Headed out to Linville Gorge in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest a couple of weeks ago to do the 23 mile "Is That All Ya Got Loop." I do this loop 3 or 4 times a year and usually in 2 nights, but I extended this trip to 3 nights to spend a little extra time lulligagging in one of my favorite places on the east coast. Started out at Wolfpit Trailhead early (early) Thursday morning and made my way up to the MST and down to cross the Linville River on the south side of the gorge. Continued on the MST up to Lead Mine which will take you down (and up, and down) to the Linville River and the Linville Gorge Trail. Made it a few miles up the LGT along the river to camp my first night along the river. Didn't pass but one poor sole all day. Got a great night sleep in my Chameleon and continued north on the LGT for day 2. Crossed the river on the Spence Ridge Trail and made my way up Little Table Rock Trail to Table Rock where I stayed for night 2 and enjoyed a beautiful sunset over the Chimney's. Back on the MST headed south, went through the Chimneys, Chimney Gap, and up Shortoff Mountain where I stayed for my 3rd and last night in the gorge. Got up Sunday morning and had the easy hike around the Olsen Trail (which goes out the edge of Shortoff) and back down Wolfpit to my car. Always a challenging hike with incredible views.
As far as gear, I had my baseweight at right around 11 pounds: Zpacks Arc Haul, WB Mountainfly tarp with pole mod (and never got deployed), Dutch Chameleon 1.6 with bug net, Loco Libre 40 degree underquilt, HG econ 40 degree topquilt, plus the usual extras.
I'm still working on my camera settings and video editing, but I hope the video does the Gorge a little justice.
Also have my gps tracks in Alltrails if anybody is interested:
https://www.alltrails.com/explore/map/map--29159
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