The 16 mile loop walk out of Cosby Campground to Mount Cammerer
Elevation profile for the 16 mile Mount Cammerer loop
Big Cove Road - Elk graze in the early morning
The Low Gap II trailhead - Cosby Campground
Low Gap II Trail
Low Gap II Trail - The amphitheater at Cosby Campground
Low Gap II Trail - The day's first creek crossing
Low Gap II Trail - In May I mistakenly walked through the nature trail on the way back.
Low Gap II Trail - A nice crossing in the early morning.
Low Gap II Trail - Cosby Creek
Low Gap II Trail -This is the Lower Mt. Cammerer/Low Gap II intersection
Low Gap II Trail - Big mushroom beside the trail
Low Gap II Trail - Moss covered boulders beside the creek
Low Gap II Trail - Dolls eyes
Low Gap II Trail - Heading up the rocky trail
Low Gap II Trail - Boulder fields up the trail
Low Gap II Trail - unidentified
Matt, Kevin, and April
Low Gap Trail/Appalachian Trail intersection at Low Gap
Wildflowers at Low Gap
Wildflowers at Low Gap - This is looking southbound at the AT
Low Gap - Troop 320 from Fuquay-Varina. A bunch of great folks.
Appalachian Trail - Allen and Don lead me up Rocky Face Mountain
Appalachian Trail - Views of the sides of Mount Cammerer
Appalachian Trail - Heading up through the spruce-fir
Appalachian Trail - Ridge views
Appalachian Trail - unidentified
Appalachian Trail - A heath bald on the Mount Cammerer face
Appalachian Trail - Mount Cammerer
Appalachian Trail - Trilliums and berries
Appalachian Trail - Mount Cammerer Trail intersection
Appalachian Trail - USGS marker at the Mount Cammerer Trail intersection
Mount Cammerer Trail - A lily, but not a Turk's Cap Lily. (which look similar)
Mount Cammerer Trail - Up into the heath
Mount Cammerer Trail - Trilliums and berries beside the trail
Mount Cammerer Trail - Trillium and berry
Mount Cammerer Trail - Boulder (block) fields
Mount Cammerer Trail - Lichen-covered boulders
Mount Cammerer Trail - Somebody tried to make a fire up here
Mount Cammerer Trail - Moss beside the trail
Mount Cammerer Trail - The boulder fields around Mount Cammerer
Mount Cammerer Trail - first views from the top
Mount Cammerer Trail - The Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - The USGS marker at the Mount Cammerer lookout (4928 feet elevation)
Mount Cammerer Trail - Mount Guyot (center right) from the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - Northwest view from the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - Mount Sterling Ridge from the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - South from the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - From the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - I-40 from the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - Mount Guyot from the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - The interior of the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - From the deck of the Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail - Mount Cammerer lookout
Mount Cammerer Trail -Mount Cammerer lookout
Appalachian Trail
Appalachian Trail - Rock outcrop
Appalachian Trail - views from the rock outcrop
Appalachian Trail - views of Mount Sterling Ridge from the rock outcrop
Appalachian Trail - Stonework along the trail
Appalachian Trail - Looking up Mount Cammerer at the fault
Appalachian Trail - Huge boulder beside the trail
Appalachian Trail - block fields
Appalachian Trail - Forest switching to pine-oak as I descend
Appalachian Trail - Mushrooms beside the trail
Appalachian Trail - Intersection with the Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - Troop 320 had dropped off their packs here.
Appalachian Trail - Intersection with the Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - about 7.4 miles to go.
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - A crossing
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - Bee balm at a crossing
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - gravesites at a small cemetery
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - Grave of G. Estes Phillips
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - Mushroom patch
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - fall colors beginning to arrive
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - RATTLER!!
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - Unidentified fringed orchid
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - I looked down and thought this was another snake. :o)
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - Campsite #35
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - One last uphill over Sutton Ridge
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - Sutton overlook (I passed)
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - The trail flattening out
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail - afternoon light filters in
Low Gap II Trail - A message from above...cross here! :o)
DONE! 16 miles, two elk, one bear, one rattlesnake, one awesome lookout, and two TIRED feet.
