Friday, July 31, 2020

2020-07-23 Big Butt Trail with the Professor

Checking out the Butts with the Professor
Along the Buncombe / Yancey County line
Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

I first hiked the Big Butt Trail with Andy Kunkle about 10 years ago.  For that hike, we started from the lower (Northern) end and hiked up to Point Misery and Back.  

One of my favorite ways to escape the heat of the Carolina Summers is a nice high elevation hike and the Professor Scott Burns has been wanting to check out the Butts for quite some time.  So this time we would start from the Blue Ridge Parkway and do the Southern end to the Summit of Big Butt and back staying high (above 5,000-feet) the entire hike.

Back when Andy and I did the Butts 10 years ago, many sections of the trail were very overgrown. However, there has been some obvious trail maintenance recently and the trail is currently in great shape! 

 In the words of Sir Mix-A-Lot, "I Like Big Butts and I can not lie" However in my opinion, Little Butt has the better view!

Here are a few photos from our adventure.


View from the Blue Ridge Parkway

Going to check out some Butts!

The Professor on Point Misery

 Turk's Cap Lillies

Turk's Cap Lily Selfie with the Professor

 view from Little Butt

 view from Little Butt

The Professor hanging out on Little Butt

 The Professor along the Big Butt Trail

Time to check out the Big Butt

The Professor on Big Butt

Tree Hugger

The Professor along the Big Butt Trail

view from Little Butt

 Enjoying a Post Hike FAB with the Professor


My complete set of photos is posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8146392@N05/albums/72157715303898991


 

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