Date: Saturday, December 13th
Time: Starting at 10:00 AM
Where: Asbury Trail
Distance: 6 miles
Difficulty: Moderately Strenuous (6/10), several long, steep inclines and descents are present on this trail.
Registration: Pre-registration is REQUIRED below
Join SAHC for a guided group hike on the Asbury Trail at Cove Creek Gap along the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This hike is a steady descent and gradually becomes steeper moving towards Cataloochee Creek. This will be an out and back hike of about 6 miles total.
Along this hike we will pass five SAHC protected tracts that sit between the Smokies and Pisgah National Forest buffering its boundary from incompatible real-estate development. The last property we will come across, which we will be celebrating one year of protecting, is the 407 acre White Oak Mountain tract on the eastern edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP). Protection of this property and others buffering the park provides exceptional habitat for a variety of plant and animal species in an important corridor for wildlife movement, scenic views from the Appalachian Trail, and water quality in headwater tributaries of the Pigeon River watershed.
No dogs are allowed on this hike.
After registering, you’ll receive directions, meeting instructions, and other important details a couple days prior to the event date.
If you have any questions please email SAHC Outreach Program Manager Erin Goodpaster at erin@appalachian.org
