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Dark Brown is Pretty Ridge Trail. Yellow is Kiner Hollow Trail, while green is Back Hollow Road. | |||
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http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Back_Hollow_Road.kml | http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Back_Hollow_Road.kml |
Revision as of 21:48, 3 September 2011
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Trail Overview
Located in Bays Mountain Park. Pretty Ridge, up on the ridge, is a nice extension of Indian Pipes Trail, but difficult hiking between Back Hollow Road.
How to get there
Take either Indian Pipes Trail from near Firetower or Back Hollow Road.
Route Description
On paper, a U-shaped path up from Back Hollow Road, along the ridgeline, and back down. The western segment has been abandoned by the park at this time. White plastic blazes.
Miles | Pretty Ridge Trail | Elevation (ft) |
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0.00 | 1910 | |
0.56 | 1720 | |
0.62 | 1700 | |
0.90 | 1675 | |
1.72 | 1640 | |
1.80 | 1615 |
Mountain biking is not allowed in the eastern drop down to Back Hollow Road. The western slope is inaccessible.
Typical Conditions
Nice hard dirt path up on the ridge. Eastern section was redug after a major winter storm in the 90s. The western section has been abandoned by the park after 2009 winter storms with many, many blowdowns and missing blazes, thus no maintenance being done.
Misc. Information
Maps
Dark Brown is Pretty Ridge Trail. Yellow is Kiner Hollow Trail, while green is Back Hollow Road.
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.497" lon="-82.64" type="terrain" zoom="14" width="725" scale="yes" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png"> http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Back_Hollow_Road.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Kiner_Hollow_Trail.kml http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/BMP_Pretty_Ridge_Trail.kml
(G) (G) Intersection at Pretty Ridge Trail </googlemap>
Photos
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