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We love to hike and work on our beloved trails, and we want you to join us. You can check us out through several hikes with us, or you can join first by clicking on the Join button on our home page. Please contact the hike leader ahead of time if you’re not a member.
Please browse our web site to see other activities you might like. We’re a non-profit with no paid staff, so we depend on volunteers to keep our club going. We would welcome your help!
A SPECIAL HIKE FOR FAMILIES!
To celebrate National Public Lands Day, Jack Dalton will lead a family friendly hike in Hot Springs. This is a 3-mile in and out hike on the Pump Gap Trail. There is about a 300ft. elevation gain, stream crossings and interesting things to see along the way.
Meet at Pump Gap/Silvermine/ Lovers Leap Trailhead, which is just around the corner from the NOC parking area in Hot Springs.
Saturday September 28
10:30 meet at Pump Gap trailhead
Contact Jack Dalton at home: 828-622-3704, if you plan to attend or have questions.
A good Start
Why Knot Get Together, a good start.
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A good Start
Why Knot Get Together, a good start.
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White Fringed Phacelia
The trail in bloom at Walnut Bottom (Big Creek in GSMNP. Photo by Daisy Karasek.
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Jack in the Pulpit
Photo by Elaine Tennen - Jack in the Pulpit 2019 on the Laurel Fork to Jocasse Lake.
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Bloodroot
Photo by Dennis Bass
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Trout Lilly
Photo by Dick Zimmerer. The flower is a Trout Lily. Photo was taken April 7,2019 on a hike Dick led called “Big Creek" - the Big Creek in the Mills River Recreation Area with the trailhead at Trace Ridge..
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Blue Bead Lily
Photo by Dennis Bass Blue Bead Lily (aka yellow bead lily because of the yellow flower which precedes the blue beads.
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Indian Pipe
Photo by Dennis Bass
