Edit Trail: Mount Mitchell Trail

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Trail Number:
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Park:	The park the trail is located
City:	Leave blank to inherit park's location (sometimes large parks trail location could be closer to a different city than the main office, e.g. Great Smoky Mountains), otherwise assign nearest city to the trail.
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Hike Time:	(include units: hrs (default) or min) - Typical time from your vehicle and back to vehicle, include trail access and return time
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Page Layout Templates and special editing tips

This is the desired page structure. Unused portions can be simply omitted/deleted. Desire to begin with a large map of the trail ({{Trail Map}}), then table of contents (__TOC__), then onto the page content.

{{Trail Map}}

__TOC__

==Trail Overview==

==How To Get There==

==Route Description==

==Typical Conditions==

==Fees, Permits, etc.==

==After the Hike==

==Miscellaneous Information==

==Gallery==
{{Park trail gallery|Trail={{PAGENAME}}}}

Useful templates in text sections
Name	Template code to insert	Description
Trail Map	`{{Trail Map}}` or `{{Trail Map \|Other Trails=<optional> \|Zoom Cancel=<optional, any entry to envoke>}}`	Returns a large topo map showing the trailhead and parking location. Replace <optional> with comma separated trails on this website. For the current trail page and any specified 'Other Trails' it will also show any map markers and KML file from the trail page. When displaying, if a KML file is found with the name of the trail page, it will provide a link under the map to download the kml file or to upload a replacement. If not found, it provides a link to upload a KML file. The Zoom Cancel command can be used if there are added map markers much beyond the uploaded KML, as default behavior is to zoom in on the KML.
Park trail gallery	`{{Park trail gallery\|Trail={{PAGENAME}}}}`	Returns a photo gallery of the images associated with a specified trail. This same template can be used for Parks simply by replacing Trail with Park. Images need to be tagged to enable the template to find them and show them.

Simple Tables are available to easily add tables to your page. This allows more "logical" and compact addition of simple tables to the page. You can also type out a table in a spreadsheet and save the content as a comma delimited or tab delimited file and paste it between the table commands. Tab delimited is useful if you want to use commas in the text. Excel's "Save as..." includes an option to save as either tab or comma delimited text files. After saving it, open the created text file, then paste the contents between the tab open and close commands. See the link for details but most usage is likely as follows (omit "sep=comma" if the data is tab delimited):

Example simple table usage

Wiki table code

How it would be shown

<tab class=wikitable sep=comma head=top>
Head 1,Head 2,Head 3
Field 4,Field 5,Field 6
Field 7,Field 8,Field 9
</tab>

Head 1	Head 2	Head 3
Field 4	Field 5	Field 6
Field 7	Field 8	Field 9

Free text:

{{Trail Map}} __TOC__ == Trail Overview == While anyone can reach the top of Mt. Mitchell (the highest peak in eastern USA) by driving to the park, a real adventure awaits those who climb 3,670 ft up the eastern face of the mountain. Counts for bagging Mt. Mitchell as a [http://tehcc.org/hiking/challenges/south-beyond-6000/ South Beyond 6000] (SB6K) peak. Also in Section 9 of the [[Mountains-to-Sea Trail]]. == How to get there ==  From Johnson City, TN to the southern trailhead: #Take I-26 south to NC Exit 9. #Take US-19E east for 21 miles to Micaville. #Take NC-80 south for 12 miles. #Turn right/NW onto Toe River Road. #After ~3 miles, find Black Mountain Campground. A shuttle will take an hour to set up, if you just want to hike up: #Head SW on Toe River Road for 5 miles. #Turn right/SW onto Blue Ridge Parkway and travel just over 3 miles. #Turn right/NW onto NC-128 for 5 miles. #Return to trailhead. == Route Description==  Starting the Black Mountain campground, USFS Trail 190 with blue hexagon blazes starts as a series of switchback up into the virgin forest. After a couple of miles, Mountain-to-Sea Trail splits off to left as USFS Trail 190A with white circle blazes. The two trails remerge roughly after a mile. Continuing up, Commissary Ridge is reached after four miles. Near the top, Balsam Trail with white triangle blazes splits off to right towards the parking lot. Trail ends at the observation tower on Mt. Mitchell. Return by same route (or take the split onto MST leg). While the official trail description at the park website says it is a six mile trail, our available GPS recording reported 4.566 mi one way. == Typical Conditions ==  Well worn hard packed trail. Not recommend for winter or after hard rain as the path can be quite slippery. Remember to take clothing layers as it can be warm at the foot, but much cooler at the top. ==Fees, Permits, etc. ==  No fees or permits required. No bikes, ATV, or horses allowed on this trail. == After the Hike ==  At the lower trailhead, Black Mountain Campground has 43 campsites for $19/day. Open April 14, 2011 - October 31, 2011, with 2012 season to be similar mid-April to end of October. Check in/out time is 2PM. Drinking water, flush toilets, and showers available. See Forest Service website for information and reservations at [https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/273780 Black Mountain Campground] == Misc. Information ==  [http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/momi/main.php Mt. Mitchell State Park] is open: <br>Nov-Feb 8AM to 6PM <br>Mar-Apr 8AM to 8PM <br>May-Aug 8AM to 9PM <br>Sep-Oct 8AM to 8PM == Photos == {{Park trail gallery|Trail={{PAGENAME}}}}

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