Route: Shut In Ridge Run

Submitted by batkinson on Sun, 12/01/2024 - 04:18am
Location
North Carolina, US
Distance
16.3 mi
Vertical Gain
5,200 ft
Description

The Shut-In Ridge is a historic trail, originally built by George Vaderbilt to access his hunting lodge near the top of mount pisgah. He reportedly named it based on the long segments of rhondodendron tree canopies which gave the trail a feeling of being "shut in". The trail has for many years been the site of the Shut In Trail race, a legendary ... Read more

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