The Trips    

These 43 trips appear in “Backpacking North Carolina” (2011, UNC Press)

 

Mountains

Blue Ridge escarpment: north

Black Mountains

1. Mount Mitchell/Colbert Ridge approach
2. Mount Mitchell Trail
3. Woody Ridge/Crest Trail

Grandfather Mountain

4. Profile Trail (west approach)
5. Daniel Boone Scout Trail (east approach)
    
Linville Gorge

6. Gorge            
7. East Rim

Wilson Creek

8. Hunt-Fish Falls Loop
9. Harper Creek/North Harper Creek Loop
10. Schoolhouse Ridge Loop

11. Doughton Park: Basin Cove Loop
12. Stone Mountain State Park
13. Montreat: Graybeard Mountain

Blue Ridge Escarpment: south

Shining Rock Wilderness

14. Shining Rock: Sam Knob Loop
15. Shining Rock: Ivestor Gap
16. Shining Rock: Daniel Boone Loop

Far west

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

17. Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Mount Sterling
18. Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Cataloochee Valley
19. Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Clingman’s Dome Approach
20. Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Deep Creek Loop
21. Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Shuckstack/Lost Cove/Lakeshore Loop
22. Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Shuckstack/AT/Eagle Creek/Lakeshore Loop

Appalachian Trail

23. Appalachian Trail: Carver’s Gap to US 19E
24. Appalachian Trail: Max Patch (short trip)
25. Appalachian Trail: Max Patch to Hot Springs
26. Appalachian Trail: Hot Springs to Rich Mountain Loop
27. Appalachian Trail: Standing Indian Loop

Southern mountains

28. Panthertown Valley

Fires Creek

29. Fires Creek: Rim Trail
30. Fires Creek: East Rim
31. Fires Creek: West Rim

Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness

32. Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock: Naked Ground Loop
33. Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock: Slickrock Creek Loop

Piedmont


34. South Mountains State Park
35. Uwharrie National Forest: Birkhead Wilderness
36. Uwharrie National Forest: Uwharrie Recreation Trail
37. Umstead State Park
38. Falls Lake: Mountains-to-Sea Trail
39. Eno River State Park: Mountains-to-Sea Trail
40. Raven Rock State Park
41. Crowders Mountain State Park

Coast

42. Croatan National Forest: Neusiok Trail
43. Hammocks Beach / Bear Island