, the noise/granularity of the Flying Pig elevation map exaggerates the elevation totals, or vice versa, but Hatfield/McCoy still looks about even with the Flying Pig.
Flying Pig Elevation change +3,402/-3,337 ft (MotionBased Gravity Web elevation)
Hatfield McCoy Elevation change +3,186 / -3,175 ft (MotionBased Gravity Web elevation)
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