IHC Hike 6: Grapeyard Ridge

 

• Departure: Leave Baskins Creek Trailhead at 9:10; Reach Baskins Cemetery at 9:45; End Baskins Creek Trail at 10:40; Start Grapeyard Ridge Trail at 11; Break from 12:10-12:20 at Jct with old trail to stables; reach steam engine at 1:15; Greenbrier at 2:35.
• Trails: Baskins Creek Trail (off Cherokee Orchard Rd)  (2.7 miles) to Grapeyard Ridge Trail (ends near Greenbrier Ranger Station) (7.6 miles).
• Total Mileage: 10.3 miles, plus spur trail to Baskins Cemetery
• Sites of Interest: Baskins Cemetery, Cole Cabin & Barn, Wrecked Steam Engine
• Wildlife: Reported bear den; possible bear cub scat (bear form, but runny); coyote scat

Date: 3-18-2006

Hikers: Steve, Dave, Scott, Andy 

Abrams Creek - Troop 88

 

• Route: Cooper Rd Trail to Hatcher Mtn Trail to Little Bottoms Trail.
• Total Mileage: Day 1: 8 miles; Day 2: 3.1 miles
• Time Table: 3-11-2006--Leave Abrams Creek Ranger Station at 9am, Goldmine Gap by 10:15, Hatcher Mtn Jct at 11:20; Lunch Break till noon; Reach Little Bottoms Trail by 1:05pm; Rest at Jct until 2:05; Reach campsite 17 at 2:25.3-12-2006--Leave campsite 17 on Little Bottoms Trail to Cooper Rd Trail (Andy: 7:52-9am).
• Points of Interest: Abrams Creek
• Wildlife: Dead sub-adult queen snake on road from Ranger Station, southern toad on Hatch Mtn Trail; Coyote scat 

Date: 3-11 to 3-12-2006

Hikers: Ian Brown, Kevin Brown, Steve, Andy, David Price, Fred French, Keith H.