by Sandy Rumsey | May 30, 2020 | Green Knob, Green Knob, Mountains to Sea
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else.” —- Yogi Berra MTS Bennet Gap to Pigeon Gap Over Green Knob Distance: 3.9 Miles Out and Back Elevation Gain: 1158 ft. Difficulty: Easy It seems like we have been...
by Sandy Rumsey | May 23, 2020 | Bennett Gap, Green Knob, Mountains to Sea
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else.” —- Yogi Berra MTS – Bennet Gap to Green Knob Distance: 2.0 Miles Out and Back Elevation Gain: 643 ft. Difficulty: Easy We chose this trail again because it...
by Sandy Rumsey | May 16, 2020 | Flat Laurel Creek Loop, Little Sam Knob Loop, Mountains to Sea
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else.” —- Yogi Berra Flat Laurel Creek – Little Sam – MTS Loop Distance: 7.0 Miles Out and Back Elevation Gain: 794 ft. Difficulty: Easy Road Walk We parked on...
by Sandy Rumsey | Mar 28, 2016 | Stoney Bald Overlook
This segment of the Mountain to the Sea Trail is fairly easy walk in the woods. This particular day, there were more trillium blooming than I’ve ever seen on a trail. It took longer because I kept stopping to take...
by Sandy Rumsey | Jan 19, 2015 | Green Knob
We spent Martin Luther King, Jr. Day up on the parkway near Wagon Road Gap on the Green Knob section of the Mountains to the Sea Trail. It was a bluebird day and the temps warmed to the mid 50’s during our hike. The parkway was closed, so we parked at the...
by Sandy | Jan 22, 2013 | Mountains to Sea
On Sunday, we decided to hike a section of the Mountains to the Sea Trail that runs the ridge line overlooking Avery Creek Basin and the Shining Rock Wilderness. The Parkway was closed due to snow and ice. We could took 276 to the parkway access at the Wagon Road Gap...
