Ok so I got my handy dandy Trails Illustrated Linville Gorge/Mount Mitchell map # 779. After checking out some of the rides I had already done it was kind of hard to miss the longest line on the map.
Anyone ever ride the "Buncombe Horse Range?" It follows the Maple Camp ridge. According to the map it starts right off of Forest service road 442 climbs towards Mt Mitchell then drops drops to Carolina Hemlocks camping area.
There also looks like a way to drop right onto it near Mt Mitchell, that unless I am reading the map wrong would be all downhill to the Carolina Hemlocks camping area. The whole trail is 14.1 miles, but just the dh section looks like at least 10 miles and looks like it drops around 2500 feet.
Or is this part of some ride that has another name?
Anyone ever ride the "Buncombe Horse Range?" It follows the Maple Camp ridge. According to the map it starts right off of Forest service road 442 climbs towards Mt Mitchell then drops drops to Carolina Hemlocks camping area.
There also looks like a way to drop right onto it near Mt Mitchell, that unless I am reading the map wrong would be all downhill to the Carolina Hemlocks camping area. The whole trail is 14.1 miles, but just the dh section looks like at least 10 miles and looks like it drops around 2500 feet.
Or is this part of some ride that has another name?