Name: Carvers Gap to Grassy Ridge Bald
Rating: 4.6

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Family Friendly Short and relatively easy, the whole family will enjoy this hike!

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Enjoy one of the longest and highest stretches of grassy balds that the Appalachian Mountains has to offer.

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Bring a hat and sunscreen! You'll be exposed to the sun for 80% of the hike.

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Enjoy breathtaking views all around you as you hike to three different balds. Starting from Carver's Gap, you'll enjoy an easy hike on gravel to your first bald, Round Bald. The hike to Round Bald is very heavily trafficked.

After Round Bald, the gravel ends, and the trail begins to become more rugged on your way to Jane Bald. On your way, look for wild berry bushes along the side of the trail. Once you have past Jane Bald, you'll come to a Y in the trail where you'll bear right to head to the Grassy Ridge Bald.

Grassy Ridge is the highest of the three balds at 6,165 ft. From here you have 360-degree views of the surrounding hills of Tennessee and North Carolina.

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Land Manager: USFS - Pisgah National Forest Grandfather Ranger District

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4.6 from 38 votes

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4.6 from 38 votes

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Mar 2, 2024

Li Grace

4.7mi — 2h 00m

Jan 15, 2023

Daniel daniel.ryan.paulsen@gmail.com

Nov 29, 2022

Blakely Edge

4.7mi

Jul 21, 2022

Allen York

Oct 19, 2021

Joy Yang

Aug 19, 2021

Jan More

Jul 3, 2021

Jeff Brigman

5.7mi

Aug 15, 2020

Bill Schmidt

Stayed over night at Grassy Ridge. Weather was great. Just some very light wind and a 15 minute light shower at 9 p.m. 4.7mi

Jul 18, 2020

Paul Finch

Jul 11, 2020

Daniel daniel.ryan.paulsen@gmail.com

Jun 4, 2020

selva karunakaran

2:24 hours from Carvers Gap to Grassy Ridge bald through Round bald and Jane bald. Beautiful view , great weather nice and cool breeze. One of the t 5.8mi — 13h 00m

Feb 22, 2020

Hunter Stephens

Awesome views of Mt. Mitchell to the south and the Black Mountain Crest Trail. Looking into Tennessee was also cool, especially from Grassy Ridge B… 4.7mi — 3h 30m

Feb 1, 2020

Paul Finch

Aug 10, 2019

Alexander Childers

9h 56m

Jul 14, 2019

Joey Flory

In clouds on the way in, cleared up as we got to grassy ridge, beautiful views coming back!

Jul 2, 2019

Kay Ko

Jun 29, 2019

Max Terzano

Best views I've seen in a while, and a great stretch of the AT 7mi

May 31, 2019

Elle Ziel

May 25, 2019

Mayes G

Went with RS. Beautiful day slightly cloudy but that moved out before noon. — 10h 00m

May 18, 2019

Pen Lee

Beautiful day. Windy as expected. Clouds rolled in late and ruined the sunset! Trail was mixer of soft dirt, rocky surfaces, gravel and easy to follow 5mi

May 17, 2019

Pen Lee

May 16, 2019

John Zenger

4.7mi — 2h 30m

Apr 27, 2019

David Illing

Dec 29, 2018

Jennifer Ersek

Carvers Gap to Eound Bald 2.5mi

Oct 17, 2018

dee angel

Sep 3, 2018

Porter Hoffman

Fought a long hour to find our way here based off of a visit three years ago. Worth the struggle 1mi

Aug 25, 2018

Brandon Wicker

Aug 25, 2018

Jennifer Wicker

May 12, 2018

Corey D

2.5mi

Apr 3, 2018

Kayla McFadden

Beautiful panoramic views with open trail for an easy to moderate hike :) 4.8mi

Mar 26, 2018

Kate Stevens

Ice and Snow and thankful for the White Blaze

Jun 17, 2017

John Gardner

Weekend of the Rhododendron Festival. Absolutely stunning views from the balds. A monsoon came in so we didn’t make it to Grassy Ridge Bald

Aug 15, 2016

Shelley Johannesson

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