Art Loeb to Cedar Rock Mountain

Friday, I headed to Brevard for the long New Years weekend.  I left earlier and arrived at the Art Loeb Trailhead at Davidson River around 830.  The trail first followed an old road along the Davidson River and there was still some ice left on the river, but it was melting quickly.

After crossing a bridge, Eastatoe Trail split and Art Loeb started heading steeply up.  In about 3 miles, North Slope Connector split off and the trail crossed a forest road before heading steeply up to the top of Chestnut Knob though there was no view from here.

The trail descended again to Cat Gap and a connection to the trail and then back up to Cedar Rock Mountain.

There were some really cool rock faces along the trail and a nice campsite.

The trail descended steeply and crossed a creek, which I believe is the headwaters of Kuykendall Creek.  I had gone about 8 miles at this point so turned around.

It rained most of the way back and was very foggy in places.

Once back at the car, I headed to Hawg Wild for barbecue dinner then checked into Hampton Inn