The Wanderers is an easy hiking group that targets 3 to 5 miles with less than 500 feet of climb.  This group hikes at a rate of 1 to 2 miles per hour.  Hikes range from the R1 to R5 difficulty level based upon the Pisgah Hikers rating scale.  The group takes breaks on uphill sections of trails to rest, smell the flowers, enjoy the views and take pictures.   

Hike Leaders:
Jay Hinze:      rtbzrh@gmail.com   RSVP.
Hugh Brown; hbrown3649@icloud.com

Updates:  Updates are posted on the website every Tuesday morning for the next day’s hike.  To receive Updates automatically by email, hikers must subscribe by clicking on the +Follow button at he bottom right hand corner of any webpage and entering their email address.  Otherwise find the Update by selecting the Updates page on the website.  Hikers can Unsubcribe by clicking that button on the top of the Update email they receive.

Assembly Areas:   Pisgah National Forest Ranger Station/Visitor Center in the side lot near the blue dumpster.  Alternate Assembly Areas may be selected depending on the location of the hike.  Directions from Brevard to every Assembly Area can be found by clicking this link:  Assembly Areas

 

Departure Time: 9:00.  Please arrive at the assembly area by 8:45 to organize carpools.

Car pooling is practiced but not required.   Driver fees are determined by the distance to the trailhead from the Assembly Area for the hike. 

 

Hikes may be changed or cancelled based upon the weather forecast.

 

 

 

 

12/24  No Hike – Happy Holidays! 

12/31 Bennett Gap – Saddle Gap
2 mi, 200’cl, R4, $2.00
Note Start time:  10:00
From the upper Bennett Gap trailhead on Avery Creek Road, we hike past the Looking Glass Rock overlook and past “Rattlesnake Rock” to Saddle Gap and back.  Don’t let the distance and climb on this hike fool you.  This hike has several steep rocky sections.

1/7      Moore Cove Falls – Little Moore Cove Falls – Upper Little Moore Cove Falls
2.5 mi, 300’cl, R4, $0.00
From the Moore Cove Falls trailhead we hike to Moore Cove Falls.  We continue to Little Moore Cove Falls and Upper Little Moore Cove Falls before returning to our cars.

1/14    Pink Beds – Gaging Station
5 mi, 200’cl, R2, $3.00
From the Barnett Branch trailhead on Yellow Gap Road, we hike the Barnett Branch trail to the east loop of the Pink Beds trail to the Pink Beds Connector trail to the Gaging Station.  We reverse our steps back to our cars.

1/21    Cove Creek Falls – Tom Spring Falls
4 mi, 600’ cl, R4, $3.00
From the Cove Creek trailhead on Davidson River Road, we hike the newly built trail to Tom Spring Falls on the Daniel Ridge trail.  We retrace our steps and hike the Cove Creek trail to Cove Creek Falls.  We return to our cars and stop at Whale Back Falls. Yes, this is a Y-shaped track!

1/28    Blue Ridge Parkway Ramble Hike Cancelled
4 mi, 400’cl, R3, $3.00
From the Cold Mountain Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway we walk to the Frying Pan Tunnel and back enjoying long-range iews along the way.

2/4      Exercise Trail – Eastatoe Trail
4 mi, 100’cl, R2
From the Ranger Station we will hike the Exercise trail to the Art Loeb trail to the Eastatoe trail to the “Bridge to Nowhere” and back.

2/11    Ravencliff Falls
4 mi, 500’cl, R5,$0.00
Meet at Cedar Mountain Community Center
From the Ravencliff Falls parking lot on US276 we hike to the Ravencliff Falls overlook and back.  Bring $2.00 for the Ravencliff Falls parking fee.

2/18    DuPont – Three Lakes
4 mi, 300’cl R4, $0.00
Meet at Cedar Mountain Community Center
From the Dupont State Forest Visitor Center, we hike the Three Lakes trail to the Spillway.  We return to our cars via Conservation Road.

2/25    Whitewater River
4.5 mi, 500’cl, R5, $5.00
Meet at Savmor
From the Bad Creek trailhead off of SC130 we hike the Foothills Connector trail to the Foothills trail.  We hike the Foothills trail past Corbin Creek Falls to the bridge over the Whitewater River for lunch.  We retrace our steps back to our cars.  Then we stop at Whitewater Falls on our way home.

3/4      Dupont – Cedar Rock
3 mi, 400’cl, R5, $0.00
Meet at the Corn Mill Shoals parking lot
From the Corn Mill Shoals trailhead we hike the Big Rock trail to the Cedar Rock trail to the Little River trail, to the Corn Mill Shoals trail back to our cars.

3/11 Bracken Mountain Preserve
4.5 mi, 560’cl, R6
Meet at the Bracken Moutain Preserve trailhead.
From the Bracken Mountain Preserve trailhead in Brevard, we hike the Bracken Mountain loop.  We’ll take it easy and rest at the Brushy Creek bridges along the way.

3/18  Toxaway River Ramble
4 mi, 400’cl, R4, $3.00
Meet at Savmor
From the trailhead near Toxaway Creek we hike to the Lunar Falls overlook, Boushell Falls and Taper Falls before returning to our cars.

3/26  Seniard Ridge Waterfalls – Sun Wall – Slick Rock Falls
3 mi, 300’ cl, R3, $3.00
We combine three easy hikes into one adventure.  First we hike the Seniard Ridge trail to the Upper and Lower Log Hollow Falls.  We hop in our cars and hike the Sun Wall trail to the base of Looking Glass Rock.  If we’re lucky, we may see climbers from the base of the rock.  Then we get back in our cars and hike the 100 yard trail to Slick Rock Falls for lunch.

Photo Gallery Previous Hikes

Toxaway River Ramble
DuPont Three Lakes

High Falls – Tuckasagee RiverSchoolhouse Falls
Big East Fork

Bridal Veil Falls

Lake Julia

Pisgah Ridge

Upper Log Hollow Falls

Pisgah Inn – Frying Pan

Sassafras Mountain Overlook

Ravencliff Falls

Rainbow Falls 
Slate Rock

Cedar Rock Creek Rock Hop

Daniel Ridge – Tom’s Spring Falls