daffodil flats

[slowhike]

there's an unusual place in the middle of no where (linville gorge, nc) called daffodil flats.
the reason it's there is because it's the site of an old homestead (1800s i believe) of one of the few that actually lived in that rugged place in years past.
i maybe should have gone a week or two earlyer to catch them in their peak bloom, but i'm planning to go this weekend if anyone close enough would like to go.
i've never been to this site but it shouldn't be to hard to find. but the trail down to it is steep. i suspect the trail back up will be steep to but i'm checking into another, less steep way to get there. perfect place to hang a hammock. ...tim

[Bird Dog]

I cant go this weekend Tim, but which trail leads to this place? I love the Gorge, been several times, but I have never heard of Daffodill Flats. Share your secret so I can check it out sometime. BD

[slowhike]

I cant go this weekend Tim, but which trail leads to this place? I love the Gorge, been several times, but I have never heard of Daffodill Flats. Share your secret so I can check it out sometime. BD

you can't get there from here... but if you take pitch-in trail, which is on the west side & probably one of the steepest trails down into the gorge, to the linville gorge trail that parallels the river, then take a left (go south), it is somewhere down there
i'll be talking to those on the linvillegorge yahoo group to find out more about another, easyer route in, coming from the MTS trail & going north.
that trail is not an official trail & not on the map.
i'll get back to you w/ more details.
i had planed to go even if i went by myself, but it looks like my friend jerome is going to go, & maybe your sewing instructor???

[blackbishop351]

you can't get there from here... but if you take pitch-in trail, which is on the west side & probably one of the steepest trails down into the gorge, to the linville gorge trail that parallels the river, then take a left (go south), it is somewhere down there
i'll be talking to those on the linvillegorge yahoo group to find out more about another, easyer route in, coming from the MTS trail & going north.
that trail is not an official trail & not on the map.
i'll get back to you w/ more details.
i had planed to go even if i went by myself, but it looks like my friend jerome is going to go, & maybe your sewing instructor???

Doesn't look like I'm going to make it, unfortunately. I have a prior engagement with the Boss that I forgot about. Oh well - next time. I'd definitely be up for a trip later this month if anybody wants to try one.

[slowhike]

Doesn't look like I'm going to make it, unfortunately. I have a prior engagement with the Boss that I forgot about. Oh well - next time. I'd definitely be up for a trip later this month if anybody wants to try one.

i hope to do quite a few this year.

[NCPatrick]

i hope to do quite a few this year.

Me too. I can't go on your Daffodil flats trip, but maybe the next one. Schedule is really tight right now. Take some pictures of the flats for me.

[Coffee]

Those are the best hikes. Nothing on the map or where everyone goes. Somewhere out of the way worth the extra effort getting there.

If I was in your part of the world I would be in. Maybe another year.

[slowhike]

Those are the best hikes. Nothing on the map or where everyone goes. Somewhere out of the way worth the extra effort getting there.

If I was in your part of the world I would be in. Maybe another year.

i'll keep you posted.

[slowhike]

me & the other guy ended going down spence ridge trail & camping on a hill side near the foot bridge.
sunday morn about 11:30, we decided to hike down & explore the linville gorge trail (south) & see what it was like.
it didn't take long to get to conley cove trail (not counting the stops to explore other hammock camping sites & take a lunch break), so we decided to see if we could at least reach the bottom of pitch in trail before time to turn back.
if we had made that decision earlyer & not got off the main trail on river side trails that came & went, we could have.
i believe we were getting close, probably near the base of cambric ridge, but we decided to turn back at 4:30pm.
got back to the car just as it was getting dark enough that my friend had to use his head lamp to find his car keys in his pack.
didn't make it to daffodil flats but it was a good trip. beautiful place w/ lots to see. it was the first time my friend jerome had been to linville gorge. he kept saying over & over... "i can't believe i live so close to a place like this & i've never been here".
tons of great hammock trees too!!! ...tim