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Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
05/10/2015
The sunrise viewed from Black Balsam Knob.
Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
05/10/2015
Middle Prong Wilderness.
Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
05/10/2015
Flowers along the trail.
Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
05/10/2015
Sunset from Black Balsam Knob.
Eric Adsit
Photo Date: 
02/11/2015
The view from Looking Glass Rock.
Eric Adsit
Photo Date: 
03/25/2015
Linville Falls from the overlook.
Eric Adsit
Photo Date: 
03/25/2015
The small ledge above Linville Falls.
Jordan Lugibihl
Photo Date: 
12/04/2016
View from one of the campsites.
Louis O
Photo Date: 
02/01/2017
Summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi.
Louis O
Photo Date: 
02/01/2017
View from the Mount Mitchell summit: Mount Craig to the north, the second highest summit east of the Missippi. It can be reached via a 2-mile out-and-back hike.
Carr Elliott
Photo Date: 
05/15/2017
Panoramic views from the summit of Lookout Mountain.
Carr Elliott
Photo Date: 
05/15/2017
On the way up to Lookout Mountain.
Carr Elliott
Photo Date: 
05/15/2017
Panoramic views from the summit of Lookout Mountain.
Eric Adsit
Photo Date: 
05/31/2014
The sparsely spaced trees on this hike are a nice relief from the claustrophobic effects of dense rhododendron growth that is common on other trails in the region.
Carr Elliott
Photo Date: 
07/16/2017
Water features along the hike.
Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
08/31/2014
Looking Glass as viewed from the Art Loeb Trial.
Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
08/31/2014
View from Black Balsam Knob.
Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
08/31/2014
Sunrise from the gap after Tennent Mountain.
Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
08/31/2014
Summit of exposed quartz.
Kevin Murray
Photo Date: 
08/31/2014
Plenty of flowers on the Art Loeb Trail.
Eric Adsit
Photo Date: 
02/11/2015
An easy, mostly level path leads to the river crossing.
Eric Adsit
Photo Date: 
02/11/2015
The cascade below the dam.
Eric Adsit
Photo Date: 
02/11/2015
Catawba Falls.
Eric Adsit
Photo Date: 
02/11/2015
A closer look at Catawba Falls.
Carr Elliott
Photo Date: 
06/03/2017
Be careful on the way to John Rock.
Zackary Bradley
Photo Date: 
03/28/2016
Little Bradley Falls.
Carr Elliott
Photo Date: 
06/03/2017
Cut logs along the Cat Gap Loop.
Carr Elliott
Photo Date: 
06/03/2017
Wide views on the hike to John Rock.

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