Wilkie, Tower, and Twixt Trails, Dupont SF

| August 31, 2022

Wilkie, Tower, and Twixt Trails, Dupont SF

3.93 miles; 365-ft. total ascent; Cedar Mountain, NC So if you read my last post about how I never get out into the woods unless it’s on a mushroom foray… Today I went hiking with my new friend (she of the Ferguson Peak trail). I’ve been wanting to go to the Dupont State Recreational Forest […]

Big Butt Mushroom Walk

| August 25, 2022

Big Butt Mushroom Walk

1.1 miles; 131 ft. total ascent; Black Mountain, NC Another day another mushroom walk. Seems like this is the only way I get out into the woods anymore. Gotta do something about that. Anyway… This is the other end of the Big Butt Trail wildflower walk I did back in May. [Imma refrain from the […]

Purchase Knob Mushroom Walk

| August 20, 2022

Purchase Knob Mushroom Walk

1.2 miles; 109 ft. total ascent; Waynesville, NC This was another Asheville Mushroom Club excursion, and it wasn’t till I got here that I realized I’d hiked here before, back in June of 2020. Last time I had to make the loooong walk up the road from the gate, but because the club was doing […]