Itinerary
- Day 1
Asheville to Shining Rock Wilderness
- Start point
- Asheville, North Carolina, United States (Arrival transfer from your accommodation, 05:00 - 08:00)
- Meals
- Lunch (Meal at summit or in Ivestor Gap meadows), Dinner (Sunset dinner on Shining Rock summit, prepared fresh by guide)
Included Activities
- Stop at Looking Glass Falls roadside attraction
- Hike Art Loeb Trail over Black Balsam Knob and Tennent Mountain (approximately 5 miles, 1000 feet elevation gain)
- Lunch at summit or in Ivestor Gap meadows
- Basecamp setup near Shining Rock Gap
- Sunset dinner on Shining Rock summit
Landmarks Looking Glass Falls Blue Ridge Parkway Black Balsam Knob Tennent Mountain Ivestor Gap Shining Rock - Day 2
Shining Rock Wilderness
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Summit lunch at Cold Mountain or lunch along the Narrows ridgeline), Dinner (Hearty Appalachian dinner prepared by guide)
Included Activities
- Option 1: Hike to Cold Mountain summit (approximately 9 miles, 1795 feet elevation gain/loss) with lunch at summit
- Option 2: Hike to the Narrows ridgeline (approximately 5 miles, 750 feet elevation loss) with lunch at scenic ridgeline
- Option 2: Extra time to explore Shining Rock quartzite rock outcroppings
- Dinner at basecamp
Landmarks Cold Mountain Shining Rock The Narrows - Day 3
Shining Rock Wilderness to Asheville
- End point
- Asheville, North Carolina, United States (Departure transfer back to your accommodation, 17:00)
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at Blue Ridge Parkway viewpoint)
Included Activities
- Hike down Shining Creek trail (approximately 4.1 miles, 2550 feet elevation loss)
- Stop at multiple cascades along the trail
- Lunch at Blue Ridge Parkway viewpoint
Landmarks Shining Creek Big East Fork Blue Ridge Parkway
