Black Mountain Trail (#127)
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Route map of the Black Mountain Trail as tracked with the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...
Route map of the Black Mountain Trail as tracked with the Gaia GPS app...
Black Mountain Trailhead -- 2,150'
The Black Mountain Trailhead marks the southern end of the Black Mountain Trail. The busy parking area is located just south of the Pisgah Ranger Station and Visitor Center...
Black Mountain Trailhead -- 2,150'
Stepping out onto the Black Mountain Trail...
Black Mountain Trail -- 2,170'
The trail starts out on a very gentle incline into the forest...
Black Mountain Trail -- 2,200'
The stunning woodland surroundings at the lower end of the Black Mountain Trail...
Black Mountain/Thrift Cove Loop Trail Lower Junction -- 2,220'
Barely 1/3-mile in the Black Mountain Trail reaches the lower of two junctions it makes with the Thrift Cove Trail. To stay on the Black Mountain Trail bear left...
Black Mountain Trail -- 2,270'
I was now entering the lower end of Thrift Cove, which I'd now be ascending over the next mile-and-a-half...
Black Mountain Trail -- 2,360'
A sturdy bridge takes the trail over the small unnamed stream which drains Thrift Cove...
Black Mountain Trail -- 2,320'
Thrift Cove is beautiful, with tall hardwoods piercing through a dense understory of rhododendron and other shrubs...
Black Mountain Trail -- 2,360'
Looking down at the energetic little stream passed over by the bridge in the previous shot...
Black Mountain Trail -- 2,400'
After the first crossing the grade begins to increase noticeably...