Basin Creek Trail to Caudill Cabin - REG CLOSED

Type of Outing: Hike
When: SAT 8/17/2024 10:00 AM
Signup Deadline: 8/16/2024 5:00 pm
Leader: C T (Finn) Finney
Distance: 9.4 miles
Difficulty: R-26, Moderate
Elevation Gain: 1,633 ft.
Description: Please join me for a hike along a PHOC-favorite, the Caudill Cabin trail out in the Bluff Mountain valley of Doughton Park. This pleasantly moderate hike will be 9.4 miles in length with 1633.9ft of elevation gain and will run parallel to Basin Creek, which we will cross approximately 35 times (in some capacity or another)!!! This makes for a perfectly wet summer hike along the Basin Creek trail. As we pass through, we will follow Grassy Gap fire road to the Primitive Campground, then proceed along the Basin Creek trail towards Caudill Cabin. We will tread through a valley with a rich history, dotted by the ruins of old homesteads that once stood there - and experience awe of the lost village of Basin Cove and the inspiring story of a family pulled from a flood long ago. 9.4 miles, 1633 ft elev. [R-26]