All Day  Saturday & Sunday

SATURDAY NO. A0904-365 Oct. 10
Mt. Mitchell Ramble *10:00 AM
Hike 7, Drive 75, 1400 ft. ascent, Rated B-B
Tom Sanders, 828-252-6327, tomary.avl@gmail.com
SB6K *Note later start time. We’ll do a loop on several trails in the Mt. Mitchell area, including the Old Mt. Mitchell Trail, Camp Alice Road and the Commissary Ridge Trail. Second meeting place: Craven Gap on BRP at 10:20 AM Topos: Mt. Mitchell, Montreat; also PNF South Toe River, Mt. Mitchell & Big Ivy Trail Maps

ALL DAY NO. A0904-668 Oct. 11
Chunky Gal Trail, Deep Gap to Glade Gap *8:00 AM
Hike 8, Drive 170, 1200 ft. ascent, Rated B-B
Brent Martin, 828-369-7084, brent_martin@tws.org
*Meet at Westgate at 8:00 AM to form carpools, and meet leader in Franklin at the Roller Mill shopping center, in front of K-Mart, on US 64 at 9:30 AM. A stop will be made at the rest stop beyond Waynesville on US 23/74 at 8:30 AM. Starting at Deep Gap, we’ll hike 3 miles on the AT before turning onto the Chunky Gal Trail. We’ll travel along the ridgeline with mountain views and old growth oak trees before descending to Glade Gap. Topos: Rainbow Springs, Shooting Creek; also NatGeo map #784

ALL DAY NO. A0904-265 Oct. 18
Panthertown Prowl *8:00 AM
Hike 9.3, Drive 120, 2000 ft. ascent, Rated A-A
Stu English, 828-883-2447, stuengo@citcom.net
*Meet at Westgate at 8:00 AM to form carpools, and meet leader at Bi-Lo in Pisgah Forest at 8:35 AM. This moderate loop hike has everything: waterfalls, granite domes with impressive cliff, high altitude bogs; a lovely valley floor, great views from the tops of Little Green and Big Green Mountains and brilliant fall leaf color. Topo: Big Ridge

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Half Day Sunday Hikes

HALF-DAY NO. H0904-665 Oct. 11
MST from NC 128 (Mt. Mitchell Road) to a waterfall and back *12:30 PM
Hike 6, Drive 62, Rated C-C
Nonmembers, call leader, Marcia Bromberg, 828-505-0471, mwbromberg@yahoo.com
*Note early start time. Single meeting place: lower parking lot at the Folk Art Center at 12:30 PM. A gentle hike along the MST to a lovely waterfall and return. We'll have fall views along the BRP on the drive up to the Mt. Mitchell Road where the hike begins.

HALF-DAY NO. H0904-465 Oct. 18
Sam Knob Loop *12:30 PM
Hike 5, Drive 70, 1200 ft. ascent, Rated C-B
Nonmembers, call leader, Chris Allen, 828-645-0357, chrispallen@me.com
P400, SB6K *Note early start time. There will be a variety of views, terrains and environments. From the parking lot at the end of FS 816 off the Blue Ridge Parkway, we will take the Sam Knob Trail up Sam Knob (6040 ft.) to Flat Laurel Creek, then through a spruce forest to return. Second meeting place: BRP Cold Mountain Overlook at M.P. 412 at 1:10 PM.

All Day Wednesday Hikes

WEDNESDAY NO. W0904-408 Oct. 14
Wolf Ford-Horse Cove Gap Loop *8:30 AM
Hike 9, Drive 70, 1200 ft. ascent, Rated A-B
Greg Goodman, 828-684-9703, greggoodman@bellsouth.net
P400 *Meet at Westgate at 8:30 AM to form carpools, and meet leader at Pisgah Ranger station at 9:05 AM. This hike takes the S. Mills River Trail to Wolf Ford, then goes left on Squirrel Gap Trail to the Horse Cove Trail to FS 5018 then back to Wolf Ford and cars. Topo: Pisgah Forest; also NatGeo map #780

WEDNESDAY NO. W0904-672 Oct. 21
Bee Tree Gap to Glassmine Falls O/L 9:00 AM
Hike 7, Drive 55, 1950 ft. ascent, Rated B-A
Bruce Bente, 828-692-0116, bbente@bellsouth.net
Hike a scenic section of the MST with great views along the way. Car shuttle. Second meeting place: Craven Gap at 9:20 AM Topos: Craggy Pinnacle, Montreat; also MST Profiles, pg. 65-66

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Hike and Scouting Reports should be emailed to Dave Wetmore, dwetmore@citcom.net before the Wednesday preceeding an eNews issue. Reports for Wednesday hikes during the eNews publication week will appear in the following eNews.

All-day hikes submitted by Bruce Bente 692-0116, bbente@bellsouth.net . Driving distance is round-trip from Asheville. All Saturday and Sunday hikes assemble at Westgate Shopping Center near I-240 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

Half Day hikes submitted by Lucy Prim 828-693-6580 lucette32@mchsi.com. Wednesday Hikes are submitted by Charlie Ferguson, 828-398-0213 ccf108@gmail.com and Ann Gleason, 828-859-9387, gleason.ann@gmail.com .

The meeting place for each hike will be designated by the hike leader and appears in the hike description. The driving mileage is round-trip based on the first designated meeting place. Meet at Westgate unless otherwise noted.