CMC Bi-Weekly Upcoming Hikes

April 16th 2010 -- Looking Forward

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[Hike Reports]

 

 

Half Day Sunday Hikes
Wednesday Hikes

 

All Day  Saturday & Sunday

WEEKEND NO. A1002-tbd Apr. 16-18
Congaree National Park Weekend
Danny Bernstein, 828-236-0192, danny@hikertohiker.com
Spend a weekend hiking, camping and canoeing in Congaree National Park (http://nps.gov/cosw), one of our newest National Parks, near Columbia, SC, a three-hour drive from Asheville (360 miles round trip). This park has the largest remnant of old-growth floodplain forest remaining in North America and its trails are flat. This trip is suitable for everyone. For more information, look at http://www.hikertohiker.com/resources/cmc-congaree-national-park-weekend.

SUNDAY NO. A1002-066 Apr. 25
AT: Garenflo Gap – Bluff Mtn. *8:30 AM
Hike 8.5, Drive 80, 2200 ft. ascent, Rated B-AA
Jim Reel, 828-738-0751, jimr57@yahoo.com & Tish Desjardins 828-656-2191, desraylet@aol.com
We’ll do a loop hike in hardwood forests from Garenflo Gap to the summit of 4686 ft. Bluff Mtn. We will enjoy the many wildflowers that carpet the forest floor while the leader shows off the AT section that he maintains. After lunch on the summit we will do a short bushwhack and then hike parts of the old AT on our way back to the trailhead. *After the hike there will be a potluck supper in the nearby Bear River Community Lodge. Hikers are requested to contribute food for the supper. Food will be taken to a refrigerator before the hike. Please phone Tish Desjardins to coordinate what food to bring. Topo: Lemon Gap

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Half Day Sunday

HALF-DAY NO. H1002-431 Apr. 18
Chestnut Cove to MST to Sleepy Gap to Explorer Trail 12:30 PM
Hike 5, Drive 20, 900 ft. ascent, Rated C-C
Nonmembers, call leader, Tom Crook, 828-670-7251, tmc3017@gmail.com
This loop hike begins with a moderately steep climb from the Bent Creek Gap Road to the MST, but is otherwise an easy walk. Second Meeting Place: Ingles parking lot across from Biltmore Square Mall on NC 191 at 12:45 P.M.

HALF-DAY NO. H1002-490 Apr. 25
Craven Gap to Folk Art Center *1:00 PM
Hike 5.4, Drive 11, 750 ft. ascent, Rated C-C
Nonmembers, call leader, Bonnie Allen, 828-645-0357, bonnie@allencats.com
*Note that the only meeting place is the back parking lot of the Folk Art Center. A pleasant hike along the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, with a gradual 1640 ft. descent. Car shuttle.

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All Day Wednesday

WEDNESDAY NO. W1002-401 Apr. 21
Laurel Mountain, Slate Rock *8:30 AM
Hike 8, Drive 70, 1500 ft. ascent, Rated B-B
Greg Goodman , 828-684-9703, greggoodman@bellsouth.net
P400 *Form carpools at Westgate, and meet leader at the North Mills River Parking lot at 9:00 AM. We’ll take Laurel Mountain Ridge Trail to the Slate Rock Creek Trail to the old road and back to our cars. Topo: Dunsmore Mtn.; also NatGeo map #780

WEDNESDAY NO. W1002-695 Apr. 28
3 Waterfalls in SC *8:00 AM
Hike 6, Drive 200, 500 ft. ascent, Rated B-C
Jack Fitzgerald, 828-685-2897, suejackfitz@bellsouth.net
WC100 *Form carpools at Westgate, and meet leader at Cracker Barrel, Exit 53 on I-26 at 8:30 AM. We will visit three (and maybe four) waterfalls in South Carolina, all on the Waterfall 100 Challenge: Rileymoore, Brasstown and Opossum. All are in-and-out hikes, 3 miles round trip max. A long drive and long day, but well worth it with waterfalls and spring flowers.

Email your hike reports to Dave Wetmore.The deadline for reports is 9:00 p.m. on the Tuesdays before an eNews comes out. Reports for Wednesday hikes during the eNews publication week will appear in the following eNews--The Editor.

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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. Driving mileage is round trip, based on the first designated meeting place. Meet at Westgate unless otherwise noted.