Case Camp Ridge Trail Map

"A Short Parkway Connector"

GPS Coordinates: 35.333629, -82.816368 (Blue Ridge Parkway Trailhead)

GPS Coordinates: 35.331650, -82.797857 (Case Ridge Gap Trailhead)

Album Direction-Of-Travel: Eastbound

Highlights: Limited Winter Views, Solitude

Length (one-way): 1.4 miles

Petzoldt Rating: 3.44

Difficulty: EXTREME

Total Elevation Gain: 1,020'

Elevation Gain/Mile: 729'/mile

Min. Elevation: 3,360'

Max. Elevation: 4,380'

Blaze Color: BLUE

See Following Trip Reports for more info:

Seniard Ridge-Case Camp Ridge Loop

Connecting Trails:

Seniard Ridge Trail (#609)

Case Camp Ridge Trail (#119)

Case Camp Ridge Trail Map
Route map for the Case Camp Ridge Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
Case Camp Ridge Trail Map
Route map for the Case Camp Ridge Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...
Case Camp Ridge @ Blue Ridge Parkway -- 4,380'
A simple post marks the upper end of the Case Camp Ridge Trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway. There's no trailhead per se here, but rather you should park at the Cherry Cove Overlook located perhaps a quarter-mile north of this spot near MP 116...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 4,370'
The trail begins by dropping steeply down off the Parkway where a simple carsonite post confirms this is indeed the CCRT...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 4,320'
The trail immediately switches back along the steep slope beneath the Parkway...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 4,200'
A few laurels fill in for a time...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 4,100'
Not much to see but at least the woodlands here are pretty...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 4,000'
After the initial steep drop from the Parkway the trail levels out, briefly, before making its final descent off the ridge...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 3,850'
The trail as it begins its second steep descent...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 3,700'
The Case Camp Ridge Trail doesn't bother with things like switchbacks heading down this part of the ridge...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 3,640'
The lack of understory foliage offers some nice (winter) views of neighboring Looking Glass Rock and the surrounding hills through the trees to the south...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 3,550'
The trail now turns slightly to drop off the north side of Case Camp Ridge...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 3,480'
Leveling off as the Case Camp Ridge Trail nears the Seniard Ridge Trail junction from the north...
Case Camp Ridge/Seniard Trail Junction -- 3,440'
The Case Camp Ridge Trail as it arrives at the Seniard Ridge Trail from the north...
Case Camp Ridge/Seniard Trail Junction -- 3,440'
The Case Camp Ridge Trail is seen here looking northbound, crossing the Seniard Ridge Trail at the latter's eastern terminus...
Case Camp Ridge/Seniard Trail Junction -- 3,440'
The Case Camp Ridge Trail as it departs the Seniard Ridge Trail, heading south...
Case Camp Ridge Trail -- 3,400'
Descending through the rhododendron towards Yellow Gap Road...
Case Camp Ridge Trail @ Case Ridge Gap -- 3,360'
The Case Camp Ridge as it arrives at Forest Service Road 475B, at Case Ridge Gap...
Case Camp Ridge Trail @ Case Ridge Gap -- 3,360'
The Case Camp Ridge Trail as it departs northbound from Forest Service Road 475B...
Case Ridge Gap Trailhead (F.R. 475B) -- 3,360'
The lower trailhead for Case Camp Ridge Trail is here, along Forest Service Road 475B, about a mile up from its intersection with U.S. 276. There's a parking area a short distance behind the trees to the left of this shot (out of frame).