BJett
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Shining Rock Wilderness in North Carolina was included in the original 1964 Wilderness Act, and has since been expanded to 18,500 acres.
Located in the Pisgah Ranger District of NC, the Art Loeb National Recreation Trail is the highlight here. Section 3 of the Art Loeb goes up and over 6,000' summits and balds, and most of the trail in the Wilderness is above the treeline making for the most spectacular views in the southern Appalachians.
We did a 10 mile shuttle hike from the Black Balsam section of the Art Loeb to the Shining Rock Creek trailhead near the Big East Fork of the Pigeon River. A day hike from camp to 6000' Cold Mountain added another 9 miles.
Approaching 6,200' Black Balsam Mountain
6000' Tennant Mountain
Art Loeb section 3
Morning light at Shining Rock Gap
Camp trillium
Jack in the Pulpit
White quartz gives the area its name. On the trail to Deep Gap
6000' Cold Mountain, the same Cold Mountain made famous in Charles Fraziers book (the movie was ok)...
Stunning sunset from Shining Rock
Wildflowers and waterfalls along Shining Creek
Shining Rock Creek
https://www.hikewnc.info/trailheads/shining-rock-wilderness/
Located in the Pisgah Ranger District of NC, the Art Loeb National Recreation Trail is the highlight here. Section 3 of the Art Loeb goes up and over 6,000' summits and balds, and most of the trail in the Wilderness is above the treeline making for the most spectacular views in the southern Appalachians.
We did a 10 mile shuttle hike from the Black Balsam section of the Art Loeb to the Shining Rock Creek trailhead near the Big East Fork of the Pigeon River. A day hike from camp to 6000' Cold Mountain added another 9 miles.
Approaching 6,200' Black Balsam Mountain
6000' Tennant Mountain
Art Loeb section 3
Morning light at Shining Rock Gap
Camp trillium
Jack in the Pulpit
White quartz gives the area its name. On the trail to Deep Gap
6000' Cold Mountain, the same Cold Mountain made famous in Charles Fraziers book (the movie was ok)...
Stunning sunset from Shining Rock
Wildflowers and waterfalls along Shining Creek
Shining Rock Creek
https://www.hikewnc.info/trailheads/shining-rock-wilderness/