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Distance: 9.67 mi
Elevation gain: 499 ft
Technical difficulty: Easy
Elevation loss: 3,914 ft
Max elevation: 5,080 ft
TrailRank: 33
Min elevation: 1,612 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: 3 hours 33 minutes
Time: 4 hours 26 minutes
Coordinates: 2745
Uploaded: February 8, 2021
Recorded: February 2021

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near Ola, North Carolina (United States)

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Day Two of a two day hike up Mount Sterling, though conditions prevented us from returning down Baxter Creek Trail as originally planned.

We attempted to continue from Swallow Fork Trail up to Mt Sterling / Camp 38 and down Baxter Creek as originally planned, but the 18+ inches of unbroken snow (6 more overnight) turned us back. So we reversed back the way we came instead. Marking this downhill hike as "easy" because, once we got below ~4500 feet, breaking a path in the fresh snow was no longer an effort!

9.67 miles, 499 foot elevation gain

Mount Sterling Ridge Trail - Swallow Fork Trail - Big Creek Trail - Big Creek Campground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTujdUoxUfo

February 7, 2021