Thorps creek trail - September 17, 2013 - Member Trip Report

Hike Name:	Thorps creek trail
Country:	United States
State:	North Carolina
Trip Rating:
Trip Date:	September 17, 2013
Duration:	3 hours, 40 minutes
Trail Conditions:	Good
Trail Traffic:	None
Trip Weather:	Partly Cloudy
Trip Winds:	None
Trip Precipitation:	None
Trip Temperature:	High: 71-80, Low: 51-60 degrees Fahrenheit
Trip Report:	At the back of the Mortimer campground is the trail head for Thorps Creek trail with a sign that it is maintained by a local boy scout troop. It starts out flat and wide next to a small creek and can be quite deceiving because after two miles you pass the 15 foot water fall and then the trail turns into a winding trail that narrows with lots of rocks and roots as it becomes a fairly steep climbing nearly 1250 feet to the top of the mountains. Of course the rocks do provide great places to sit and take a break or relaxing a bit while enjoying the views. The trail is approximately 4.5 miles long and it utilizes a portion of the Schoolhouse Ridge trail so you need to be sure not to take a wrong turn and bring along plenty of water because it is a heck of a climb up to the top which will wear out even some of the fittest hikers before looping back to the Mortimer camping area close to where it began.

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