Laurel Mountain Connector Trail Map

Route map of the Laurel Mountain Connector Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app and depicted a la Google Earth...

Laurel Mountain Connector Trail Map

Route map of the Laurel Mountain Connector Trail as tracked by the Gaia GPS app...

Laurel Mountain Connector/Pilot Rock Trail Junction -- 4,850'

Just under a mile-and-a-half, and 900 vertical feet, above Pilot Rock is the unsigned junction of the Pilot Rock Trail (left) and the Laurel Mountain Connector Trail (right). This marks the upper terminus of the short Connector Trail...

Laurel Mountain Connector Trail -- 4,820'

Departing the Pilot Rock Trail, the Connector Trail drops at a moderate grade off the east side of the ridge...

Laurel Mountain Connector Trail -- 4,750'

Before long the trail leaves the rhododendron of the ridge-crest and enters a more open high-elevation hardwood forest...

Laurel Mountain Connector Trail -- 4,700'

The pointed summit of Mount Pisgah (5,721') can be seen (in winter) through the trees to the north...

Laurel Mountain Connector/Laurel Mountain Trail Junction -- 4,660'

After a quick quarter-mile, the Connector Trail reaches its lower terminus at its junction with the Laurel Mountain Trail...

Laurel Mountain Connector/Laurel Mountain Trail Junction -- 4,660'

Like its upper terminus, the lower terminus of the Connector Trail is unsigned. In this shot, from below, the Connector arrives on the left with the Laurel Mountain Trail heading straight ahead into the rhodo.