I used to think the same way with my AT gear - straight up. Now I can go straight up with 1/8 of the weight. To train, I sometimes do 6000 vertical feet in a day.
XC - Easy - you can start here:
http://www.visitcanaan.com/tline-wg-tline.jpg
That should give you a really good starting point in and around Timberline.
If you want XC - moderate, email me. I'll gladly help.
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XC Loop in Canaan Valley
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From the base lodge, you are ascending 750feet to the Gov'Turn.
From the Gov'Turn, you are on nearly FLAT ground all the way to the top of FR80.
From the top of FR80, you will descend (usually slow - today, Real'Fast).
Frmo the bottom of FR80 - either way: to White Grass (flat) & to Timberline (flat).
When I say flat, I mean perhaps a slight hill - ascending 20 feet here and there - but chances are you won't even notice.
From the Gov'Turn, you are on nearly FLAT ground all the way to the top of FR80.
From the top of FR80, you will descend (usually slow - today, Real'Fast).
Frmo the bottom of FR80 - either way: to White Grass (flat) & to Timberline (flat).
When I say flat, I mean perhaps a slight hill - ascending 20 feet here and there - but chances are you won't even notice.