Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: November 18, 2024
Via the Flat Creek Connector Trail, we hiked over half of the 5.1-mile Loop Trail which took us around a ridge and then a difficult ascent up. As I watched a nearby deer I turned back onto the trail and let out a yell as I almost swallowed this big spider (Photo #1). He had strung a web about head high across the trail. Luckily, I saw him that last second.
Back at the trailhead in the Deep Gap area, we crossed the road and began this 3.7 trail began north of Aska Road, which climbed towards the summit of Green Mountain. Lots of pine, laurel and rhododendron trees which occasionally opened up to give us a view of the ridges in the distance. We didn’t complete the entire trail as the sun dipped below the ridge and darkness came fast.
