Cookie Hike / Bent Creek Ramble
Hike Number: 492
Area Location: Bent Creek
Trailhead Location: FS 470H
Trailend Location: same
Hike Type: Loop
Hiking Distance (miles): 7
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation Range: 2,100 / 3,100
Total Elevation Gain: 1,200
Total Elevation Descent: 1,200
Route Map: .\Hiking\Maps\0492.pdf
Route Profile: .\Hiking\Profiles\0492.pdf
Download GPX track: .\Hiking\Download\0492.gpx
Trail Description: Uphill on FS 470H, then Explorer Loop and unnamed trail to MST; MST north ; left onto Stambaugh Trl., then Deerfield Connector to Small Creek Trails. Lunch at Campground. Then Homestead, Pine Tree Loop,Explorer Connector, Explorer Loop Trails to trailhead.
Topos: Asheville, Skyland
Special Features: P-400
Flower Season: April
DriveHead: Westgate Shopping Center
2nd Meeting Place: Ingles at Biltmore Mall
Driving Distance(Miles-RT): 25
Driving Directions: I-26 E to NC 191 S; right at Wesley Branch Rd. to parking area at Bent Creek Rd. and FS 479H Cold Knob Rd.
Notes: CMC's traditional annual cookie hike in December
Hike History: W0504, W0604, W0704, W0804, W0904