The Swannanoa Valley Museum is sponsoring hikes this year that will cover all the ridges around the valley of Black Mountain. This past Saturday we did a five plus mile hike up on the Balsam Ridge. The group of 35 started out at 8:30 drove up the Blueridge Parkway to Steppes Gap and started our hike. We had to hike up a mile on a road before we started on the trail that took us to the Mountain to Sea trail. Lots of down this trip and not so hard as the last month . We visited a old plane crash site and saw the remains of the plane. Crashed back in 1930's and was a small engine plane. The summer weeds are doing well even without rain and we had to do some off trail hiking to get to some of the out of the way sites which was difficult. It's was a fun day and we got back home around 4:30.
The museum offers several hikes led by guides who will not get you lost in the woods. Come join in the fun and see the mountains from a different point of view.
