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Backpacking on Black Mountain Crest Trail

Start
08/14/2023
End
08/16/2023
Location
Mount Mitchell

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Backpack

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Type of Outing: Backpack
When: MON 8/14/2023
Signup Deadline: 8/11/2023 5:00 pm
Leader: Vance Barron
Distance: 18 miles
Difficulty: R-40, Strenuous
Description: Day 1 (Monday, August 14)—Leave the Triad area for the Carolina Hemlocks Campground on N.C. Highway 80. Hike up the Colbert Ridge Trail about 4 miles to Deep Gap and camp there for the evening. Day 2 (Tuesday, August 15—Hike on the Black Mountain Crest Trail to Mount Mitchell and then down to Commissary Ridge and camp there. About 5.5 miles. Day 3 (Wednesday, August 16)—Hike from Commissary Ridge along the Buncombe Horse Trail back to Carolina Hemlocks Campground (about 8.5 miles). Return to the Triad. Contact Vance Barron no later than August 11 if you plan to go so that carpool arrangements can be made. Total of 18 miles over rough terrain. R40.